The chronic leukemias have very effective treatments in the form
of biologic therapies (such as Gleevec for CML), which are designed to stimulate the body's immune system to target cancer cells.
The research team evaluated the combination
of the biologic therapy brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris), a monoclonal antibody - drug conjugate, with the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine (Gemzar) in 42 pediatric and young - adult patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, the most common cancer in young people ages 15 to 29.
Interferon is a type
of biologic therapy.
Clinical trials are studying different combinations
of biologic therapy, chemotherapy, steroid therapy, and drugs.
The antibody targets a peptide on cancer cells, and is a form
of biologic therapy, an increasingly appealing alternative to chemotherapy.
Not exact matches
Samsung's Bioepis arm has been on a quest to create biosimilars — or copycats
of biologic drugs that are usually priced at deep discounts —
of some
of the world's top
therapies.
The Chiesi fund will consider a wide range
of opportunities, from traditional small molecules and
biologics, to gene
therapies and cell
therapies, to diagnostic and disease management technologies.
The med significantly upped the proportion
of patients to achieve a 20 response at week 16 when compared with placebo in patients who hadn't yet received a
biologic therapy.
The ability to identify those patients unlikely to respond to first - line
biologic anti-TNF
therapies prior to their treatment would allow these patients to be prescribed alternative
therapies, providing faster relief
of symptoms and reducing the risk
of future complications.
Faced with an increasing choice
of different
biologic therapies, rheumatologists have a critical need for better tools to inform their management
of RA.
Next, the scientists identified which
of these patient populations had joints that were getting better and what
biologic therapies they were taking.
The study found no clear change in blood eosinophils with dupilumab
therapy; however, other biomarkers decreased, including fractional exhaled nitric oxide, thymus and activation regulated chemokine, immunoglobulin E and eotaxin - 3, confirming the
biologic activity
of dupilumab.
Better control
of inflammation with
biologic therapy might reduce not only the rate
of heart attacks, but potentially also affect the size
of myocardial infarctions.»
Whilst established to examine possible safety issues with
biologic therapies, it provides the opportunity to look at additional benefits beyond the direct effect on disease severity,» explains William Dixon, MD, MRC clinician scientist / senior clinical lecturer and honorary consultant rheumatologist; Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University
of Manchester; and an investigator in the study.
Stepping up to
biologic therapy when methotrexate monotherapy fails offers minimal incremental benefit over using a combination
of drugs known as triple
therapy, yet incurs large costs for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Results
of a comprehensive cost - effectiveness analysis suggest that patients who have RA and no contraindications to triple
therapy should use it prior to a
biologic as the next regimen.
The authors cite literature showing this is a strategy that many patients would prefer anyway, since it could reduce their out -
of - pocket costs, and would not expose them to the risk
of serious side - effects associated with
biologic therapy.
These
biologic therapies use an antibody class called immunoglobulin - G (IgG) to bind to and prevent the activity
of specific proteins or growth factors.
After discontinuation
of triple
therapy according to either definition, 59.3 percent tended to switch to or add another DMARD, while 41.2 percent added a
biologic drug.
Data on 10,156 RA patients from 1998 to 2012 were analyzed to determine what percentage
of patients discontinued triple
therapy, and how long they took the combination
of drugs before discontinuing or adding a
biologic drug.
Michigan Medicine and MedImmune, the global
biologics research and development arm
of AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), have entered into a three - year research alliance to identify potential new
therapies for the prevention and treatment
of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic disorders.
His track record includes
biologics and gene
therapies, which were new technologies to both U.S. and European regulators at the time
of their development.
With continued growth in development and approval
of biologic drugs and cell
therapies comes a need for more robust and predictive cell - based assays.
select the most effective
therapy based on the unique
biologic characteristics
of the patient and the molecular properties
of a tumor or other disease
Paris, France, April 3, 2018, 5.35 pm CET — GenSight
Biologics (Euronext: SIGHT, ISIN: FR0013183985, PEA - PME eligible), a biopharma company focused on discovering and developing innovative gene
therapies for retinal neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system disorders, today announced topline results from the REVERSE Phase III clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy
of a single intravitreal injection
of GS010 (rAAV2 / 2 - ND 4) in 37 subjects whose visual loss due to 11778 - ND4 Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) commenced between 6 and 12 months prior to study treatment.
The KININ meeting occurs every three years, assembling scientists and clinicians involved in the field
of bradykinin (kinins) and its related proteins (enzymes, cofactors, substrates, receptors, proteolytic systems, disease states, and developing
therapies) for presentation
of the latest ideas, research, drug development and therapeutics in these
biologic systems.
Focused on meeting this urgent unmet medical need, ALS TDI executes a robust target discovery program, while simultaneously operating the world's largest efforts to preclinically validate potential therapeutics; including a pipeline
of dozens
of small molecules, protein
biologics, gene
therapies and cell - based constructs.
Sean has more than 20 years
of regulatory experience across a range
of categories including
biologics, gene
therapy, chemistry, manufacturing and control (CMC) and medical device
LHV is co-founder, shareholder, member
of the Scientific Advisory Board, and consultant
of GenSight
Biologics, an ophthalmology gene
therapy company.
She is proud to be one
of the few rheumatologists who does not routinely start her patients on
biologic and DMARD
therapies.
A report published in Dermatologic
Therapy, [15] shows that «the use
of topical antioxidants is gaining favor among dermatologists because
of their broad
biologic activity.»
Treatment options for these include surgery, chemotherapy and other
biologics (specific types
of drugs), hormonal
therapy and radiation.
The cohort included 9 patients with symptomatic Crohn's disease (CD) and 6 with ulcerative colitis (UC), half
of whom were on
biologic therapy, with an average disease duration
of 19 years (1).
The
biologic treatments
of anabolic stimulation
of the tissues with injections, exercise, physical
therapy and activity coaching are becoming more effective, more targeted and more widespread.
Due to its advantages
of both safety and affordability, it's non-invasiveness, and the fact that it's drug - free, Stem Cell
Therapy by MediVet Biologics is the most logical cell therapy choice for the treatment of the fol
Therapy by MediVet
Biologics is the most logical cell
therapy choice for the treatment of the fol
therapy choice for the treatment
of the following:
Canine TCC is almost identical to human invasive TCC (invasive urothelial carcinoma) in histopathologic characteristics, molecular features studied to date,
biologic behavior (sites and frequency
of metastasis), and response to medical
therapy.
Thanks to use
of biologic line products Comfort Zone our therapists promote the mountain well - being with specific
therapies signed Nira SPA.
Preparation and global prosecution
of patent applications directed to diagnostic and therapeutic products including antibodies, gene
therapies, vaccines, stem cells, pharmaceutical formulations, nanotechnology, nucleic acid molecules,
biologics, medical devices, mouse platforms for antibody development, and methods
of treating diseases.