The Pharma Data

MARCH 23, 2022

To treat Ebola virus infections, researchers are taking a close look at a key piece of the virus: polymerase. Polymerase is a viral protein that directs how Ebola virus replicates its genome as it infects new hosts. Drugs that target polymerase could potentially treat Ebola virus infections and save lives.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 8, 2021

The companies today reported findings on one secondary objective from the Phase 2a study, showing a reduction in time (days) to negativity of infectious virus isolation in nasopharyngeal swabs from participants with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, as determined by isolation in Vero cell line culture. About Molnupiravir.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

The antiviral agent incorporates RNA-like building blocks into the RNA genome of the virus. If this genetic material is further replicated, defective RNA copies are produced and the pathogen can no longer spread. Molnupiravir is currently being tested in clinical trials.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 31, 2021

Adjuvanted S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidates demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profiles and strong neutralizing immune responses in a phase 1 trial. Clover plans to initiate a global phase 2/3 trial in the first half of 2021 with an interim analysis for vaccine efficacy potentially in the middle of 2021.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 31, 2021

Clover plans to initiate a global Phase 2/3 efficacy trial of its protein-based S-Trimer COVID-19 vaccine candidate adjuvanted with Dynavax’s CpG 1018 plus alum in the first half of 2021 with an interim analysis for vaccine efficacy potentially in the middle of 2021. EMERYVILLE, Calif. and CHENGDU, China , Feb.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 11, 2021

Clinical trial to assess safety, immune response and reactogenicity, after preclinical data showed high neutralizing antibody levels. The Companies expect interim results from this trial in the third quarter of 2021. About the Phase 1/2 clinical trial. Expected to enroll 415 participants; interim results expected in Q3 2021.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 11, 2021

Moderna is following up on the success of its messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine with plans to develop inoculations for numerous other infectious diseases, the company said Monday. Of those two dozen programs, 13 are now in clinical trials. 18, 2020 ). The company is unlikely to run short of research funding this year.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Phase 1 trial was a randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the adjuvanted COVID-19 S-Trimer vaccine candidates formulated with different antigen levels. The Phase 1 clinical trial was funded by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 16, 2021

During challenge with the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, animals vaccinated with CV2CoV were found to be better protected based on highly effective clearance of the virus in the lungs and nasal passages. Clearance of the virus in the lungs and nasal passages of the animals was tested following challenge infection with the original virus.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 21, 2024

He will also explain the importance of this innovation as a way to mitigate the high failure rates in clinical trials, which historically see 92% of drugs fail despite passing animal tests, leading to significant financial and time losses in the industry (approximately $53 billion for pharma companies annually).

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced today the initiation of the Phase 3 MOVe-AHEAD clinical trial to evaluate molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral therapeutic, for the prevention of COVID-19 infection.

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Advarra

MARCH 31, 2023

The use of engineered genetic materials in clinical trials is rapidly expanding, with potential applications for genetic vaccines, gene-modified cellular therapies, and gene therapies. Gene Delivery Systems Genetic material, in the form of DNA or RNA, does not easily enter cells without the aid of a delivery system.

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NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Then came even bigger news a few days later when Pfizer announced interim results from a large phase 2/3 clinical trial. The SARS-CoV-2 virus encodes its own protease to help process a large virally-encoded polyprotein into smaller segments that it needs for its life cycle; a protease inhibitor drug can stop that from happening.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 1, 2023

1 August was first chosen as World RNA Day in 2018 as a play on AUG (adenine, uracil and guanine), a triple sequence of RNA (called a codon) that initiates protein synthesis by the cell. Since then, it has been observed to publicise the importance of this molecule in the generation of proteins in the body.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 21, 2021

The approval was built on the Phase III ATLAS and FLAIR trials. In the trials, Cabenuva was as effective as a daily oral three-drug regimen. In the trials, Cabenuva was as effective as a daily oral three-drug regimen. In addition to the ATLAS and FLAIR trials, ViiV sponsored the CUSTOMIZE clinical trial.

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PLOS: DNA Science

JULY 27, 2023

The owners of the felines all reported feeding their pets raw meat, and samples of the meat revealed not only flu virus genetic material, but also infectious virus. The fear is that a variant of the deadly virus might emerge that infects people, and, worst-case-scenario, passes from person to person. emerged in late 2021.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 17, 2021

The adjuvanted vaccine suffered a serious setback in December when a phase 1/2 trial showed the candidate delivered only a weak response in older adults ( DID , Dec. 2 virus and the variant first identified in South Africa. Preliminary results from that trial are expected in the third quarter ( DID , March 15 ). ? 14, 2020 ).

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The Pharma Data

JULY 12, 2021

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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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Moderna vaccine is similar to Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine in the sense that they both use an approach utilizing messenger RNA (mRNA). The technology leveraged to create the vaccine does not require the actual virus, according to CNN. Both vaccines have shown about 95% efficacy in preventing novel coronavirus infections.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

5 of its ongoing Phase 2 extension study, Study 211, examining vebicorvir (VBR, or ABI-H0731) in patients with hepatitis B virus infection. The company’s other two Phase 2 trials, Study 201 and 202, showed that the addition of VBR to NrtI therapy achieved a quicker, deeper level of viral suppression than with NrtI alone.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 19, 2020

With over 300 active clinical trials, Winship researchers are dedicated to taking new cancer treatments from bench to bedside. cancer centers selected as a Lead Academic Participating Site for the NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). Winship is one of 32 U.S. MBA, FACP, Chairman of the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance.

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PerkinElmer

AUGUST 18, 2020

The time sensitivity of virus research, combined with an increasing complexity of bench tasks, can make it helpful for labs to increase automaticity of experiments. For this reason, it might be necessary for research teams to screen many potential leads before they find one or two with strong potential. Sources Zhang et al.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 30, 2024

Messenger RNA (mRNA) has come into focus within the drug discovery and development as an exciting tool to deliver genetic information. mRNA is a molecule made up of a single strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA). At the start of 2024, the first patients in a clinical trial investigating an mRNA cancer therapy were dosed.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In the study, immunization with the hAd5-COVID-19 vaccine inhibited SARS-CoV-2 virus replication in 100% (10 of 10) of Rhesus macaques, with a drop in viral replication starting on the first day of vaccine administration, and undetectable viral levels as early as three to five days post-challenge in most of the animals.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And whilst clinical trials activity decreased by around 15% compared to 2020, last year still saw a number of regenerative medicines reach the bedside. In gene therapy, re-engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have been produced using various methods such as machine learning or directed evolution. billion, compared to $19.9

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The California company said that clinical trials showed 100% of patients were able to perform the Lucira test in about two minutes. Lab tests that look for the coronavirus’s genetic material using a technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are still considered the gold standard for detecting the virus.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The pandemic might have affected the number of clinical trials taking place for cell and gene therapies, with activity decreasing by around 15% compared to 2020, but major therapies such as Novartis’ gene therapy drug for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Zolgensma still made it to market. .

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After getting the virus under control, California Gov. Until now, Reynolds had ignored infectious disease experts who say masks are one of the most effective tools to control the spread of the virus, the Post reported. That fragment sets off alarms in the immune system and stimulates it to attack if the real virus shows up.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 22, 2021

As research developments into RNA vaccines help scientists accelerate drug candidates to arm the immune system against coronavirus, Pharma IQ ’s Keeping tabs on Covid-19 update returns with news from some of the biotechnology innovators leading the fight against the global pandemic.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 22, 2023

The trial included 243 hospitalized adult participants with confirmed COVID-19 and renal impairment, including 90 participants (37%) with acute kidney injury (AKI), 64 participants (26%) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and 89 participants (37%) with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) requiring hemodialysis.

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The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This can help healthcare professionals identify a SARS-CoV-2 infection in people suspected to carry the virus with results typically ready in 15 minutes. Roche has an ongoing clinical trial program evaluating the role of Actemra©/RoActemra© (tocilizumab) in COVID-19 pneumonia.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine contains messenger RNA (mRNA), which is genetic material. The vaccine contains a small piece of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s mRNA that instructs cells in the body to make the virus’s distinctive “spike” protein. The vaccine was 94.1%

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NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

JANUARY 5, 2016

This gene-editing system consists of a short segment of RNA that is attached to an enzyme. The RNA is preprogrammed to find a distinct short sequence of DNA and deliver the enzyme, which acts like a scalpel to slice the sequence out of the genome. 3] A Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Ebola Vaccine — Preliminary Report.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The pooled analysis examined 1,744 participants across 16 countries currently taking long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine as part of the regimen’s ongoing global clinical development programme of six studies, which includes the phase IIb/IIIb LATTE-2, ATLAS, ATLAS-2M, FLAIR, POLAR, and CUSTOMIZE clinical trials. About ViiV Healthcare.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines today announced that the U.S. Healthcare workers have been on the front lines of the fight against the virus and are an inspiration to us all. 20, 2020 02:44 UTC. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–( –( BUSINESS WIRE )– Moderna, Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Since early January, we have chased this virus with the intent to protect as many people around the world as possible. I want to thank the thousands of participants in our Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies, and the staff at our clinical trial sites who have been on the front lines of the fight against the virus.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 29, 2021

Hepatitis B virus (“HBV”) and hepatitis delta virus (“HDV”) product sales increased 8% to $237 million for the second quarter 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Kite announced top-line results from the primary analysis of ZUMA-7 trial of Yescarta in second-line relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (“LBCL”).

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