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China’s NMPA accepts IND for SinoMab BioScience’s SM17 to treat asthma

Pharmaceutical Technology

It can suppress Th2 immune responses by binding to IL-17RB on Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). This blocks a cascade of responses that are induced by interleukin-25 (IL-25), a critical cytokine which is classified as ‘alarmin’.

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Symvivo’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials

XTalks

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.

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Merck and Moderna partner to develop and sell cancer vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

The mRNA-4157/V940 has been designed to stimulate an immune response by producing T-cell responses depending on the mutational signature of a patient's tumour.

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US FDA grants approval for Merck’s pneumococcal vaccine for children

Pharmaceutical Technology

It was based on findings from seven double-blind, randomised, clinical trials that evaluated the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the vaccine in infants, children and adolescents.

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Gilead Sciences buys XinThera to boost oncology and inflammation pipeline

Pharmaceutical Technology

XinThera’s therapy targeting MK2 is expected to enter clinical trials later in 2023. Gilead Sciences stated that the two programmes have the potential to address a number of indications and to provide development opportunities both alone and along with its wider portfolio.

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2023 cancer research highlights: Drug development at its best

Drug Discovery World

Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. As always, a year within cancer drug discovery and development brings with it significant breakthroughs, and 2023 has been no exception. Research into new cancer drugs remain strong.

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Pfizer and Valneva Issue Update on Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate VLA15

Pfizer

These study participants, representing approximately half of the total recruited participants in the trial, are being discontinued following violations of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) at certain clinical trial sites run by a third-party clinical trial site operator.