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Allergy Shots for Bee Stings No Longer Sufficient: Time for Customized Immunotherapy? – Pharmaceutical Processing

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2017-05-17 NEWS

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Allergy Shots for Bee Stings No Longer Sufficient: Time for Customized Immunotherapy?
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This is where allergen-specific immunotherapy, commonly known as allergy shots, can help. The treatment involves injecting very small doses of the venom under the patient’s skin. The idea is to force the body to become accustomed to the poison and …

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FDA to fast-track Pfizer/Sangamo gene therapy orphan drug
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US regulators have granted a Fast Track designation to a potential gene therapy treatment for haemophilia A from Pfizer and Sangamo. SB-525, which also has orphan drug status from the FDA, is one of Sangamo’s four lead candidates and is expected to …