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Deliberate Dysentery

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Today, refined versions of these human challenge studies have become standard practice in testing vaccines for vector-borne diseases (e.g., Human challenge trials were an indispensable part of the development of the malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, endorsed by the World Health Organization last October.

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COVID-19 Linked to Devastating Pregnancy Complications

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The report entitled “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for COVID-19 in Pregnant Women” was written by nurse practitioner Melissa Fesler and internist Raphael Stricker from the Alan E. The fact that HCQ treatment became politicized added to the controversy over its value for COVID-19 therapy. The study is available at [link].

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Regeneron Announces U.S. Government Agreement to Purchase Additional COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Doses

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Doses are being supplied for use pursuant to the FDA Emergency Use Authorization for high-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in order to reduce the risk of progression to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization. “Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic will require a combination of public health measures, vaccines and therapeutics.

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New Phase 3 Data Show TAK-620 (maribavir), an Investigational Drug for the Treatment of Transplant Recipients with Refractory/Resistant Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections, Meets Primary Endpoint

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Today, transplant patients who do not respond or experience adverse events related to existing therapies may be at higher risk for complications from the virus, including transplant failure and death. We also make targeted R&D investments in Plasma-Derived Therapies and Vaccines. About Maribavir. Springer Open, 2018.

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New Data Show Treatment with Lilly’s Neutralizing Antibodies Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) and Etesevimab (LY-CoV016) Together Reduced Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Death by 70 Percent

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percent) in patients taking therapy and 36 events (7.0 Bamlanivimab and etesevimab together also demonstrated statistically significant improvements on all key secondary endpoints, providing strong evidence that the therapy reduced viral load and accelerated symptom resolution. who require oxygen therapy due to COVID-19, OR.

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Regeneron’s Casirivimab and Imdevimab Antibody Cocktail for COVID-19 is First Combination Therapy to Receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab administered together (formerly known as REGN-COV2 or REGEN-COV2), a therapy currently being investigated for use in COVID-19 , has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. TARRYTOWN, N.Y., November 21, 2020 – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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New Data Shows AbbVie’s VENCLYXTO®/VENCLEXTA® Fixed Duration Combination Demonstrates Sustained Progression-Free Survival in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients after Three Years off Treatment

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lead investigator of the CLL14 study, hematologist-oncologist at the University Hospital Cologne in Germany , and study physician at the German CLL Study Group. The therapies were administered for a fixed duration of 12 months for VENCLYXTO/VENCLEXTA in combination with six cycles of obinutuzumab. with Ven-Obi versus 83.1%