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INDEPENDENT: A new vaccine has shown “promising” signs of being able to prevent relapse of specific types of pancreatic and bowel cancers for people who have previously had surgery.
HEALTHDAY: Patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer could benefit from an experimental therapeutic vaccine, a small new clinical trial shows.
PHARMA’S ALMANAC: In 2023, the FDA released the draft guidance titled: “Manufacturing Changes and Comparability for Human Cellular and Gene Therapy Products.” This draft guidance provides insight into the FDA’s expectations for cell and gene therapy (CGT) developers regarding manufacturing changes and comparability assessments under chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) requirements.
LIFE SCIENCE LEADER: Ten years ago, Pete DeMuth was wrapping up his Ph.D. in biological engineering at MIT. In parallel, the lab at MIT was watering the sprout of a biotech business rooted in a simple hypothesis—the idea that precisely targeting vaccines to the right location in the body is critical for generating robust immunity against cancer.
TARGETED ONCOLOGY: Innovative findings in the field of cancer vaccines were presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), focusing on a novel technology directing vaccines into lymph nodes.
Steinbuck MP, Cabana-Puig X, Palmer E, et al.
Presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s (SITC) 38th Annual Meeting
Nov 1-5, 2023
San Diego, CA
Scientific Poster
PHARMA SHOTS: Robert Connelly, CEO of Elicio Therapeutics, shared his views on the aftermath of the merger between Elicio Therapeutics & Angion Biomedica Corp. The strategic merger is instrumental to further advance Elicio’s product candidates with a focus on advancing its proprietary lymph node targeting Amphiphile (AMP) technology to develop immunotherapies.
Wainberg ZA, Pant S, Weekes CD, et al.
Presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference in Cancer Research: Pancreatic Cancer
September 27-30, 2023
Boston, MA
PHARMA’S ALMANAC: At Elicio Therapeutics, we view real-world data and evidence (RWE) as a critical component for optimizing our drug development process –– particularly the design and execution of our AMPLIFY studies including patient selection and biomarkers of therapeutic response.