FINNCAP’S LIFE SCIENCES REPORT INDICATES CELL AND GENE THERAPY SECTOR IS DRIVING THE NEXT WAVE OF INNOVATION IN PHARMA – PharmiWeb.com

Breakthrough in delivery for cell and gene therapy products has led to a wave of M&A activity as big pharma aims not to miss out on the future of medicine

AIM healthcare index at the centre of innovation, has risen 6% YTD compared with the AIM all share, which has declined 7%

finnLife 50 index has also risen 6% in 2020 led by gains in Synairgen (+2,930%), Avacta (+654%), Omega Diagnostics (+322%) and Tiziana Life Sciences (+283%)

London 25 August 2020 Healthcare companies employing and developing cell and gene therapy (C>) are driving the next wave of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry, leading to increased M&A activity as big pharma aims not to miss out on the future of medicine. The AIM healthcare index has been at the centre of this innovation, rising 6% YTD compared with the AIM all share, which has declined 7%.

These are the findings of finnCaps new quarterly Life Sciences sector report, Rude Health.

Rather than just treating a disease and its symptoms, C> can target the underlying cause of a disease, with long-term benefits and curative potential. C> is now being realised on an applicable level, with many products already approved and the FDA expects to approve 10-20 products a year by 2025.

The financials of the sector are reflective of this rapid progress. In 2018, the market value of C> was $536 million - $1.07 billion; but by 2026 it is set to have a valuation of up to$35.4 billion. Given the high proportion of start-ups in the sector, M&A activity is on the rise, as evidenced by the $3 billion Astellas spent in January 2020 to acquire Audentes Therapeutics, specialists in genetics medicines.

In 2014/2015, M&A activity in the sector was $5 billion; by 2018/2019 it had surged 880% to $49 billion. Much of this is driven by big pharma firms not wanting to fall behind their smaller, more versatile competition, as they did with monoclonal antibody technology. Consequently, they have engaged with M&A to speed up and enhance their own R&D efforts.

The report notes that innovators in C> will be well placed to take part in the land grab that will follow as a result of continued advancements in the sector, and highlights now as a good time for investors and pharmaceutical companies to become involved as the sector is rapidly maturing past its high potential research and development stage with an established pipeline of therapies already being developed.

Some of the key reasons why the report considers the C> sector to be an attractive one for investment are:

Pharmas next wave of innovation. C>s can be potentially curative treatment options as they usually target the underlying cause of disease. In the long term, these therapies could become the backbone of treatment regimens, and solutions to various unmet needs.

Deals. Big Pharma had to play catch-up with monoclonal antibody technology and seems determined not to make the same mistake with C>, as reflected in the high deal activity and high deal values seen within this space.

Sector maturation. Advances in the sector mean that the C> sector is beginning to mature beyond the R&D stage and into commercialisation, with some products already approved, and with a very large future pipeline of therapies.

Revenue.Therapies in this space can command high prices, allowing for high revenue generation, even from rare diseases and limited patient populations.

Despite its vital role in the future of medicine, C> also comes with challenges. The report highlights that the manufacture of C>s is difficult given they are, by definition, personalised for the patient. This means they cannot be batch produced for distribution to multiple patients as more traditional medicines can. For example, Zolgensma, which treats those with motor neurone disease, is priced at $2.1 (1.6) million per therapy, making it the most expensive drug treatment ever.

The report also notes how the payment process for C> requires a reworking of reimbursement systems not used to outlaying so much money up front for a treatment with long-term benefits/curative potential versus continuous, and lower payments for ongoing medicine treatment.

The technologies the report shines a spotlight include CAR-T therapy, stem cell therapy, CRISPR, RNA therapies, among various others.

Arshad Ahad, Research Analyst, Life Sciences, at finnCap, commented:Few technologies in the life sciences sector hold as much promise as Cell and Gene Therapy, with its ability to provide long-term benefits and curative potential. These technologies have been seen as the future of medicine for many years, and now we are closer than ever to that future becoming a reality. If Cell and Gene therapy does become the backbone of treatment regimes in the future, similar to the rise of monoclonal antibodies, then the companies involved are developing expertise in a critical part of the life sciences industry, which should confer a significant competitive advantage as the sector matures further. Now is therefore a good time to invest in the future.

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Regulating advanced therapies: Q&A with patent lawyer David Silverstein – Pharmaceutical Technology

Axinn partner and patent attorney David Silverstein. Credit: Axinn. What challenges do cell and gene therapies pose to regulators? Credit: Shutterstock.

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Innovation is a key focus of the pharma industry. This has led to dramatic improvements in the treatment options available to at-need patients. Due to technological innovation and the development of cell and gene therapies, it is now possible to use CAR-T treatments to cure certain types of cancers and particular patient populations. in

Although these innovations drive medicine forward, they pose a significant challenge to regulators. These bodies need to stay abreast of the many new, emerging trends in the industry and figure out how best to assess these novel products for safety, efficacy and value.

Axinn partner and patent attorney with more than 15 years of experience looking at regulatory matters related to the pharma market David Silverstein discusses why cell and gene therapies are such an important development for the industry. However, he also notes how advanced therapies have challenged regulators, particularly linked to the rise in unlicensed clinics administering unapproved regenerative therapies.

Allie Nawrat: What makes cell and gene therapies such an exciting and important development for the pharma industry?

David Silverstein: If you had to analogise it as martial arts, there are traditional ways of treating diseases with small molecules, for example, and that is more like karate it is force against force, forcing the body to do something.

Whereas cell and gene therapies are more like judo, where you use the opponents momentum to your advantage.

To me, these therapies use the strength of the body; evolution has given us the fantastic cellular mechanisms, and cell and gene therapies tap into them.

Its just a much more targeted and efficient way to bring about the result youre after, rather than forcing some foreign small molecule into the cell, and triggering effect.

We are better off for small molecules, but the next step in the evolution of medicine is selling gene therapy.

AN: What challenges have cell and gene therapies created for regulators?

DS: It is a paradigm shift for regulators. Originally, regulators emerged out of the need to ensure that tonics being sold on roadside stands were safe and actually effective, so they are accustomed to dealing with that type of industry. Those products are much easier to describe, characterise and make, than these large, more complicated biological products.

The obvious challenges are around how do you categorise them? You cant just put them all in the same bucket; stem cells are different than gene therapy delivered by a virus. So [there are issues] with the agency just getting its head around that. What are the critical differences that need to be established so that we can evaluate these appropriately? So were not just painting with a broad brush and treating them all the same.

The other challenges [relate to] all the unapproved regenerative therapies. It is a significant [problem]. Studies have shown that [unqualified] people have been discovered administering unlicensed stem cell therapies. [This situation has arisen from] patients who either have exhausted traditional therapies and theyre just desperate to try anything to patients who dont trust what the government and regulators are telling them.

The FDA is struggling with enforcement actions against them; the lack of oversight and regulation on these can lead to fatal results.

AN: How have regulators, and particularly the FDA, responded to the emergence of cell and gene therapies?

DS: In the past several years, the FDA has gotten very motivated. In 2016 and 2017, key FDA guidances came out about the regulation of these products. The FDA had designated 2020 as the year of increased enforcement activity to get under control these unapproved labs that are administering unapproved and potentially dangerous preventative therapies but, unfortunately, Covid-19 has thrown a wrench in their gears.

Well see how priorities shift after this year currently Covid-19 is rightfully in the centre but I dont know if the FDA is going to lose interest or shift its priorities away from regulating these products and engaging in enforcement.

AN: What are the special intellectual property considerations around these advanced therapies?

DS: The challenges are that as these are products of nature you have to be careful and make sure the products different enough so you dont fall afoul of the Supreme Courts case law on patentable subject matter.

Another challenge is the importance of trade secrets. A lot of people when they think about how do you protect these products and manufacture these products, they jump right to patents. But with these kind of products, its important for a stakeholder to take into account trade secret protection. It is an alternative to patent protection. It, of course, complements patent portfolio; but you can protect things with trade secrets that you couldnt protect with patents.

Often I advise clients to segment their manufacturing workflow, so that there isnt one single group or individual who knows every step of the manufacturing process. This is a highly competitive industry and theres a lot of mobility with people changing jobs. Even without getting to malfeasance of people trying to steal trade secrets, you need to think about what knowledge is in peoples heads. You can control it by breaking up your work group so that theyre collaborating together, but no one group knows every step of the process.

AN: What impact has the regulators reactions had on advancing cell and gene therapy innovation?

DS: In the last 10 years, [there has been] an uptick in industry emphasis on them and innovation. This is in part because the regulatory landscape is becoming clearer. If companies know what rules they need to play by, then they can properly assess the risks and rewards of investing in research projects.

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The Road To Scale: Challenges Facing the Implementation of Animal-Free Recombinant Proteins Into Stem Cell Supply Chains – Technology Networks

Protein engineering techniques can be used to produce more potent animal-free growth factors as highlighted by the higher level of Nanog expression in iPSCs cultured with an optimized form of the key growth factor TGF-1 (RHS), when compared with cells cultured with the mammalian-cell expressed protein (LHS). Credit: Stemnovate

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Most industries today are under pressure to switch to more ethical and sustainable animal-free alternatives, and now the trend is coming to stem cell labs. As stem cell applications accelerate towards the clinic, novel drug discovery platforms are rapidly scaled, and new transformative stem cell-based technologies such as cultured meat arise, there is a drive to switch to animal-free cell culture media. This move is essential to facilitate future regulatory approval for advanced therapies, and enable pharma and biotech companies to ethically, reproducibly and cost-effectively scale stem cell-based innovations. Most stem cell scientists today use recombinant growth factor and cytokine proteins in their chemically-defined media to supply their cultures with the necessary biological signals required for maintenance of pluripotency, cell proliferation and differentiation into specific cell lineages. However, the fundamental biochemistry and manufacturing processes of these protein messengers can often be overlooked. But as scientists are trying to establish new animal-free systems to support the scale-up of their stem cell applications, the properties and challenges inherent in these proteins are becoming more prominent and frankly a headache for many.

Highlighted here are three key challenges facing pharma and biotech companies as they embark on the path to implementing animal-free systems, from the perspective of two protein scientists. 1.Why batch consistency is kingAs stem cell therapies gear up to make the leap from bench to clinic and the promise of stem cell biology in drug discovery and other industrial applications is realized, more subtle and still largely inexplicable challenges in optimizing growth factor and cytokine supply chains for defined media are being identified why when you change from one supplier or even batch of a recombinant protein do stem cells need weaning onto that protein, or dont tolerate the change? Is this a fundamental lack of batch consistency across the supply chain or is there an underlying biological basis?

At the minute, there is simply not enough data to answer this definitively. While we are starting to tease apart these questions, it highlights the need for greater innovation within the recombinant protein supply chain to bring best practice and innovation from other areas to improve the robustness of the global supply chain and encourage great openness and scrutiny of fundamental biochemical quality early in process development.

Questions we should ask include: are we seeing heterogeneity in post-translational modifications, which is well documented in monoclonal antibody manufacturing? Can synthetic biology or protein engineering be used to optimize proteins and engineer out features contributing to this variation?

For now, and until we have answers, its a good idea to source proteins from reputable suppliers that have rigorous standards for batch quality testing and meticulously scrutinize all biochemical and bioactivity data provided. 2.Cost of goods as a barrier to scaleTo bring innovative stem cell applications to market, pharma and biotech companies need to be able to seamlessly scale their cultures, meet regulatory requirements and achieve a sensible and sustainable process cost. Where recombinant proteins are needed in cell culture media, they are usually the greatest contributor to cost of goods.

Well-defined industry challenges catalyze change and the stem cell field is seeing renewed focus on much needed innovation in complex bioactive protein production to meet the needs for animal-free, highly reproducible proteins. Protein engineering technology, enhanced cell-based and cell-free expression systems, such as bacteria, yeast and even plants, coupled with improvements to downstream processing systems are just some of the latest innovations in this space. Previously, there have been concerns over the ability of simpler systems to form correctly folded and bioactive recombinant proteins. However, it is clear that many of these barriers can be overcome to produce highly pure growth factors and cytokines at scale. Others are striping back chemically-defined media protocols to determine the essential growth factors and cytokines needed for their cell type. For example, homebrews of key growth factors to reduce costs - Paul Burridge and his team at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have pioneered a cost-effective B8 chemically-defined media for weekend-free hiPSC culture at just 3% of the price of commercially available media. Now the challenge is to take the learnings from academic studies such as these and translate them into industrial processes. Meating the price of lab-grown steaksYou cannot discuss the cost of growth factors without mentioning the daunting step-change and barrier facing the fast-evolving cultured meat market. Here, highly optimized animal-free growth factor production systems will be required to provide the economies of scale needed to deliver kilogram-ton quantities at a fraction of the price in order to bring these lab-grown meat alternatives to consumers. After all, it just isnt viable for companies to be spending hundreds of dollars on each liter of culture media - instead, this needs to be reduced to ~$1/liter. 3.Animal-free or ADCF? Now that is the questionDespite animal-free/animal-derived component free (ADCF) growth factors and cytokines becoming increasing important, there are no standard definitions for these terms across the industry, with many protein manufacturers supporting the sector by defining their own internal standards. For the clinical space, the United States Pharmacopeia and International Organization for Standardization have published a framework for classifying raw materials used in cell therapy manufactureinto four different tiers based on their risk. Under this classification, ancillary materials used in the manufacture of cell-based therapies and tissue-engineered products, such as recombinant growth factors and cytokines, are considered low risk so fall into tiers 1 and 2 with an ADCF level of manufacturing defined as all components, sub-components and consumables do not contain materials derived from animals. To support the wider sector, not just those at the transition to the clinic, clarity over definitions and transparency from manufacturers will help to define and overcome the challenges faced and allow the promise of stem-cell derived innovations to be delivered.

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Beata Blaszczyk, Senior Scientist, Qkine

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3D Cell Culture Systems in Cancer Organoids Reveal Drug Efficacy that is Undetectable in Traditional 2D Monolayer Systems – b3c newswire

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CARDIFF, UK, August 26, 2020 / B3C newswire / -- A new paper exploring the application of patient-derived organoids (PDOs) in the study of novel inhibitors of stem cell activity has recently been published in the journal PLOS ONE (Badder et al., 2020).

The study utilised 3D image-based morphometric analysis to quantify over 600 different features from individual organoids following treatment with inhibitors of the tankyrase protein (TNKSi). While the morphometric analysis approach mirrored the trend seen in traditional biochemical assays, importantly this more sophisticated method was able to detect subtle alterations in growth and morphology in response to TNKSi with much greater accuracy. This leads to the conclusion that whilst traditional biochemical assays still have value in detecting compounds that merit further investigation in early stage drug discovery, combining these with 3D morphological analysis could be the key to unlocking the full potential of organoids in predictive drug testing at a much larger scale.

The study was led by Cellesce founding director Professor Trevor Dales Cardiff University-based academic research group working together with Cellesce and other partners. It describes the derivation of a novel set of colorectal cancer PDOs. The PDO models are then used as a platform to test the response of colorectal cancer to Wnt pathway modulation using small molecule TNKSi. The work utilises a range of analysis techniques and highlights 3D quantitative image analysis in particular as having the potential to greatly enhance the high throughput prediction of compound efficacy in pre-clinical testing.

In recent years, there has been a shift within the drug discovery industry to focus on the development of compounds targeting cancer stem cell populations within tumours. Historically, conventional chemotherapeutics have aimed to target the tumour bulk, to kill as many tumour cells as possible; the effects of which are usually to drive tumour regression in the short-term, albeit with greater side-effects - and a high chance of patient relapse. It is now widely understood that, in order to permanently prevent tumour growth, the initiating cancer stem cell population must be removed or inhibited. In the patient, this might have a relatively small impact initially on overall tumour size, but a longer term more effective treatment caused not by killing the cells, but by a more subtle change in the behaviour of the cells within the tumour.

The study of such targeted compounds has led to demand for better predictive model systems. While historical drug discovery has relied heavily on the predictive power of 2D cancer cell lines, their lack of cellular heterogeneity and relevant phenotypic behaviour leaves them largely unsuited for the study of cancer stem cell inhibitors, and far from ideally placed for anti-cancer drug development in general.

PDOs which retain intra-tumoral complexity and, crucially, stem cell function - are now gaining increasing momentum as predictive in vitro models in the drug discovery field, with the potential to reduce compound attrition rates and development costs, ultimately increasing the number of successful compounds available for use in the clinic. A more complex model, the study argues, demands a more comprehensive method of analysis that is capable of capturing the complete range of changes that may occur in response to treatment.

The paper can be accessed here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0235319

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The organoid lines generated for this study are licensed for sale by Cellesce in large scale validated batches produced using Cellesces patented bioprocess. Cellesce PDOs:

About Cellesce Cellesce is a biotechnology company that has developed a patented bioprocessing technology for the propagation of organoids in culture. Cellesce is focused on the supply of standardised and well-characterised cancer organoids for large-scale applications such as compound screening, where significant quantities of reproducible batches are required.

PDOs are three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures that can self-organise intoex vivo'mini-organs. They facilitate the study of tumour pathology to enable cancer drug discovery. Organoids more faithfully replicate in vivo tumours compared to conventional 2D cell line cultures and can provide more relevant pharmacological responses to therapeutic agents. By using organoids in drug discovery screening assays, scientists can identify active compounds for further progression earlier in the drug discovery process and weed out less attractive compounds before incurring higher downstream costs.

The Cellesce team is based in state-of-the-art laboratory space in the Cardiff Medicentre. Cellesce operates according to the highest ethical standards to ensure appropriate confidentiality and regulatory requirements.

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Keywords: Drug Discovery; Tankyrases; Wnt Signaling Pathway; Organoids; Antineoplastic Agents; Neoplastic Stem Cells; Colorectal Neoplasms; Cell Line; Cancer Stem Cells Inhibitors;

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Demand for Myelofibrosis Treatment Market to Witness Rapid Surge During the Period 2016 2022 – Scientect

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The global market for myelofibrosis treatment is expected to grow moderately due to low incidence of a disease. However, increasing incidence of genetic disorders, lifestyle up-gradation and rise in smoking population are the factors which can boost the growth of global myelofibrosis treatment market. The high cost of therapy will the growth of global myelofibrosis treatment market.

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ProgenCell – Stem Cell Therapies announces new facilities – PR Web

Our patients will have access to even more services and extraordinary specialists available at the medical tourism complex, in a convenient and strategic location.

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ProgenCell - Stem Cell Therapies is announcing the opening of its brand new Stem Cell Treatment Center to give international and local patients a more comprehensive medical treatment in a luxury and stress free environment. With this announcement, ProgenCell establishes its leadership in the field of regenerative medicine and medical tourism. ProgenCells New Clinic is part of the one of a kind all-in-house medical tourism complex: NewCity Medical Plaza.

A great deal of planning went into making this stem cell treatment right for the wide range of medical conditions we deal with, said Dr Jorge Gavino, president of ProgenCell Scientific Committee. Our patients will have access to even more services and extraordinary specialists available at the medical tourism complex, in a convenient and strategic location. Im excited to welcome patients at this new facility.

It has been a long journey. Time had given lot of experience since 2008, when the clinic was found, said Elias Bemaras, CEO. Stem cell therapy has evolved, has improved in many ways, getting better results, learning from long term treated patients. We understand the need for a new facility, more convenient for patients with equipment renovation, better distribution, and a better location. Although a high investment is required, we believe it is worth it because our patients will receive better service, easier logistics, more time with the doctor, better follow up, and that translates to 360 degrees patient satisfaction.

With this new facility, ProgenCell establishes its commitment to offer the most advanced technology in modern and comfortable facilities and in a fully licensed, government regulated and certified facility, overseen by an independent ethics and scientific committee.

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FDA Clears Jointechlabs’ MiniTC for Point-of-Care Fat Tissue Processing and its Broad Range of Applications – PRNewswire

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Jointechlabs a leader in point-of-care regenerative medicine therapies today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the company's MiniTCfor point-of-care fat tissue processing designed to obtain microfat (or fat grafts), for multiple indications. Jointechlabs plans to focus on a range of therapeutic areas including medical aesthetics, plastic surgery, orthobiologics and wound healing.

"The FDA clearance of MiniTC represents an important step forward in the regenerative medicine market," said Nathan Katz, Jointechlabs' CEO. "The company's comprehensive and proprietary technology provides a variety of tissue reconstruction and regeneration options, enabling healthcare practitioners in medical centers, hospitals and clinics to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective cell enriched fat grafts at the point-of-care."

MiniTC is a disposable, closed loop medical device that can be used in the clinic setting, with no change in infrastructure, eliminating the need for manual processing of fat tissue in the lab. Also, the device is less costly,cumbersome and labor intensive compared to what currently exists. MiniTC's performance has been validated in vitro and in vivo, including an observational orthopedic study in Israel and the UAE, involving 47 patients with 92% reporting functional improvement and no complications. Additionally, it was validated in clinical studies with lymphoedema patients as well as in the areas of facial aesthetics, hair regrowth and wound care.

"Jointechlabs' MiniTC device is easy to use and effective," said Joseph Purita, M.D., orthopedic surgeon and director of the Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Boca Raton, Florida."It is encouraging to see the continuing development of new technology for regenerative medicine that is compliant with FDA guidelines."

Microfat IsolationMiniTC allows for processing of adipose (fat) tissue without exposure to the external environment. The final product of the processing is a fine washed fractured fat tissue known as fat graft or microfat. When implanted by injection, the essential effect can be attributed to the preservation of the integrity of fat tissue and the stromal cells within its natural niche. Together it constitutes structural factors that trigger the reconstruction, regeneration and healing of connective tissues.It's a gentle process that uses an individual's own fat tissue tocushion and support areas of injury or damage as the body heals itself.

Pipeline ProductsJointechlabs has an extensive development program. In addition to MiniTC, the company's Mini-Stem a patented, disposable, closed loop medical device is pending approval in Europe (and under investigation in other countries) for isolation of stem cell fraction (SVF) from fat. Mini-Stem will enable doctors to provide safe, reliable, cost-effective non-surgical stem cell treatments at the point-of-care. Mini-Stem will serve as a platform for cell therapies and is well poised to target the developing regenerative medicine market, unlike any of the current devices.Additionally, Jointechlabs is developing proprietary stem cell-scaffold product as a biologic therapy for osteoarthritis, for approval under the FDA's fast-track program. A portion of the pre-clinical study for JTL-T-01 is funded by NIH's small business grant (SBIR grant) in collaboration with Rush University.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Jointechlabs is recognized as an experienced and respected emerging world leader in point-of-care regenerative medicine therapies. With its devices and technology, Jointechlabs enables healthcare practitioners to provide safe, reliable, cost-effective non-surgical regenerative medicine treatments at the point-of-care.For more information, please visit: http://jointechlabs.com/.

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Religion and The Trump-Pence Ticket – The Tablet Catholic Newspaper

Pope Francis greets Vice President Mike Pence during a meeting at the Vatican in January. (Photo: CNS/Vatican Media)

WINDSOR TERRACE The majority of Americans dont view President Donald Trump as being a religious man, according to a Pew Research poll, but while the president isnt often photographed attending church services, he has frequently evoked religion in his speeches and his actions.

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Trump is outspoken in his pro-life views on abortion, and in 2020 became the first sitting president to address the March for Life in Washington D.C. in person, rather than appearing via video or a recorded message.

Trump, who was raised in Queens, is a Presbyterian and was confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica in 1959. His parents, Fred and Mary Anne, joined the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan in the 1970s. Pastor Norman Vincent Peale ministered to the Trump family for several years until his death in 1993.

The president enjoys strong support within the evangelical community and mentioned religion at several points in his 2020 State of the Union Address.

At one point during the speech, Trump pointed to Robin Schneider, who was seated in the audience with her young daughter Ellie. Ellie was born premature at just 21 weeks in 2017 but was saved by doctors and through the prayers of her parents, Trump said. Ellie reminds us that every child is a miracle of life, the president said. He added that he would ask Congress to pass a bill to ban late-term abortion of babies.

Yet, when Americans were asked in a Pew poll if Trump is religious, the majority thought he didnt have strong beliefs.

According to the poll, 40 percent of respondents said the president is not at all religious and 23 percent replied that he was not too religious. Taken together, thats 63 percent of Americans who think Trump is not very religious.

Only seven percent told pollsters that the president was very religious. Twenty-eight percent said he was somewhat religious.

When asked what Trumps religion is, 32 percent identified him as a Protestant; 34 percent said they had no idea what religion he practices; and 16 percent said he had no religion at all.

Vice President Pence

Vice President Mike Pence, a former congressman and the former governor of Indiana, was raised Catholic and was an altar server at Sunday Masses in his youth. In later years, Pence attended services at Grace Evangelical Church in Indianapolis.

As a congressman, Pence gained a reputation as a staunch pro-life supporter. He adamantly opposed the expansion of abortion rights and fought against federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. He also pushed for a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage.

During his time as governor, he signed a religious freedom bill into law that allowed businesses and individuals to cite their religious beliefs and refuse to do business with people whose views they find objectionable.

In January of this year, Pence met with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Pence has often described himself as a born-again, evangelical Catholic.

In another revealing comment, he once told reporters that he was a Christian, a Conservative, and a Republican in that order.

[Related: Trump-Pence 1st Term Record Leaves Catholic Leaders With Mixed Feelings]

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‘I had my penis amputated – so I’ve travelled the world shopping for a new one’ – Mirror Online

Richard Stamp is a stark reminder to men across the country why they need to keep on top of their tackle.

He suffered months of pain but, like many men, he put off seeking medical attention and buried his head in the sand, believing everything would be all right in the end.

But that decision cost him dearly as he ended up losing his penis after being diagnosed with cancer in 2018. His relationship also suffered and he lost his girlfriend.

Doctors had to amputate most of the 54-year-olds organ to save his life.

Now Richard, who works in the entertainment industry, has let cameras into his home as he embarks on a year-long quest to discover ways he can rebuild it, from stem cell growth to reconstruction.

In the Channel 5 documentary Shopping For A New Penis, the cameras capture the heartbreaking moment he discusses his struggles with his ex-partner, Angie.

Richard, who has a son and daughter from a previous relationship, says: Angie and I were together for two years before my cancer was discovered.

He admits he was avoiding sex before his diagnosis as it caused him pain.

It built up over time," he said. "Why I wasnt having penetration was because it really hurt, so I started feeling more vulnerable. Then I just didnt want to do that at all.

During a holiday in Cambodia, Richard felt a lump on his penis, but even then he waited two months to go to the doctor.

He was finally diagnosed in Australia, where he was working at the time.

The medic, Dr Cox, told him he was going to have to have his entire penis amputated.

I met this frightening doctor who, very starkly, said: Your c**ks going to come off, explains Richard, who is from Tooting, South London.

He showed me a model of a c**k, like I was some sort of a farm animal.

"It was so cold. All that went through my mind was panic.

Everything was spinning around thats the worst moment of my lifetime.

Richard flew home for a second opinion and soon discovered that his local hospital, St Georges in Tooting, is Europes leading medical institute dealing with penile cancer.

There, his surgeon, Dr Ben Ayres, confirmed amputation was necessary, but he was able to save a tiny portion of his penis.

Richard says: I remember before the operation, thinking, Im going to run away.

"Then the realisation is where am I going to run to? If I dont do this, Im going to die.

Maybe it sounds crazy if youre not a bloke, but living without a penis makes you question who you are.

I was just a normal bloke before all this happened an Arsenal supporter, a father of two who enjoyed a beer with his mates.

"Then one day I was told by a doctor that my penis had to be removed.

"Since then Ive been trying to work out how I survive without a c**k.

"How I live, work, have sex and go to the toilet, how to be a bloke without having a penis.

Im really angry I let it get that far. I feel a complete fool. I could kick myself because I could have saved it.

One of the main questions Richard is often asked is whether he can still have sex, and he wasted no time finding out.

But he admits that being intimate has been a new challenge.

He says: I was grateful I could still orgasm, but then I had to work out how to do that with a partner, how to share my new body with someone.

But some women dont mind.

Richard is now on a mission to return his manhood to its former glory.

He says: Ive been on a journey to see what the world has to offer, plastic ones, prosthetic ones, even ones grown in laboratories.

He concludes: Im going to go for reconstruction. The process is due to start in February.

Richard has met his new surgeon, Prof David Ralph from University College Hospital in London.

The reconstruction requires three 13-hour surgeries.

Doctors will remove flesh from his arm and bottom to form his new penis, an implant will be placed inside and then a pump will be installed in his scrotum to give him an erection at the touch of a button.

He smiles: Its weird. I want it to feel like me, not an object. Im a bit scared, its like something off Doctor Who from the 70s.

Im going through the mental thought process of building myself up to do this. Ever since my first operation, Ive been taking things weeks at a time, thats all I can do.

The documentary is a warts-and-all look at what happens when you dont listen to your body. Richard is now a speaker for the mens cancer charity, Orchid, and he hopes that people will learn from his costly mistake.

He says: Its sort of inbred in men, isnt it, to be tough? Not talk about stuff, just get on with it. Toughen up, be a man.

"Its such a taboo thing to talk about and to experience, and when I found I had penile cancer, I had no idea it even existed.

So the message to every man watching this documentary is if theres something up, get it checked. If youve got a girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever, hopefully youll be able to talk to them.

If youre on your own, then talk to a friend. The main thing is you must talk to someone. Dont stick your head in the sand like I did.

Cancer of the penis affects around 630 men every year in the UK.

If caught early, around 70% of those diagnosed with it will survive.

It mostly affects men in their 60s.

Symptoms include:

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