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Actithera draws new investors to radiopharma drug pitch

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Deep Dive Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Pharma Biotech FDA Clinical Trials Deals Drug Pricing Gene Therapy An article from Dive Brief Actithera draws new investors to radiopharma drug pitch The four-year-old biotech raised about $75 million in a Series A round that involved nine venture capital firms.

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David Liu receives Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Broad Institute

The organization has honored Liu for the development of the gene editing platforms base editing and prime editing, which can correct the vast majority of known disease-causing genetic variations and have already been used in at least 15 clinical trials, with life-saving results. In 2013, Broad founding director Eric S.

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Early Treatment Can Push HIV Into Remission in Kids: Study

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- Ever since one child, dubbed the 'Mississippi baby,' went into drug-free remission of HIV in 2013, experts have wondered if giving treatment within hours of birth might do the same for others.The results of a new trial.

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Breakthrough for pancreatic cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

In 2013 2 , Dr Shokat and his team developed the first cancer drugs to stop a different K-Ras mutation, G12C. Their 2013 research allowed them to develop a template for chemicals that reliably found their way into that corner of the protein. Nature [Internet] 2013 November 20 [2024 March 6]; 503:548-51. Available from: [link]

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PRITELIVIR MESYLATE

New Drug Approvals

Clinical Trials: Pritelivir is currently in phase II clinical trials, with ongoing research into its effectiveness and safety. Clinical Trials: Pritelivir mesylate is currently under extensive study to evaluate its efficacy and safety profile, with promising results in early clinical trials. References ^ Wilck, M.B.;

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Elacestrant 

New Drug Approvals

1] History The efficacy of elacestrant was evaluated in the EMERALD trial, which was a randomized, open-label, active-controlled, multicenter study involving 478 postmenopausal women and men with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer. 1] [4] It is taken by mouth. [1] 3] [7] PATENTS Cruskie MP, et al. PMC 9340905.

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New Report Reveals Trends, Opportunities in Drug Development

PPD

As the clinical trial landscape evolves, drug developers are faced with novel challenges and changes in study recruitment, trial size and structure, and more. Decentralized Trials Digital and decentralized clinical trials  (DCTs) continue to expand and have become a standard solution for drug developers.