NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

They are called immune modulators because they help to minimize the effects of an overactive immune response in some COVID-19 patients. This response, called a “cytokine storm,” can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiple organ failure, and other life-threatening complications.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The analysis was prospectively designed to focus on patients who had not yet mounted their own immune response to SARS-CoV-2 (i.e., The company expects to complete the manufacture of these doses on schedule in January 2021 and is in discussions with the U.S. futility analysis). . Under an agreement with the U.S. In the U.S.

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Agency IQ

DECEMBER 1, 2023

FDA’s guidance on developing products to prevent or treat Covid-19 Of the five guidance documents that received an extension, one addresses the development of drugs and biological products for Covid-19. About one year after its initial publication, FDA updated the guidance in February 2021.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

About casirivimab and imdevimab Casirivimab and imdevimab (formerly known as REGN-COV2 or REGEN-COV2) is a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies (also known as REGN10933 and REGN10987, respectively) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 21, 2023

Combination therapy with pembrolizumab In July 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Merck’s pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for high-risk, early-stage TNBC in combination with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, and then continued as a single agent as adjuvant treatment after surgery. Its activation of APCs (e.g.,

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Government to supply doses in 2020 & 2021. In collaboration with Operation Warp Speed, Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as other vaccine companies are expected to deliver hundreds of millions of vaccine doses to Americans by the end of 2021. immediately, with delivery fulfillment expected to be completed in 2021.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 11, 2023

Another dangerous consequence can occur when the therapeutic or vaccine introduces proteins that can activate an uncontrolled immune response. In the case of therapeutics, the aim is usually to avoid patients’ immune responses. “Clinical features of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis.”

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 27, 2021

Paris, April 28, 2021. Strong increase in Q1 2021 business EPS ( 1) at CER. Q1 2021 sales increase of 2.4% Q1 2021 business EPS ( 1) growth at CER driven by efficiency and sales performance, supported by a one-time payment. Progress on implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility strategy. Change at CER.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

The Phase 3 trial is designed as a 1:1 vaccine candidate to placebo, randomized, observer-blinded study to obtain safety, immune response, and efficacy data needed for regulatory review. The study also will explore prevention of infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Source: Pfizer Inc. . Source link.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

The messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines encode a form of the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine teaches the cells to make a piece of the spike protein, which triggers an immune response to help prevent illness if later exposed to the virus. . How do they work? of men, compared with 88.8%

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The clinical evidence from Regeneron’s outpatient trial suggests that monoclonal antibodies such as casirivimab and imdevimab have the greatest benefit when given early after diagnosis and in patients who have not yet mounted their own immune response or who have high viral load. Yancopoulos, M.D.,

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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The clinical evidence from Regeneron’s outpatient trial suggests that monoclonal antibodies such as REGEN-COV2 have the greatest benefit when given early after diagnosis and in patients who have not yet mounted their own immune response or who have high viral load. Yancopoulos , M.D.,

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Also in September, the FDA accepted a new drug application ( NDA ) from ChemoCentryx seeking approval for its investigational candidate, avacopan, for treating anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (ANCA-associated vasculitis), a rare autoimmune disease. The FDA has set an action date of July 7, 2021.

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JULY 15, 2021

Antibody and T-cell immune responses strong and stable at eight months after immunization Demonstrated neutralizing antibody activity against the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) The Company announced topline preprint study results from this Phase 1/2a sub-study on July 1, 2021. 1.1.7), Beta (B.1.351), 1.351), Gamma (P.1),

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JANUARY 29, 2021

January 29, 2021 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced topline efficacy and safety data from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE clinical trial, demonstrating that the investigational single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in development at its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies met all primary and key secondary endpoints. Source link.

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