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New Class of Antibiotic Found That Kills Deadly Drug-Resistant Superbug

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Zosurabalpin is highly effective against the bacterium carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (Crab), which is classified as a “priority 1” pathogen by the World Health Organization due to its growing presence in hospitals.

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Boehringer Expands BiomX IBD Biomarker Collab, Shutters Crohn's Trial

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Boehringer and BiomX intend to use the discovery platform to identify biomarkers for a pathogenic bacterium thought to be associated with IBD.

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Lumen Bioscience’s LMN-201 secures FDA fast track status to treat CDI

Pharmaceutical Technology

An investigational orally delivered biologic drug, LMN-201 is a cocktail of four therapeutic proteins that act synergistically to neutralise the C difficile bacterium and the toxin. Pivotal trials on LMN-201 are expected to commence in 2023. It is compatible with standard-of-care antibiotics.

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Intravacc gets NIAID contract for intranasal gonorrhoea vaccine development

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Additionally, it will work on non-clinical toxicity (TOX) and Clinical Trial Material batch to conduct a Phase I clinical trial of the vaccine in healthy adult subjects. This trial will evaluate the safety of the vaccine and generate efficacy data. Additionally, antibiotic resistance is very prevalent for the NG bacterium.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

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Canadian clinical-stage biotech company Symvivo Corporation has developed an oral COVID-19 vaccine that entered clinical trials this week. The first healthy volunteer was dosed with the vaccine in Australia as part of the bacTRL-Spike COVID-19 Phase I clinical trial. COVID-19 Clinical Trials.

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Pfizer’s seeks silver lining in failed C. diff vaccine trial

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diff) looks like it may join a growing list of candidates that have been shelved or delayed, after the shot failed to meet its primary objective in a phase 3 trial. The pharma company was quick to point out however that the CLOVER trial of PF-06425090 was undermined by a lower-than expected rate of C. billion play for Arena Pharma.

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Human infection model drives forward TB vaccine development

Drug Discovery World

Human challenge models have contributed significantly to the development of vaccines for diseases such as malaria or typhoid, especially in early phase trials. Healthy people who had never had the BCG vaccine before were recruited into the trial. Healthy people who had never had the BCG vaccine before were recruited into the trial.