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Celltrion develops tailored neutralising antibody cocktail treatment with CT-P59 to tackle COVID-19 variant spread using its antibody development platform

Drug Discovery Today

Celltrion has constructed a COVID-19 antibody portfolio and clinical development platform to help combat the spread of the virus mutations CT-P59 demonstrated neutralising capability against key emerging mutations, including the UK variant in addition to six variant genome mutations of SARS-CoV-2.

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Pfizer to Acquire ReViral and Its Respiratory Syncytial Virus Therapeutic Candidates

The Pharma Data

announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pfizer will acquire ReViral, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel antiviral therapeutics that target respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

The Pharma Data

About NVX-CoV2373 NVX-CoV2373 is a protein-based vaccine candidate engineered from the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. is undertaking clinical trials for NVX-CoV2373, its vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The award is funding the U.S.

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Discovery and development of COVID?19 vaccine from laboratory to clinic

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

WHO proclaimed the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), in 2014 that killed hundreds of people in West Africa. The development of vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 becomes more difficult due to the viral mutation in its non-structural proteins (NSPs) especially NSP2 and NSP3, S protein, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp).

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Codon Digest: Bacteria Resist Every Virus

Codon

How to build a virus-proof cell. Aura Biosciences Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results and Provides Clinical Development and Operational Highlights. It’s Official: No More Crispr Babies—for Now. A Gene Therapy Cure for Sickle Cell Is on the Horizon. Bundell S & Howe NP. Press release.

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ViiV Healthcare Announces Analysis Showing no Antiretroviral Therapy Interruptions Due to COVID-19 Across its Clinical Development Programme for Investigational, Long-Acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine

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and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today announced the positive findings of a pooled analysis of COVID-19-related impacts across the investigational long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine clinical development programme. This step is essential in the HIV replication cycle and is also responsible for establishing chronic infection.

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BioInvent and Transgene receive CTA approval for Phase l/lla trial of oncolytic virus BT-001 in solid tumors

The Pharma Data

BT-001 is a best-in-class oncolytic Vaccinia virus. platform and its patented large-capacity VV cop TK-RR- oncolytic virus, which has been engineered to encode both a Treg-depleting human recombinant anti-CTLA4 antibody generated by BioInvent’s proprietary n-CoDeR ® /F.I.R.S.T BT-001 is our fourth program in clinical development.

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