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The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

Codon

Fortunately, some novel preventatives and therapies are in the works, including a vaccine equipped with adjuvants that efficiently prime the immune system and newer antibiotics against which the bacteria have yet to evolve resistance. A phase 3 clinical trial for M72/AS01E, funded by the Gates Foundation, began this year.

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AZ resumes trial of COVID-19 vaccine

The Pharma Data

. AstraZeneca has confirmed that clinical trials assessing its Oxford University partnered coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 have resumed in the UK, following a green light by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA). Source link.

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Coronavirus: Monoclonal antibodies to begin UK trial

The Pharma Data

It forms part of the UK Recovery Trial, which found that a cheap steroid called dexamethasone could save lives. Prof Martin Landray from the University of Oxford, who is co-leading the Recovery Trial, said: “This is the first type of treatment that’s targeted for this specific virus. ” How will the trial work?

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: Results announced from WHO solidarity trial and BD bring immune assessment solution to Europe

The Pharma Data

A solidarity clinical trial “is one of the largest international randomized trials for Covid-19 treatments, enrolling almost 12,000 patients in 500 hospital sites in over 30 countries”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which launched the trail with a number of partners.

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’1104: tackling the root cause of allergic disease

Drug Target Review

Additionally, ‘1104 increases the number of activated regulatory T and B cells, which help modulate the immune response and maintain immune tolerance, preventing the immune system from entering overdrive. As such, ‘1104 uniquely affects both the effector and regulatory arms of the immune response.

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CureVac provides update on Phase 2b/3 trial of first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV

The Pharma Data

To identify strains causing COVID-19 infections within the trial, sequencing of virus variants has so far been performed on 474 COVID-19 cases, of which 124 fulfilled adjudication criteria and were included in the present efficacy analysis. Phase 1 and 2a clinical trials of CVnCoV began in June and September 2020, respectively.

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AI in gene delivery vector discovery and design

Drug Target Review

9 In addition, host immune responses further add to the complexity of developing cell-specific AAV capsids for clinical applications. It has been well established that exposure to wild-type AAV results in priming of the immune system against the virus. Russell S, et al. The Lancet 390 , 849-860 (2017). Wang D, Tai PW, Gao G.