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STAT+: AltruBio raises $225 million to develop ulcerative colitis drug and other immune checkpoint enhancers

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Checkpoint inhibitors, drugs that unleash the immune system, have turned into blockbuster therapies that have transformed outcomes for some patients with deadly cancers.

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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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Triple Negative Breast Cancer Drug Development Digital Summit

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Given the large unmet clinical need in this oncology indication and aligned with recent clinical trial progress, the Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Drug Development Digital Summi t has been created to provide insight into industry- and academic-led clinical programs developing immune checkpoint, DDR inhibitor, ADC and other novel agents.

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STAT+: Dreams of cancer vaccines are becoming more real. Here are 9 scientists making it happen 

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But many other modes of immunotherapy for cancer were approved first — checkpoint blockade drugs like Keytruda and engineered immune cell therapies like Yescarta. Cancer vaccines may also be able to help train the immune system to recognize and kill cancers related to viruses like HPV.

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Tackling immune-mediated disease with CAR Tregs

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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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