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Nanoparticle universal flu vaccine enters Phase I trials

Drug Discovery World

Enrolment in a Phase I trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US. An ideal universal influenza vaccine could be taken less frequently than once a year and protect against multiple strains of influenza virus.

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UK vaccine centre to enhance pandemic preparedness

Drug Discovery World

A new Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) has been unveiled in the UK, with the aim of building on the UK’s pandemic legacy and helping develop life-saving new vaccines that will fight ‘ Disease X ‘, a term used because what might trigger the next pandemic is unknown.

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Current insights and molecular docking studies of HIV?1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a lethal disease that is prevalent worldwide. million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2021. Several agents are in clinical trials, including apricitabine, racivir, elvucitabine, doravirine, dapivirine, and elsulfavirine.

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Existing drug is shown to inhibit virus that causes COVID-19

The Pharma Data

The drug, which has undergone several clinical trials for human conditions but has not yet received approval to treat humans, inhibited the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in human cell cultures and in a mouse model, leading to much lower viral loads. The research team, including scientists from the U.S. .

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Moderna to Build mRNA Vaccine Portfolio Following COVID-19 Success | 2021-01-11

The Pharma Data

Moderna is following up on the success of its messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine with plans to develop inoculations for numerous other infectious diseases, the company said Monday. Of those two dozen programs, 13 are now in clinical trials. The company expects to supply 600 million to 1 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021 and 1.2

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Investment will enable pHion to progress its lead program into the clinic 

Drug Discovery World

Under the leadership of CEO and Founder, Professor Helen McCarthy, pHion has made significant progress since invoX’s initial investment in June 2021, with advances made across all pre-clinical programs and the establishment of a laboratory in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the production of pHion’s mRNA vaccines.

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Gilead Sciences Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

The Pharma Data

econd Quarter 2021 Product Sales Increased 21% Year-Over-Year Primarily Driven by Veklury. Nasdaq: GILD) announced today its results of operations for the second quarter 2021. “We Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results. Total second quarter 2021 revenue of $6.2 As of June 30, 2021, Gilead had $7.4

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