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Antibody treatment improves chronic food allergy symptoms in young adults, study finds

Medical Xpress

A weekly dose of dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody, led to a reduction of symptoms and tissue improvement in young adults and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Large NIH clinical trial will test polyclonal antibody therapeutic for COVID-19

Scienmag

Credit: NIAID A Phase 2/3 trial to evaluate a new fully-human polyclonal antibody therapeutic targeted to SARS-CoV-2, called SAB-185, has begun enrolling non-hospitalized people with mild or moderate cases of COVID-19.

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Combination treatment could be more effective for cat allergy

Drug Discovery World

New research has shown that standard cat allergy treatment can be enhanced to make it more effective and faster acting, and the benefits last for a year after treatment ends. The findings of the study, supported by the National Institutes of Health, were published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. .

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NIAID Halts Eli Lilly COVID-19 Antibody Trial

The Pharma Data

The NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has halted a clinical trial evaluating Eli Lilly’s investigational monoclonal antibody, LY-CoV555 (bamlanivimab), in combination with remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Source link.

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Temperature-stable tuberculosis vaccine safe, prompts immune response in first-in-human trial

Medical Xpress

A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibodies and responses from the cellular arm of the immune system. A non-temperature stable form of the candidate previously had been tested in several clinical trials.

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: Cell and gene clinical trials advance despite Covid-19…

The Pharma Data

The governing body claims this proposal could have positive effects on mitigating burdensome requirements for gene therapy clinical trials in the future. In this light, Pharma IQ’s weekly round-up focuses on advancing therapies and clinical trials to combat Covid-19.

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Topline Results from NIH-Sponsored Clinical Trial of Investigational COVID-19 Hyperimmune Globulin Medicine

The Pharma Data

The CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance today announced that the Phase 3 Inpatient Treatment with Anti-Coronavirus Immunoglobulin (ITAC) clinical trial sponsored and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), did not meet its endpoints. About the ITAC Trial.