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STAT+: Cancer therapy’s new ‘gold rush’:  bispecific antibodies that hit key combination of targets

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors, drugs that can help make the immune system recognize and destroy cancer more aggressively, are one of the most important medicines in cancer treatment today.

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The biotech news stories we’re keeping an eye on

STAT

Today, we see insulin-producing cells survive in a human body without triggering an immune rejection, and have some big news from CMS. Hope those of you who were in San Francisco for J.P. Morgan are resting, recovering, and not coping with any quad-emic strains. Read the rest…

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FDA authorizes new drug to protect immune compromised from Covid-19

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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized a new antibody to protect immunocompromised individuals against Covid-19.    The drug, known as Pemgarda and marketed by the biotech Invivyd, is the first such drug to become available since the agency pulled AstraZeneca’s Evusheld off the market in January 2023.

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STAT+: Biogen joins immunology wave with $1.15 billion acquisition

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Biogen is joining the industry’s fervor over immune and inflammatory disease drug development with a new acquisition. HI-Bio, which is based in San Francisco, is developing therapies for immune-mediated diseases like primary membranous nephropathy and IgA nephropathy, both of which impact kidney function.

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STAT+: Chasing CAR-T, biotech finds its next gold rush in autoimmune disease

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Biotech investors have been buzzing around new areas of drug development this year, such as the red-hot obesity market. billion to companies developing treatments for conditions in which the body’s own immune system goes haywire, attacking healthy cells and tissues and causing widespread damage.

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Tackling immune-mediated disease with CAR Tregs

European Pharmaceutical Review

Recognising the potential of CAR T cells to act as highly targeted therapeutics, several biotechnology companies – including Sangamo Therapeutics – have established development pipelines of CAR T regulatory cells (Tregs) that aim to tackle immune?mediated What are Tregs and how are they applicable to immune-mediated disease?

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2nd NSCLC Drug Development Summit

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The 2nd NSCLC Drug Development Summit returns for its second year to unite biopharma and academic leaders during an exciting era of personalized medicine. Improve your drug development rationale across all lines of NSCLC and address challenges when moving therapies forward. Progress sequencing and combination approaches.