{"id":10637,"date":"2020-08-27T13:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T08:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/blog\/?p=10637"},"modified":"2021-07-24T12:58:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T07:28:04","slug":"recent-pharma-happenings-for-moderna-freenome-roche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/blog\/recent-pharma-happenings-for-moderna-freenome-roche","title":{"rendered":"Moderna&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine trial; Freenome secures $270 M; CRISPR treats obesity in mice; Breast cancer research updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0817db2f0ae\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0817db2f0ae\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/blog\/recent-pharma-happenings-for-moderna-freenome-roche\/#Modernas_COVID-19_vaccine_triggers_an_immune_response_in_older_adults\" >Moderna&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine triggers an immune response in older adults<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/blog\/recent-pharma-happenings-for-moderna-freenome-roche\/#Freenome_secures_USD_270_Million_to_boost_its_colorectal_cancer_blood_test\" >Freenome secures USD 270 Million to boost its colorectal cancer blood test<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/blog\/recent-pharma-happenings-for-moderna-freenome-roche\/#Targeted_drug_combo_attacks_breast_cancer_brain_metastases_in_mice\" >Targeted drug combo attacks breast cancer brain metastases in mice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/blog\/recent-pharma-happenings-for-moderna-freenome-roche\/#CRISPR_treats_obesity_in_mice_by_turning_harmful_fat_into_energy-burning_cells\" >CRISPR treats obesity in mice by turning harmful fat into energy-burning cells<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Modernas_COVID-19_vaccine_triggers_an_immune_response_in_older_adults\"><\/span><strong>Moderna&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine triggers an immune response in older adults<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderna showed robust phase 1 results for its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-19-therapeutic-pipeline-vaccines-diagnostics-competitive-landscape\">COVID-19 vaccine<\/a><\/strong> in adults up to 55 last month. It is now following up with data from a small group of older adults, and they look positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phase 1 study that is being run by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases tests three dose levels of the vaccine, mRNA-1273, given in two injections a month apart in 120 adults. As observed in 45 younger adults, the middle dose of the vaccine triggered the production of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus, which causes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/covid-19-therapeutic-pipeline-vaccines\"><strong>COVID-19<\/strong><\/a>, in 10 patients aged 56 to 70 and 10 patients over 71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigators observed that the older adults&#8217; antibody levels were two to three times more than those measured in 38 patients, who had recovered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/covid-19-coronavirus-pipeline-insights\"><strong>COVID-19<\/strong><\/a>. When compared that to the results from younger adults, one test observed that the middle dose, 100 micrograms, stimulated antibody levels that were four times higher than those seen in the recovered patients, while a different test observed in those patients, who had twice the antibody level of the recovered patients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Freenome_secures_USD_270_Million_to_boost_its_colorectal_cancer_blood_test\"><\/span><strong>Freenome secures USD 270 Million to boost its colorectal cancer blood test<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Freenome persists in getting strong financial support for its development work, with USD 270 million in new funds to push its cancer-detecting blood test via clinical trials and across the FDA&#8217;s finish line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest financing builds upon the USD 160 million the former Fierce Medtech Fierce 15 winner raised one year ago, which aided support the launch of a registrational study this past May for its multi-omics test to spot <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/colorectal-cancer-crc-market\">colorectal cancer<\/a><\/strong> and precancerous lesions at times when treatments can do the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company&#8217;s main goal is to make it easier to screen millions of people who are behind on recommended <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/colorectal-cancer-crc-epidemiology-forecast\">colorectal cancer<\/a><\/strong> exams, like a colonoscopy, with a front-line blood test. Freenome&#8217;s diagnostic searches for direct indication of tumors and signs of the immune system&#8217;s response, integrating genomics, transcriptomics, methylomics, and proteomics technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Targeted_drug_combo_attacks_breast_cancer_brain_metastases_in_mice\"><\/span><strong>Targeted drug combo attacks breast cancer brain metastases in mice<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While drugs like Herceptin of Roche have significantly improved the prospects for people diagnosed with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/her2-positive-breast-cancer-market\">HER2-positive breast cancer<\/a><\/strong>, more than half of patients develop <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/brain-metastasis-pipeline-insight\">brain metastases<\/a><\/strong>. Moreover, because most drugs cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, treating cancer once it has spread, making it difficult.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Northwestern University, the researchers combined chemotherapy with an investigational bromodomain (BET) inhibitor to target <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/report-store\/er-her2-ve-breast-cancer-market\">breast cancer<\/a><\/strong> that had spread to the brain in mouse models. The two drugs combined with radiation cleared the brain metastases in 75% of the animals, as reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination the Northwestern team tried consisted of the chemotherapy drug vinorelbine and a BET inhibitor called I-BET-762. The BET inhibitor worked by increasing beta-3 tubulin (TUBB3), a protein found in brain metastases. That overexpression of TUBB3 improved chemotherapy&#8217;s ability to target and kill the cancer cells in the brain, also reported by the researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CRISPR_treats_obesity_in_mice_by_turning_harmful_fat_into_energy-burning_cells\"><\/span><strong>CRISPR treats obesity in mice by turning harmful fat into energy-burning cells<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown adipose tissue is known as the healthy fat as it burns calories to produce heat. White fat, in contrast, can build up and cause obesity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, a research team that is led by scientists at Harvard University have used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to engineer human white fat so that it shows the properties of brown fat. They believe the advancement will reveal the possibility of cell therapies to fight obesity and other metabolic diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The modified cells helped avoid obesity in mice fed a high-fat diet, and the animals showed improvements in metabolic functioning as a result published in Science Translational Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown fat generates heat in response to low temperatures due to its expression of the protein UCP1. So the Harvard-led team used <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delveinsight.com\/blog\/crispr-way-to-use-stem-cells\/\">CRISPR <\/a><\/strong>to activate UCP1 expression in white adipose precursor cells, creating what is called human brown fat-like (HUMBLE) cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderna&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine triggers an immune response in older adults Moderna showed robust phase 1 results for its COVID-19 vaccine in adults up to 55 last month. 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