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Advancements in hit identification for membrane protein drug discovery

Drug Target Review

Involved in various physiological processes, such as vision, taste, smell, immune response and neurotransmission, GPCRs are activated by various molecules including hormones, neurotransmitters and environmental stimuli, which trigger a cascade of cellular events that help regulate bodily functions.

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Sarepta Strengthens ELEVIDYS Safety Measures for Non-Ambulatory Duchenne Patients

The Pharma Data

This independent expert panel will aid in evaluating a new, enhanced immunosuppressive regimen meant to help ease the body’s adaptive immune response — a process suspected to contribute to the elevated liver enzyme abnormalities and related events that have been observed in a small number of patients following treatment with AAV-based gene therapy.

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ISSUE 44 — The Importance of Cytokine Release Assays to Derisk the Development of Immunomodulatory Drugs

Alta Sciences

ISSUE 44 — The Importance of Cytokine Release Assays to Derisk the Development of Immunomodulatory Drugs pmjackson Mon, 07/07/2025 - 21:31 New immunomodulatory drugs have the potential to cause serious immune-related adverse events, including cytokine release syndrome (CRS).

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Roche shares Elevidys safety update in non-ambulatory Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients

The Pharma Data

Effective immediately, Roche is halting the administration of Elevidys to non-ambulatory DMD patients in both commercial and clinical trial settings. These holds remain in effect while regulators and study teams carefully investigate the event.

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FDA takes major step to ease access to CAR-T therapy

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

For some people with leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma, they can prompt powerful responses and even long-lasting remission. But their administration also comes with notable risks, including a hyperactive immune response known as CRS and neurological toxicity dubbed ICANS. You can unsubscribe at anytime. or its subsidiaries.

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Medicago Says COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Triggers Promising Immune Response | 2020-11-10

The Pharma Data

Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago has announced that its investigational COVID-19 vaccine generated “significant antibody and cellular immune responses” after two doses in all subjects in an early-stage clinical trial. Based on the promising phase 1 data, the company plans to proceed with a phase 2/3 clinical trial.

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Johnson & Johnson Posts Interim Results from Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

The Pharma Data

Johnson & Johnson Posts Interim Results from Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Johnson & Johnson Posts Interim Results from Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate. Immune responses were similar across the age groups studied, including older adults.