Drug Discovery World

JUNE 28, 2024

A new Phase II trial, REGENERATE-PD, will study AB-1005, an adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) gene therapy for the treatment of moderate-stage Parkinson’s disease. The trial will include an estimated 87 subjects with study sites located in the US, UK and Europe.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 6, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer’s bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine Abrysvo in individuals 60 years and older. The FDA’s decision is based on the data from the pivotal Phase III clinical trial RENOIR (RSV vaccine Efficacy study iNOlder adults Immunized against RSV disease).

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A gene therapy developed by University of Florida scientists restored useful vision to most patients with rare condition Leber congenital amaurosis type I (LCA1) in a small trial. The trial also tested the safety profile of the treatment. Side effects were largely limited to minor surgical complications.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Potential new drug candidates have been identified by a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) artificial intelligence programme, as health officials warn of a “tripledemic” of SARS-CoV-2, influenza and RSV. . The post AI identifies drug candidates for respiratory syncytial virus appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Replicate Bioscience has dosed the first participant in a Phase I trial of its RBI-4000 vaccine for the prevention of rabies. Rabies, RBI-4000 and the Phase I trial Rabies remains a public health threat in several geographical regions and is designated an NIAID Priority Pathogen.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Dengue is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne virus and was recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 as one of the top ten threats to global health. An estimated 3.9 The post UK approval for dengue virus vaccine candidate appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 19, 2022

An early-stage clinical trial has been launched in the US investigating a vaccine against Nipah virus infection. . The clinical trial has been launched by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to evaluate an investigational vaccine to prevent infection with Nipah virus. Fauci, M.D.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 18, 2023

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The trial will enrol up to 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 49.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 11, 2024

Researchers have used messenger RNA (mRNA) to create an effective therapy for a rare liver disease in preclinical studies, demonstrating the technology’s potential therapeutic use in people. Patients affected by the disease are found to also experience an imbalance of glutathione regulation, which is important for liver detoxification.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 12, 2024

Clinical trial news has caught our attention this week. Despite the revelation from Phesi that a third of clinical trials fail at Phase II, DDW has reported positive human trial updates on therapeutics for myasthenia gravis, non-small cell lung cancer, Marburg virus, and Parkinson’s disease. Mission awarded $5.2m

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Poolbeg Pharma and partner OneThree Biotech have discovered novel drug targets for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) using an artificial intelligence (AI) programme. . The OneThree team, using its AI platform, identified novel drug targets using Poolbeg’s RSV human challenge trial data. .

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 13, 2023

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily statin medication was found to reduce the increased risk of cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV. The trial was conducted in 12 countries in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 30, 2023

Likang Life Sciences has been granted implied approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the clinical trial of its innovative personalised neoantigen-targeted vaccine LK101 Injection for advanced solid tumours. Vaccines predicated on neoantigens therefore elicit truly tumour-specific T cell responses.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 2, 2022

Biotechnology company Calidi Biotherapeutics has announced that a Phase I US clinical trial will use the company’s licensed oncolytic virotherapy platform NeuroNova to deliver an oncolytic adenovirus selectively to tumor sites in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. . Official comments . Camaisa. .

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 15, 2024

Clinical trial news has caught our attention this week. Despite the revelation from Phesi that a third of clinical trials fail at Phase II, DDW has reported positive human trial updates on therapeutics for myasthenia gravis, non-small cell lung cancer, Marburg virus, and Parkinson’s disease.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 25, 2023

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted priority medicines (PRIME) designation to FBX-101, Forge Biologic’s adeno-associated virus (AAV) drug candidate for treating patients with Krabbe disease. The post EMA prioritises AAV gene therapy for Krabbe disease appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 6, 2022

While scientists have struggled in the past to create an effective vaccine against HIV, a novel vaccine design strategy shows new promise, according to data from a first-in-human clinical trial. . The Phase I trial (IAVI G001) tested the first stage in a multi-stage HIV vaccine regimen the researchers are developing.

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ProRelix Research

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Autoimmune disorders comprise several diseases in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the body’s own healthy cells instead of destroying bacteria and viruses to keep the body healthy. […] The post Autoimmune disorders and current developments of novel treatments under clinical trials appeared first on ProRelix Research.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 28, 2024

This week has seen some exciting advances in neuroscience drug discovery, including Phase II clinical trials for two potentially game-changing treatments, a synapse-regenerating drug for Alzheimer’s and a gene therapy for Parkinson’s, as well as the launch of DDW’s latest In Focus report.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 15, 2024

Clinical trial news has caught our attention this week. Despite the revelation from Phesi that a third of clinical trials fail at Phase II, DDW has reported positive human trial updates on therapeutics for myasthenia gravis, non-small cell lung cancer, Marburg virus, and Parkinson’s disease.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Replicate Bioscience has shared positive results from the Phase I trial of RBI-4000, its srRNA-based rabies vaccine. In this clinical trial, evaluating safety and immunogenicity of RBI-4000 , participants received one or two doses of srRNA vaccine at low doses (0.1mcg, 1mcg or 10mcg).

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AUGUST 24, 2022

The trial will see participants receive either a 14-day course of 600 mg tecovirimat twice daily or a matched placebo treatment. As a community-based trial, participants will take the treatment or placebo in their own homes. The trial looks to include at least 500 participants in the UK. .

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 12, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for Asklepios BioPharmaceutical’s (AskBio) AB-1005 which is being developed for moderate Parkinson’s disease. AB-1005 is an investigational adeno-associated virus 2 glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (AAV2-GDNF) neurorestorative gene therapy.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 3, 2023

The findings indicate that a drug compound, R805/CX-011, may modulate an important cell receptor in the body’s immune system, GP130, that signals when antibodies should attack a virus or infection. The post Potentially ‘regenerative’ osteoarthritis drug moves to clinical trial appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 10, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mRESVIA (mRNA-1345), an mRNA respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. This approval is also the first time an mRNA vaccine has been approved for a disease other than Covid-19.”

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 9, 2023

highlight the impact of viral infection on several facets of this central mitochondrial organelle, including bioenergetics, metabolism, inflammation, and oxidative stress, with downregulation of these processes across several organ systems both in the presence of the virus (and correlated with severity) and after the virus is not detected.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 19, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AstraZeneca’s Beyfortus (nirsevimab-alip) for the prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease in neonates and infants born during or entering their first RSV season. The application was supported by three clinical trials (Trials 03, 04 and 05).

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 27, 2023

HB-400, a novel arenaviral therapeutic vaccine developed by HOOKIPA Pharma and Gilead Sciences, has been shown to generate robust T cell responses specific to hepatitis B virus with high antibody levels in a preclinical setting. A Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of HB‑400 in humans is ongoing.

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Advarra

JUNE 13, 2024

Recombinant DNA technologies and genetically modified biological agents are being adapted for a wide scope of therapeutic applications, and their use is becoming increasingly common in clinical trials. For example, a site conducting only protocols involving mRNA may be able to leverage a generic SOP covering any mRNA protocol at that site.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 17, 2024

The top stories: Gene therapy cures profound genetic deafness within 24 weeks The investigational gene therapy DB-OTO improved hearing to normal levels in a child (dosed at 11 months of age) within 24 weeks, according to trial data presented at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) annual conference.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 27, 2023

1 If approved, GSK’s candidate has the potential to be the first vaccine available to help protect older adults from RSV disease. The positive opinion is supported by data from the pivotal AReSVi-006 ( A dult R espiratory S yncytial V irus) phase III vaccine efficacy trial.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Sara Donnelly, Director of Research Planning and Business Development at PhoenixBio USA explores why the right pre-clinical model is essential for teams wanting to advance adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapies. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-based gene therapies hold exceptional promise across a range of disease areas.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Poolbeg Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on infectious and other prevalent diseases with a high unmet medical need, has announced a breakthrough in its influenza AI Programme with CytoReason. Poolbeg has been working with CytoReason since March 2022.

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JUNE 23, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), an adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy for the treatment of DMD. Phase III EMBARK trial Consistent with the accelerated approval pathway, the company has committed to the completion of a confirmatory trial.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine for pregnant individuals to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. This approval provides an option for healthcare providers and pregnant individuals to protect infants from this potentially life-threatening disease.”

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

However, there was also controversy as researchers faced a backlash from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for their study which created a hybrid version of Covid-19. . A research team from Boston University has caused controversy for work involving the creation of a hybrid SARS-CoV-2 virus. .

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