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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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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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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

The Pharma Data

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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Preliminary Findings from a Phase 2a Trial of Investigational COVID-19 Therapeutic Molnupiravir

The Pharma Data

The companies today reported findings on one secondary objective from the Phase 2a study, showing a reduction in time (days) to negativity of infectious virus isolation in nasopharyngeal swabs from participants with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, as determined by isolation in Vero cell line culture. About Molnupiravir.

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Janssen Announces Novel Mechanism of Action that Shows Promise Against Dengue in Data Published in Nature

The Pharma Data

Janssen is now moving its dengue program into clinical development. Data from the early-stage study suggest that an antiviral compound prevents the interaction between two viral proteins (NS3 and NS4B) that play an important role in the replication process of a virus, thereby stopping the ability of the virus to reproduce.

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Novel nasal spray reduces COVID-19 viral replication in animal study

The Pharma Data

from Australian investors to progress the INNA-051 clinical development programme. By boosting the natural immune response of the ferrets with our treatment, we’ve seen a rapid eradication of the virus,” said Christophe Demaison, managing director of Ena Respiratory. “If So far, Ena has raised AU$11.7m