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FDA authorizes new drug to protect immune compromised from Covid-19

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized a new antibody to protect immunocompromised individuals against Covid-19.    The drug, known as Pemgarda and marketed by the biotech Invivyd, is the first such drug to become available since the agency pulled AstraZeneca’s Evusheld off the market in January 2023.

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Aviceda, QUB to develop next-generation glyco-immune therapeutics

Pharmaceutical Technology

Aviceda Therapeutics (Aviceda) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) for the development of next-generation glyco-immune therapeutics. The company strengthens the translational research collaboration between the US and Ireland.

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AbbVie to buy immune drug developer Landos

BioPharma Dive

Worth about $138 million upfront, the deal is another example of pharma interest in new drugs for inflammatory conditions like Crohn’s.

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Tackling immune-mediated disease with CAR Tregs

European Pharmaceutical Review

Recognising the potential of CAR T cells to act as highly targeted therapeutics, several biotechnology companies – including Sangamo Therapeutics – have established development pipelines of CAR T regulatory cells (Tregs) that aim to tackle immune?mediated What are Tregs and how are they applicable to immune-mediated disease?

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Collaboration to chart AI-generated map of the immune system

Outsourcing Pharma

A partnership between Immunai and 10x Genomics will use artificial intelligence to create a map of the immune system to help accelerate drug development.

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Lilly buys oral immune drug developer Dice Therapeutics for $2.4B

BioPharma Dive

The deal adds to recent M&A activity as well as signals pharma’s continued interest in pills for inflammatory conditions, which are meant to approach the potency of injectable therapies.

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4th Antigen Specific Immune Tolerance Summit

pharmaphorum

The 4 th Antigen Specific Immune Tolerance Digital Summit (ASIT) brings together industry representatives from the fields of autoimmunity, allergy, immuno-oncology and transplantation to tackle the complexities behind autoimmune disorders head on. This is the industry’s definitive antigen specific drug development forum.