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Re-engineering proteins to develop novel immunotherapies

European Pharmaceutical Review

By re-engineering existing approaches that have already shown clinical promise, there is potential to bring further benefit to the patient community in its fight against cancer. Since then, several next-generation antibodies have been engineered with modifications that enable them to better engage with immune cells.

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Editas grabs orphan drug status for sickle cell disease CRISPR therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Orphan Drug Designation to Editas Medicine’s gene therapy EDIT-301 in sickle cell disease, based on an April 27 announcement. The US agency previously granted the Orphan Drug Designation to EDIT-301 for its study in beta thalassemia, in May 2022.

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US FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo-AstraZeneca’s Enhertu for lung cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca ’s Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) to treat unresectable or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults. According to the interim efficacy data from a pre-specified patient cohort, a 5.4 In the trial, 1.9%

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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine gets Taiwan FDA EUA for use in adults

Pharmaceutical Technology

Novavax has obtained emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), from the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration for use in people of the age 18 years and above. The protein-based vaccine is engineered from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ initial strain.

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US FDA grants orphan drug status to IN8bio’s INB-400 and INB-410

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to IN8bio’s INB-400 and INB-410 to treat a range of malignant gliomas, including newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This marks the first-ever designation for genetically modified gamma-delta T cell therapies.

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Meeting rising demands of a new radiotheranostic era

European Pharmaceutical Review

In addition, radionuclide therapy has the potential to achieve high efficacy rates since the administered drugs spare surrounding healthy tissue, thus, reducing the burden on the patient. 1-4 Besides these drug products, several companies worldwide are developing radiotheranostics in clinical trials built on various radionuclides.

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FDA accepts BLA for Pfizer’s haemophilia B gene therapy

Pharma Leaders

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) submitted by Pfizer for haemophilia B gene therapy, fidanacogene elaparvovec. Based on the safety and efficacy findings from the Phase III BENEGENE-2 study, the company made these filings.