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EMA human medicines committee (CHMP) meeting highlights, March 2022
The March meeting saw the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommend five medications for approval including a multiple myeloma gene therapy.
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Lumen publishes details of spirulina biomanufacturing platform
In a new paper, Lumen Bioscience detailed how spirulina can be genetically engineered for to rapidly produce large quantities of biologic drugs.
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New preventative medicine for COVID-19 authorised in UK
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reported that Evusheld, developed by AstraZeneca, has been granted approval to help protect against the effects of COVID-19.
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Is Aduhelm® of benefit to Alzheimer’s patients long-term?
New data shows that patients taking Aduhelm® (aducanumab-avwa) had significant reductions in tau and amyloid beta after nearly 2.5 years.
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Sanofi and Blackstone €300 million collaboration to advance multiple myeloma treatment
The investment will advance the development of a subcutaneous Sarclisa (isatuximab) formulation for multiple myeloma (MM) treatment.
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Trodelvy® improves breast cancer progression-free survival, finds study
Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) was found to significantly reduce the risk of disease progression or death in certain breast cancer patients.
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Nirsevimab first potential immunisation to protect against RSV in infants
Nirsevimab has the potential to offer RSV protection for all infants, with a single dose showing 74.5 percent efficacy in the Melody Phase III trial.
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First patients dosed in HIV vaccine immunogens trial
Moderna and IAVI take steps towards HIV vaccination, with initiation of a trial dosing patients with HIV immunogens delivered by mRNA.
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Stabilising protein therapeutics with reversible PEGylation
Researchers demonstrate the efficacy and safety of stabilising protein drugs with a reversible PEGylation material called PEG-PRX.
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Tremfya® ranks highest for skin clearance in psoriatic arthritis patients
Newly published Network Meta-Analysis (NMA) from Janssen indirectly compares all published Phase III data for approved treatments for adults with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA).
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Omicron prompts FDA to restrict use of specific antibodies
Based on the latest data, and Omicron's current dominance in the US, the FDA has announced two monoclonal antibody treatments are not authorised for use in any US states, territories and jurisdictions at this time.
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EPR Podcast Episode 8 – Oral biologic drug delivery with Giovanni Traverso, MIT
How close are we to oral biologic drug delivery? Will biomedical devices be essential in overcoming drug delivery challenges? Discover all this and more in this podcast with MIT's Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso.
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Imfinzi™ reduces risk of death in biliary tract cancer patients
Patients treated with Imfinzi and chemotherapy experienced a 20 percent reduction in the risk of death versus chemotherapy alone.
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Study finds Keytruda® improves overall survival in HCC patients
The data adds to the body of evidence relating to the use of Keytruda® as a monotherapy in second-line HCC post sorafenib.
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Imfinzi™ plus tremelimumab: “unprecedented survival” in unresectable liver cancer
Almost a third of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma patients were alive at three years on tremelimumab and Imfinzi regimen.
