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GlobalData tracks 40 yrs of innovation in USFDA review designations

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Regulatory authorities, particularly the US FDA, have played a crucial role in accelerating and incentivising the development of innovative treatments through review designations. Since the first designation in 1984, the FDA has seen a substantial rise in the number of designations granted, reaching 694 in 2020.

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Accelerating AMR vaccine development

European Pharmaceutical Review

In July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its inaugural report on the pipeline of vaccines currently in development to prevent infections caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) bacterial pathogens. WHO referred to 61 bacterial vaccine candidates in diverse stages of clinical development.

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Pharma Fix: The quest for the next tuberculosis vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Since the first human administration of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine in 1921, no one has been able to successfully follow the vaccine’s path to become the next approved vaccine to tackle tuberculosis (TB). However, as the TB-related death toll remains high, the global need for another vaccine is steadily rising.

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UK biotech investment at record levels amid COVID-19

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That makes 2020 a new record year for the sector, exceeding the previous investment high of £2.2 It came to the fore in 2020 thanks to its hand-held MinION DNA sequencing device that is being used to track the emergence of COVID-19 variants. billion ($3.8 billion) from a level of £1.3 billion in 2019. Fewer companies founded.

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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.

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Alexion’s Camilla Harder Hartvig on making the impossible possible in rare disease

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“There’s a lot that drug development for more common diseases could learn from rare disease R&D”. I think there’s a lot that drug development for more common diseases could learn from rare disease R&D.”. We have to be innovative to get around those challenges. Rare diseases during COVID.

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Pharmaceutical industry: 2023 in retrospect

European Pharmaceutical Review

17 Accelerating drug development The first issue of 2023 , 18 dealt with accelerating drug development. Repurposing of currently marketed products, eg, methotrexate, 20 was an important and effective strategy in combatting COVID-19, particularly in the early stages prior to effective vaccines being developed.