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Patent wars: what’s behind Amgen’s possible win over Sanofi at the US Supreme Court

Pharmaceutical Technology

The patent battle between Amgen and Sanofi over their cholesterol-lowering antibodies has divided big pharma in the past months. Both drugs are monoclonal antibodies that inhibit the protein PCSK9. Both drugs come with a high price tag. To an extent, the challenge here lies in the nature of antibodies, says Contreras.

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New purification method could enhance protein drug manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

Producing biologics by isolating proteins Biologics like antibodies and other protein-based drugs are produced by living cells such as yeast in large bioreactors. The authors explained that these are commonly used for tagging proteins for study or attaching protein drugs to drug-delivering nanoparticles.

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Almirall and IRB Barcelona team up to tackle skin disease

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The hope is that they will harness and re-programme natural cellular mechanisms to selectively remove the disease driving proteins from human tissues, working by boosting interactions – gluing – between therapeutically relevant proteins and the machinery used by cells to naturally tag and destroy proteins.

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After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer

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There’s been huge progress in treatments for blood cancer in recent years – but drawbacks of expensive CAR-T cell and injected antibody therapies have led drug developers to look at novel oral therapies as patient-friendly alternatives. Oral therapy data presented at ASH. CellCentric, a U.K-based

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Donepezil alternatives: What can I take instead of donepezil?

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Aduhelm is a monoclonal antibody that targets amyloid beta, the protein which piles up in the brain and seems to be at the root of the disease. Aduhelm carries a hefty price tag, and it is not appropriate for any other form of dementia, such as dementia with Lewy bodies and vascular dementia. Compare donepezil alternatives.

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Developing point-of-care CAR T manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

Additionally, it was not recommended to use low-dose steroids or allow early administration of tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin-6 (IL-6), in order to reduce and prevent severe CRS. This is in addition to its considerable price tag.