Olivia Vizier

Pharma Tech

Immunomedics Q&A: using ADCs to tackle unmet needs in breast cancer

Immunomedics has developed an ADC called sacituzumab govitecan, which directly delivers chemotherapy SN-38 to TNBC tumours, which highly express Trop-2 and represents an unmet need within a highly treated cancer type. The company’s chief commercial officer Brendan Delaney explains the drug’s efficacious mechanism of action in this tumour type, as well as noting its success

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Improving Efficacy of Colorectal Cancer Treatments with Ulf Jungnelius MD Isofol Medical

Ulf Jungnelius MD, CEO, Isofol Medical discusses the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer as a global issue and the current challenges in treating this devastating disease.  Dr. Jungnelius also talks about the company’s drug candidate, arfolitixorin, currently being studied in a global Phase 3 clinical trial with the aim to improve the efficacy of standard

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Developing Therapeutics for Rare Pediatric Diseases with Nevan Elam Rezolute

Nevan Elam, J.D. CEO and co-founder Rezolute, Inc. talks about their work developing therapeutics for congenital hyperinsulinism, a rare pediatric disease and for diabetic macular edema, a vision-related complication of diabetes.  With a background of working with technology businesses, Nevan reflects on lessons learned and differences in drivers of innovation in the computer and biotech

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Twitter Takeovers: Forging Stronger Connections With Patient Communities

Awareness days and months occur throughout the calendar year to generate a greater understanding about various diseases and help increase visibility about the unmet needs related to these conditions. For many advocacy groups, these activities drive awareness and highlight rare disease states or disorders with great unmet needs.

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Soon-Shiong’s Nantkwest, Immunitybio still chasing cancer breakthroughs

Physician, scientist and investor Patrick Soon-Shiong might be considered a “square peg in a round hole,” he admits. But the Abraxane inventor’s work to enlist natural killer, dendritic and T cells in what he calls a “triangle offense” against cancer is finally coalescing, he recently told BioWorld.

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HPV-Cancer Targeting Immunotherapy Enters Phase 1 Clinical Trial After Showing Success In Animals

This week the publishing of data on Cue Biopharma’s star immunotherapy molecule, Cue 101, revealed just how much reality there is to concept. A paper published in Clinical Cancer Research on Tuesday showed research demonstrating the ability of a biologic immunotherapy drug candidate named CUE-101 to activate tumor antigen-specific antitumor immunity.

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Getting to the Root of the Disease: Developing Drugs Against the Hard-to-Target Wnt Pathway

“Successful drugs targeting the Wnt pathway haven’t been developed yet because the Wnt pathway is so essential to all cells,” commented Yusuf Yazici, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Samumed. “Previous drugs in development have shown many off-target effects at effective doses, rendering them unsafe for use.”

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RNA Therapies Emerge for Genetic Diseases

Some biopharmaceutical enterprises are even specializing in specific mechanisms of action by targeting and modifying RNA through temporary and ongoing treatment to avoid safety concerns that may arise from permanent gene therapy alterations. In this article, Daniel de Boer, CEO at ProQR Therapeutics, will discuss how they are advancing RNA therapies in retinal disorders.

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