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2025 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to pioneers of CAR T-cell therapy

Broad Institute

The work of June, Levine, Rivire, and Sadelain laid the foundation for a whole new class of treatments. The power of a patients immune system The idea of redirecting a persons own immune system to recognize and kill cancer cells had been around for decades, but how to do it effectively and safely remained a mystery.

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GSK Licenses Shigella Vaccine Candidate to Bharat Biotech

The Pharma Data

GSK Licenses Shigella Vaccine Candidate to Bharat Biotech in Push for Global Health Equity GSK today announced a significant step forward in the battle against Shigella a leading cause of diarrhoeal disease and death in children under five by licensing its Shigella vaccine candidate, altSonflex1-2-3 , to Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL).

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

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Published June 27, 2025 Ned Pagliarulo Lead Editor post share post print email license Bristol Myers Squibb sells two CAR-T cell therapies for cancer. Specifically, it removes so-called “Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies” from the drugs’ labeling, which are used to help manage serious side effects of treatment.

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Unlocking the power of stem cell therapy

Drug Target Review

Additionally, ADSCs possess immunomodulatory properties, enabling them to modulate immune responses and promote tissue healing. Can you discuss how advancements in delivery techniques contribute to enhancing therapeutic effectiveness and precision of stem cell treatments?

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ImaginAb Announces License and Supply Agreement with Pfizer for CD8 ImmunoPET Technology

The Pharma Data

a leading global provider of immuno-oncology imaging agents, today announced it has signed a new multi-year, non-exclusive license with Pfizer Inc. ImaginAb will receive license fees and payments for manufacturing and other support. LOS ANGELES , Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ImaginAb Inc. ,

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4-1BB and the critical importance of local control

SugarCone Biotech

Targeting 4-1BB remained of interest to the immuno-oncology field as cell culture experiments and tumor models in mice suggested that robust anti-tumor immune responses could be triggered by anti-4-1BB antibody therapies. This is the T cell type most closely associated with anti-tumor immune responses.

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Merck Strikes $1B+ Deal to Leverage Janux’s T Cell Engager Program Against Cancer

The Pharma Data

San Diego-based Janux Therapeutics forged a strategic collaboration with pharma giant Merck potentially worth more than $1 billion to develop next-generation T cell engager immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. Janux technology can be applied to immunotherapies that target all three stages of an anti-tumor immune response.