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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients

Drug Target Review

We then incubate the cells to mature into ‘pro-regenerative’ macrophages and insert two RNA messages to produce two human proteins that will be expressed at the site of injury when these ‘engineered’ macrophages are given back to the patient.

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

The Pharma Data

Roy Baynes, senior vice president and head of global clinical development, chief medical officer, Merck Research Laboratories. About Molnupiravir. Molnupiravir has been shown to be active in several models of SARS-CoV-2, including for prophylaxis, treatment, and prevention of transmission, as well as SARS-CoV-1 and MERS.

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Merck Provides Update on Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Once-Weekly Investigational Combination of MK-8507 and Islatravir for the Treatment of People Living with HIV-1

The Pharma Data

At the recommendation of the eDMC, Merck is stopping dosing in the trial, with continued monitoring of study participants. In light of the findings from the MK-8507-013 study, Merck conducted a review of trends in total lymphocyte and CD4+ T-cell counts in company-sponsored clinical trials of ISL across all indications and dosing regimens.

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Merck Announces Positive Top-Line Results from Pivotal Phase 3 Trials Evaluating Investigational, Once-Daily Oral Fixed Dose Combination of Doravirine/Islatravir for the Treatment of People with HIV-1 Infection

The Pharma Data

At 48 weeks, both trials met their primary efficacity endpoint of chance of actors with HIV-1 RNA situations ? The safety and tolerability profile of DOR/ ISL during the trials to date are harmonious with the preliminarily reported Phase 2 studies. Merck Research Laboratories. “ PIFELTRO and DELSTRIGO.

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Phase 2/3 Studies of Molnupiravir, an Investigational Oral Antiviral Therapeutic for Mild to Moderate COVID-19.

The Pharma Data

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced today the presentation of previously announced Phase 2 interim results from two Phase 2/3 clinical trials (MOVe-OUT and MOVe-IN) of molnupiravir (MK-4482/EIDD-2801), an investigational oral antiviral therapeutic. About Molnupiravir.

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Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics Announce Initiation of Pivotal Phase 3.

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Study Now Enrolling Participants Who Live in the Same Household as Someone With Symptomatic, Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19. The global study is enrolling individuals who are at least 18 years of age and reside in the same household as someone with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection with symptoms.

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Codon Digest: Injected Gene Editors

Codon

A giant dataset about the rat brain, and how neurons connect to each other, was collected and pooled together from 20 different research laboratories. Nucleic Acids Research. Read A new DNA polymerase variant, called RT-KTq I614Y, can directly detect RNA modifications, including pseudouridine (Ψ) and queuosine (Q).

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