Rethinking Clinical Trials

APRIL 18, 2023

There are many hypothesized causes that may co-exist in the same patient, such as persistent virus or antigens, reactivation of other viruses, uncontrolled immune responses, damage to a wide range of organs and tissues, and injury to blood vessels and abnormal blood clotting. The first trial will begin enrolling in July 2023.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 19, 2022

Moderna has joined forces with non-profit organisation IAVI on a third phase 1 trial of its candidate HIV vaccine in Africa, where the burden of the virus is still being keenly felt. One candidate – mRNA-1644 – has already shown its potential in an earlier phase 1 trial (IAVI G001) run in the US.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 26, 2024

A clinical trial of a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma patients has been launched in the UK. The post “Game-changing” personalised cancer vaccine enters UK clinical trials appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). in the combination arm and 62.2% in the combination arm and 62.2%

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Scienmag

JANUARY 14, 2021

14, 2021) – Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered how therapeutics targeting RNA splicing can activate antiviral immune pathways in triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) to trigger tumor cell death and signal the body’s immune response. HOUSTON – (Jan.

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XTalks

MAY 4, 2023

However, there are ongoing clinical trials for celiac disease to investigate potential new treatments. Some of the approaches being studied include: Enzyme therapy: Researchers are testing enzymes that may help break down gluten in the digestive system, reducing the risk of immune system activation and damage to the small intestine.

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BioSpace

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Washington have developed an investigational vaccine that can safely elicit an immune response against the HER2 protein, a key marker in breast cancer.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In a recent study published by Weill Cornell Medicine in the Journal of Infectious Diseases , researchers have reported the potential of Moderna’s experimental mRNA vaccine in protecting adults against CMV, which could potentially also stop the transmission of the virus from mothers to their infants during pregnancy.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 11, 2024

We have noted that cancer patients can develop powerful anti-tumour immune responses that can result in complete cure of the disease and we call these patients ‘elite responders’. By understanding what triggers the adaptive immune response in “elite responders” we have identified new targets and therapeutic antibodies.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Maryland, US-based company Altimmune is among the biotechs and research labs trying to find more convenient alternatives and believes a nasal vaccine spray that is stable at room temperature could be the answer. A nasal delivery method will also produce an immune response at the point where the virus enters the body.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago has announced that its investigational COVID-19 vaccine generated “significant antibody and cellular immune responses” after two doses in all subjects in an early-stage clinical trial. Based on the promising phase 1 data, the company plans to proceed with a phase 2/3 clinical trial. “We

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

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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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Enrolment in a Phase I trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US. With each new universal influenza vaccine candidate and clinical trial, we take another step closer to that goal,” said Acting NIAID Director Hugh Auchincloss.

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Scienmag

JUNE 27, 2021

The first human trial has shown no obvious side effects and a good immune response. Researchers based […]. Hiroshi Kiyono, CC BY 4.0 A new vaccine to protect against deadly cholera has been made by grinding up genetically modified grains of rice.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 18, 2023

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The trial will enrol up to 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 49.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 30, 2023

A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lu Rahman selects some of the year’s interesting and noteworthy advances in cancer research drug discovery and development. In the UK, according to Cancer Research UK, around 167,000 people die from cancer in the UK each year. Research into new drugs and therapeutics is on-going and is helping drive mortality rates down.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 23, 2022

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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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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. The company said that the data from the ongoing Phase II trial will be reported in the fourth quarter of this year.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 19, 2023

OncoResponse has secured a $13m grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and raised an additional $14m in funding from investors for advancing OR502 to investigational new drug (IND) and clinical trials. It is planned to enter clinical studies this year.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 30, 2023

Likang Life Sciences has been granted implied approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the clinical trial of its innovative personalised neoantigen-targeted vaccine LK101 Injection for advanced solid tumours. These vaccines can also be designed to help elicit immunological memory for long-lasting tumour control.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

AstraZeneca may have tried a positive spin on the trial mistake that led to the accidental discovery of the low dose COVID-19 vaccine regime with the highest efficacy– but the revelation has drawn a mixed response from commentators.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 6, 2023

The cancer immunotherapies will mainly be provided in the context of clinical trials over the alliance, which extends out to 2030, but also covers supply of commercial therapies if approved in the interim. The post UK partners with BioNTech on clinical trials of mRNA cancer therapies appeared first on.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

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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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We have vaccines to boost our immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. Now researchers are trialing something new. We have medicines you can take at home (and in hospital) to treat COVID.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

German biopharma company CureVac announced yesterday that its COVID-19 vaccine hopeful generated immune responses and was generally well-tolerated in phase 1 trial participants, lending support for a pivotal trial before year’s end. Source link.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In the context of a substantial amount of COVID-19-related research and the launch of numerous clinical trials, the French government created this steering committee to prioritize and accelerate high potential clinical trials. This Phase IIa trial follows a preliminary study conducted by Prof.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 31, 2022

A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating various additional COVID-19 booster shots has begun enrolling adult participants in the United States. The study, known as the COVID-19 Variant Immunologic Landscape (COVAIL) trial, is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 5, 2023

Global Cancer Segment Market Manager at Agilent Technologies, recently sat down with DDW Editor Reece Armstrong to tell us about the developments in the ‘golden age’ of cancer research. MG: I am responsible for Agilent’s cancer segment. RA: What is the current state of the cancer research industry? Mark Garner, PhD.,

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

announced that the first participant has been dosed in a new Phase I trial for an innovative HIV vaccine candidate, VIR-1388. The trial’s primary objective is to assess the safety of VIR-1388 and its capacity to stimulate a specific immune response against HIV in study participants. Vir Biotechnology, Inc.,

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 10, 2023

XinThera’s therapy targeting MK2 is expected to enter clinical trials later in 2023. The acquisition will give Gilead Sciences access to XinThera’s portfolio of two small molecule inhibitor programmes, one of which targets PARP1 to treat cancer and the other of which targets MK2 for inflammatory diseases.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In a clinical trial, 60% of patients with follicular lymphoma treated with Lunsumio achieved a complete response. The most common side effect was an overactive immune response called cytokine release syndrome, reported by 39% of patients. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Only a few weeks into the new year, the prospect of getting a successful advanced HIV vaccine shrank after the discontinuation of yet another late-stage trial. This marks the second time one of Janssen’s HIV vaccines failed after another showed disappointing results in the Phase IIb Imbokodo trial in August 2021.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 11, 2022

An intranasal formulation of AstraZeneca’s widely-used COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria has failed at the first hurdle, after results from a phase 1 trial found it was unable to stimulate a strong immune response to the virus.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2022

BioLink Life Sciences has received a contract worth $750,000 from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop Ramatroban for treating Covid-19 pneumonia patients in the hospital setting. Ramatroban will be analysed in a placebo-controlled, randomised Phase II/III RAMBAN-1 clinical trial.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The first patients are now being treated as part of a first-in-human trial of a vaccine, administered as a nasal spray, that aims to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Meanwhile researchers in Japan are also running preclinical studies of an intranasal tau vaccine.

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XTalks

AUGUST 13, 2020

and BioNTech’s lead vaccine candidate in a Phase III trial being conducted at sites in California and Oregon. The company announced that it commenced the Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the investigational COVID-19 vaccine this week. Related: Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Positive Early Trial Results.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 4, 2024

In an early phase clinical trial, a combination of antibody-based medications targeting the immune system generated promising safety data and anti-tumour activity in individuals with advanced cancer. Both medications tested in the trial support immune responses against tumour cells.

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