Respiratory disease Archives

News and Trends 21 Dec 2023

The big pharma race against deadly RSV steps up in 2023

GSK and Pfizer received FDA approval for their RSV vaccines in 2023. Now, AstraZeneca has joined the race with its latest acquisition.

December 21, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 11 Jul 2023

Inhaled mRNA medicines redefine respiratory disease treatment

By Carsten Rudolph, co-founder and CEO of Ethris Advancements in mRNA technology have led to the development of inhaled mRNA medicines, which hold tremendous potential for revolutionizing the treatment of respiratory diseases, an area with high unmet needs. However, the primary hurdle in its clinical application lies in the identification of a delivery system that […]

July 11, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 8 Mar 2023

Affibody and Chiesi Group to develop treatments for respiratory diseases

Affibody AB and Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A have announced a collaboration and licensing agreement to develop and commercialize innovative treatments for respiratory diseases using Affibody’s proprietary technology. Under the terms of the agreement, the parties will collaborate to progress up to three programs based on Affibody molecules against undisclosed targets for respiratory diseases. Chiesi will fund […]

March 8, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Feb 2023

Positive results for INOVIO recurrent respiratory papillomatosis trial

INOVIO Pharmaceuticals has announced positive preliminary results from the second cohort of its phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating INO-3107 for the treatment of HPV 6 and HPV 11-associated recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) in adults. In the second cohort of 11 patients who were administered INO-3107 via the exploratory side port needle, 10 of the 11 […]

February 17, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Dec 2022

Poolbeg identifies new potential drug candidates for RSV infections

Poolbeg Pharma says it has successfully identified potential new drug candidates from its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) artificial intelligence (AI) program with OneThree Biotech, Inc. Since initiating the collaboration in February 2022, Poolbeg’s scientific team has worked with OneThree to build a tailored AI approach that leverages Poolbeg’s RSV human challenge trial data to identify […]

December 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

Watch: Atriva Therapeutics at BIO-Europe

Atriva Therapeutics’ mission is to develop an antiviral therapy platform against severe respiratory and systemic diseases with a high unmet medical need induced by RNA viruses, e.g., influenza and COVID-19. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company is pioneering the development of host-targeting antiviral therapies, making development of viral resistance unlikely, and thereby significantly contributing to pandemic preparedness. […]

December 19, 2022 - 1 minutemin - 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 28 Nov 2022

Licensing agreement signed for C4XD between C4X Discovery and AstraZeneca

C4X Discovery Holdings plc has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with AstraZeneca. It is worth up to $402 million, for its NRF2 Activator program. AstraZeneca will develop and commercialize an oral therapy, C4XD. This is for the treatment of inflammatory and respiratory diseases with a lead focus on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). C4X Discovery will receive […]

November 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 23 Nov 2022

First patients dosed with Infex Therapeutics’ RESP-X for chronic respiratory disease

A new anti-virulence therapy, RESP-X, treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) infections in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) patients has been given to the first subjects in a trial run by Infex Therapeutics. Infex Therapeutics is an anti-infectives company and announced the first subjects were dosed in the phase 1 study in healthy volunteers evaluating the company’s lead […]

November 23, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 18 Oct 2022

Progress of COPD drug boosted by debt financing of up to $150M

Verona Pharma plc has today (October 17) announced that it has entered into a debt financing facility providing access of up to $150 million from Oxford Finance LLC. The non-dilutive capital provides further financial flexibility and support for commercialization activities for ensifentrine, the company’s product candidate, which recently reported positive phase 3 data in the […]

October 18, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 4 Oct 2022

Patents granted for Poolbeg Pharma influenza and respiratory virus infections treatments

Poolbeg Pharma has been granted patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for POLB 001, a small molecule immunomodulator for the treatment of severe influenza and POLB 002, a first-in-class, intranasally administered RNA-based immunotherapy for respiratory virus infections. POLB 001 The USPTO granted a patent for the majority of Poolbeg’s claims around the […]

October 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 16 Sep 2022

CHMP recommends approval of Beyfortus for prevention of RSV disease in infants

Beyfortus, which is being developed jointly by Sanofi and AstraZeneca, is a step closer to preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease in newborns and infants. The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for Beyfortus (nirsevimab) for the prevention of RSV lower respiratory […]

September 16, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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