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Regeneron Announces Encouraging Initial Data from COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Trial in Hospitalized Patients on Low-flow Oxygen

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29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Phase 3 program in hospitalized patients to continue based on passing futility analysis on ability to reduce incidence of death or mechanical ventilation. As in earlier outpatient trial, immune status when patients entered the trial was a strong predictor of viral load and clinical outcomes.

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Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing

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Now, new research from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University has revealed that this constant pattern of stretching and relaxing does even more – it generates immune responses against invading viruses. a Wyss Technology Development Fellow at the Institute. ” The results are published today in Nature Communications. .

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

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In Paris itself, Institut Curie is a major cancer hospital, from which One Biosciences was spun-off. The transfer of technologies from the lab to the market, is no longer purely via IP out licensing, but rather via start-up M&A deals – start-ups being the de-risking vehicle for large corporates.

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New target for COVID-19 vaccines identified

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Next generation vaccines for COVID-19 should aim to induce an immune response against ‘replication proteins’, essential for the very earliest stages of the viral cycle, concludes new research carried out by UCL scientists. ” Discovering the T cell response to replication proteins.

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Positive results from the first study of high-dose influenza vaccine with a COVID-19 mRNA booster support co-administration recommendations

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It is also licensed under the brand name Efluelda ® in Europe where it is indicated for adults aged 60 and older. The study assesses the safety profile and immune response when COVID-19 mRNA investigational booster vaccine (100 mcg dose) and high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine are administered simultaneously. About Sanofi.

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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Positive Initial Regeneron Antibody Cocktail Results in Non-hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

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(NASDAQ: REGN ) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published initial clinical data from an ongoing seamless Phase 1/2/3 trial of the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. “The investigational cocktail is now available to indicated high-risk U.S.

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PFIZER AND BIONTECH ANNOUNCE SUBMISSION OF INITIAL DATA TO U.S. FDA TO SUPPORT BOOSTER DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE

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Vaccination is our most effective means of preventing COVID-19 infection – especially severe disease and hospitalization – and its profound impact on protecting lives is indisputable. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the U.S. today announced that they have submitted Phase 1 data to the U.S.

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