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Immunogenicity assessment is critical in the development of biotherapeutics. Conventionally, this evaluation has been facilitated by employing ligand binding assays (LBAs). However, the development of immunogenicity assays by LBA can present certain challenges in some cases, and alternative assay platforms can be advantageous. In this study, liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was employed [...]
The immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins remains a key challenge, leading to early and late-stage clinical failures, posing a significant hurdle in the development of safe and efficacious biopharmaceuticals. This review highlights the main categories of factors influencing the immune response-mediated impacts of biotherapeutics: 1) patient-related factors, 2) product-related factors, and 3) administration-related factors. It provides [...]
Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), pose a substantial burden, necessitating effective therapies. Etrolizumab, a unique monoclonal antibody targeting integrins, initially showed promise but was terminated due to lack of efficacy in PhIII studies. The immune responses elicited by patients towards etrolizumab make it a compelling subject for further in-depth investigation. This study delves [...]
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All biotherapeutics have the potential to induce an immunogenic response and generate anti-drug antibodies (ADAs), especially when administered as multiple doses over prolonged periods. However, a clinically meaningful effect of ADAs can be difficult to identify to communicate the impact of immunogenicity on drug exposure, safety and efficacy outcomes in product labels in a way [...]
An immunogenicity risk assessment (IRA) is a relatively new expectation of health authorities that is increasingly incorporated into the drug development process across the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. The guiding principle for an IRA includes a comprehensive evaluation of product- and patient-related factors that may influence the immunogenic potential of a biotherapeutic drug and a potential action [...]
Peptides are gaining remarkable popularity in clinical diagnosis and treatment due to their high selectivity and minimal side effects. Over 11% of all new pharmaceutical chemical entities authorised by the FDA between 2016 and 2024 were synthetically manufactured peptides. A critical factor that can potentially limit the efficacy and safety of peptide-based therapeutics or biologics [...]
Herpes zoster (HZ), commonly known as shingles, arises from the reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) when VZV-specific cellular immunity declines below a critical threshold necessary for viral suppression. The current leading vaccine, Shingrix, which incorporates the adjuvant AS01(B) with glycoprotein E (gE), has significantly contributed to HZ prevention but raises concerns regarding safety [...]
Despite harboring the highest tumor mutational burden of all cancers, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) has low immunogenicity. Here, we demonstrate that BCC's low immunogenicity is associated with epigenomic suppression of antigen presentation machinery reminiscent of its cell of origin. Primary BCC had low T cell infiltrates and low human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) expression [...]
