Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News for February 2021

Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News Archive

New knowledge about a cancer pharmaceutical led to the Sjöberg Prize New knowledge about a cancer pharmaceutical led to the Sjöberg Prize

Benjamin L. Ebert, USA, receives this year’s Sjöberg Prize, worth one million US dollars, for his research into how lenalidomide works as a treatment for blood cancer. His discovery of the mechanism that promotes protein breakdown in cancer cells may be vitally important to the future development of new pharmaceuticals.

Celltrion develops tailored neutralising antibody cocktail treatment with CT-P59 to tackle COVID-19 variant spread using its antibody development platform Celltrion develops tailored neutralising antibody cocktail treatment with CT-P59 to tackle COVID-19 variant spread using its antibody development platform

Celltrion is on track developing a neutralising antibody cocktail with Regdanvimab (CT-P59) tailored to fight against the emerging new variants. CT-P59 demonstrated neutralising capability against key emerging mutations, including the UK variant in addition to six variant genome mutations of SARS-CoV-2. Celltrion has constructed a COVID-19 antibody portfolio and clinical development platform to help combat the spread of the virus mutations