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Apr 09, 2019

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Anylam, Regeneron to broaden the scope of R&D in Pharma

Alnylam in collaboration with Regeneron is expanding its research on NASH. Regeneron with the capability of generating various targets via antibody approach is going to get infused with USD 800 million upfront. The joint deal will help in expanding R&D and reaching the extracellular targets. Although priority will be on testing a combination of pozelimab, Regeneron’s C5 antibody in Phase 1 trial and cemdisiran, Alnylam’s RNAi anti-C5 therapy, now in Phase 2.

Drugs to Train Immune cells to Target Cancer

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, have positive outcomes that FDA approved approaches for CAR-T. It involves directly removing the T-cells from patients that can be used to target cancer. This approach to train immune cells to hunt down the cancerous cells via “in-situ vaccination” will be open for not only treating Lymphoma, Neck cancer but also Breast cancer. The Vaccination consists of two drugs which will be administered at the tumour site.

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FDA grants approval to Dovato

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