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Tamra Sami

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Glucose testing

Innovent’s mazdutide bests Lilly’s diabetes drug in phase III

May 14, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Innovent Biologics Inc.’s glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) and glucagon receptor dual agonist, mazdutide, met the primary endpoint of superiority in a head-to-head phase III trial in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes compared to Eli Lilly and Co.’s GLP-1, dulaglutide, for glycemic control.
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Indian President Droupadi Murmu

India launches Immunoact’s homegrown NexCAR19 for cancer

May 14, 2024
By Tamra Sami
India’s first indigenous CAR T therapy is expected to cost around $50,000, nearly one-tenth of the price of top-selling CAR Ts in the U.S. India President Droupadi Murmu officially launched Immunoadoptive Cell Therapy’s (Immunoact) NexCAR19 (actalycabtagene autoleucel), a CD19-targeted CAR T, and dedicated it to the nation in April 2024.
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Glucose testing

Innovent’s mazdutide bests Lilly’s diabetes drug in phase III

May 10, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Innovent Biologics Inc.’s glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) and glucagon receptor dual agonist, mazdutide, met the primary endpoint of superiority in a head-to-head phase III trial in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes compared to Eli Lilly and Co.’s GLP-1, dulaglutide, for glycemic control.
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Newco News

Enlitic‘s AI tools help drain the imaging quagmire

May 10, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Imaging is the number one way physicians track cancer progression and burdens within neurology and cardiology, but the ability to take imaging information and interact with it to make better decisions is becoming ever more complicated.
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Indian President Droupadi Murmu

India launches Immunoact’s homegrown NexCAR19 for cancer

May 8, 2024
By Tamra Sami
India’s first indigenous CAR T therapy is expected to cost around $50,000, nearly one-tenth of the price of top-selling CAR Ts in the U.S. India President Droupadi Murmu officially launched Immunoadoptive Cell Therapy’s (Immunoact) NexCAR19 (actalycabtagene autoleucel), a CD19-targeted CAR T, and dedicated it to the nation in April 2024.
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Australia poised to harness the power of radiopharmaceuticals

May 7, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Australia is poised to play a leading role in the rise of the global radiopharmaceutical industry, as advanced therapies drive significant investment and rapid expansion, according to a new discussion paper from industry accelerator Mtpconnect.
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Blue peptide illustration

Novartis, Peptidream expand peptide discovery effort in $2.7B deal

May 7, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Novartis Pharma AG continues to build up its radiopharmaceutical powerhouse and has expanded a peptide discovery collaboration with Peptidream Inc. in a deal worth up to $2.71 billion. Under the multi-program agreement, Kawasaki, Japan-based Peptidream will use its peptide discovery platform system technology to identify and optimize novel macrocyclic peptides against targets selected by Novartis for potential conjugation to radioligand therapies or other applications for both therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.
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Coin inserted into Australian map

Australia investing AU$1.89B for new research, clinical trials

May 7, 2024
By Tamra Sami
The Australian government is investing AU$1.89 billion (US$1.25 billion) in what it is calling a “once-in-a generation transformation” of health and medical research in Australia with $1.4 billion tagged for new research for the Medical Research Future Fund.
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Justin Hanka, CEO, Mindbio
Newco news

Mindbio explores psychedelic potential of LSD for depression, PMS

May 7, 2024
By Tamra Sami
The use of psychedelics is seeing impressive results in treating psychiatric disorders like treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and Mindbio Therapeutics Ltd. is expanding the field to include microdoses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to treat depression and premenstrual syndrome.
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Cardiovascular

Human iPSCs restore muscle, function in monkeys with heart failure

May 7, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Japanese researchers have transplanted human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in a primate model of myocardial infarction and were able to restore heart muscle and function in monkeys. Developed by Tokyo-based Heartseed Inc., the grafted iPSCs consist of clusters of purified heart muscle cells (cardiomyocyte spheroids) that are injected into the myocardial layer of the heart. Published in Circulation on April 26, 2024, the study showed that the cardiomyocyte spheroids survived long term and showed improved contractile function with low occurrence of post-transplant arrhythmias.
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