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Innovating allergy drug delivery with a needle-free alternative

European Pharmaceutical Review

This decision was granted a couple of weeks following approval by the US and Drug Administration (FDA). Approximately 40 million people in the US experience Type I allergic reactions due to food, venom or insect stings, 4 and the numbers are similar in Europe. Derived from IQVIA Claims Data, 2023. J Allergy Clin Immunol.

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Developing a first-in-class small molecule drug for inflammatory disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

Following her presentation on age-related disease at BioFuture 2023, Executive Vice President of Drug Development for MyMD Pharmaceuticals ® , Jenna Brager, shares with EPR why the company’s next-generation tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitor has potential in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.

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BMS strikes $14bn deal for Karuna Therapeutics

European Pharmaceutical Review

This represents a 53 percent premium on Karuna’s closing stock price on 21 December 2023. It has demonstrated improvements in cognition and is not associated with common side effects of currently approved treatments like weight gain.

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MHRA authorises alopecia treatment

European Pharmaceutical Review

The most common side effects of Litfulo are headache, diarrhoea, dizziness, acne, rash, inflammation of the hair follicles that may be itchy or painful and an increase in an enzyme called creatine phosphokinase, shown by blood test.

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Late-stage ulcerative colitis pipeline continues to innovate

Pharmaceutical Technology

Many of the mainstay drugs for the treatment of moderate to severely active UC, such as anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents like infliximab, target inflammatory mediators that are dysregulated in this condition. To improve ease of administration, Takeda has developed a subcutaneous (SC) formulation.

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Three-dose vaccine prevents HIV patients getting hepatitis B

European Pharmaceutical Review

The most common side effects related to vaccination were injection site pain, malaise, fatigue, muscle aches and headaches. The international study will continue to examine the effects of two-dose HEPLISAV-B. The clinical trial is estimated to be completed in March 2023. Eight weeks after the second dose, 94.4

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Targeting tumours with novel radiopharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

Additionally, in June 2023, the world’s largest radionuclide production facility of lutetium-177 opened in Germany. There have been many cases where people have tried to simply link existing drugs to radioisotopes or have attached new (recently made in scale) radioisotopes on old drugs. This is not an effective strategy.