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News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

Nykode Therapeutics and Richter-Helm BioLogics announce partnership

Nykode Therapeutics ASA has entered into a strategic manufacturing partnership with Richter-Helm BioLogics GmbH & Co KG to supply plasmid DNA for Nykode’s wholly owned and partnered product portfolio. “We are excited about the strategic manufacturing partnership with Richter-Helm BioLogics. As a leading manufacturer of DNA vaccines, they will provide the long-term expertise and capacity […]

December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Dec 2022

Tachmed aiming to make healthcare more accessible

Tachmed is looking to transform access to healthcare through technology. The company’s CEO, Paul Christie, tells us how. What is the driving force behind Tachmed? What motivated you to work towards transforming digital diagnostics technology? It was during my private equity career that the idea of Tachmed was born. I was with a team running […]

December 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Dec 2022

Startup USSF bringing oral COVID vaccine to market

From a small biotech start-up firm in Allentown, Pennsylvania, two scientists are leading their team to bring an oral COVID-19 vaccine to market – one that will be easier to use, longer lasting and with fewer side effects. Kyle Flanigan and Garry Morefield co-founded US Specialty Formulations LLC (USSF) through discussions while watching their daughters […]

December 14, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Dec 2022

Ascletis announces positive COVID-19 trial results

Ascletis Pharma Inc. has announced positive topline results from its phase I multiple ascending dose (MAD) study in healthy subjects for oral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) inhibitor ASC10 for COVID-19 treatment. Ascletis’ ASC10 is an innovative orally available double prodrug, which has a new and differentiated chemical structure from the single prodrug molnupiravir. After oral […]

December 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Dec 2022

MetrioPharm reveals COVID-19 study data

MetrioPharm AG, a Swiss pharmaceutical company developing drugs for inflammatory diseases, has announced topline data from its CT05 phase IIa study of small molecule macrophage metabolic modulator MP1032 in COVID-19 patients. In the trial, patients received either MP1032 plus standard of care (SoC), or placebo plus SoC. SoC partially included other antivirals (Remdesivir or Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir), […]

December 8, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 7 Dec 2022

ExPLoRNA Therapeutics receives mRNA technology funding

ExPLoRNA Therapeutics, a Polish biotech company working on mRNA vaccines and therapeutics, has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop its mRNA technology. ExPLoRNA specializes in novel cap analogs, the starting part of mRNA crucial for enabling successful production of the encoded protein. ExPLoRNA’s technology increases protein production beyond the […]

December 7, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

Tetra announce significant results from the study of Onternabez combined with Favipiravir

Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. a leader in cannabinoid-derived drug discovery and development announced today significant results from the study of Onternabez combined with Favipiravir. The combination acts against ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), Sepsis, and Covid-19 through PREPAiRE, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform. The platform, the companies say, purposely integrates target identification, validation, lead discovery […]

December 6, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 6 Dec 2022

Pictor receives $5M in funding for Covid antibody test and human and animal portfolios

Pictor, a global leader in immunodiagnostics, has announced a $5 million funding round to help accelerate pipeline product development projects. The company will also use the funding for market development activities within Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe for its human health and animal health portfolios. This follows a June funding round raising […]

December 6, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 24 Nov 2022

AI works on artificial DNA for future drug development

With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells’ protein production. The technology can contribute to the development and production of vaccines, drugs for severe diseases, as well as alternative food proteins much faster and at significantly lower costs […]

November 24, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Nov 2022

FDA gives IND approval for Ascletis Covid drug

Ascletis Pharma Inc. has revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the investigational new drug (IND) application of ASC11, an oral inhibitor drug candidate targeting 3-chymotrypsin like protease (3CLpro) for Covid-19. The FDA has approved Ascletis to study the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ASC11 at various doses in healthy subjects […]

November 24, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

Concern as study says new covid sub-variant is resistant to all therapeutic antibodies

All approved antibody therapies for Covid-19 are ineffective against the Omicron sub-lineage BQ.1.1. That’s the worrying news following a recent study by researchers at the German Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Omicron sub-variant BQ.1.1 is currently on the rise worldwide. As a result of an infection with […]

November 23, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

Tevogen Bio to investigate T cell therapy in long Covid

Tevogen Bio is set to study the potential therapeutic use of its investigational Covid-19 T cell therapy, TVGN-489, in long Covid. The finding that none of the patients in the TVGN 489 proof-of-concept (POC) trial, treated for their initial Covid infection, developed long Covid to date is leading Tevogen to explore the potential of TVGN […]

November 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Nykode Therapeutics and Richter-Helm BioLogics announce partnership

Tachmed aiming to make healthcare more accessible

Startup USSF bringing oral COVID vaccine to market

Ascletis announces positive COVID-19 trial results

MetrioPharm reveals COVID-19 study data

ExPLoRNA Therapeutics receives mRNA technology funding

Tetra announce significant results from the study of Onternabez combined with Favipiravir

Pictor receives $5M in funding for Covid antibody test and human and animal portfolios

AI works on artificial DNA for future drug development

FDA gives IND approval for Ascletis Covid drug

Concern as study says new covid sub-variant is resistant to all therapeutic antibodies

Tevogen Bio to investigate T cell therapy in long Covid

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