Biotechnology
– 200mg and 400mg Once-Daily Doses Achieved Strong Exposure Multiples Over EC90 and Were Generally Safe and Well-Tolerated – Plan to Initiate Phase 2 Study in 4Q 2022 Excerpt from the Press Release: WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating novel, small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: ATHENS, Ga. and LOS GATOS, Calif., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing vaccines using a proprietary transformational parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based vector, today announced the enrollment of the first participant in a Phase 1 clinical trial of their intranasal BLB-201 vaccine for RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)…
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In a first, a patient in New Zealand has undergone gene-editing to lower their cholesterol. It could be the beginning of new era in disease prevention. Excerpt from the Press Release: A volunteer in New Zealand has become the first person to undergo DNA editing in order to lower their blood cholesterol, a step that…
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New synthetic controls add to growing portfolio of NGS applications for viral diseases Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today launched two human monkeypox virus synthetic DNA controls1. Positive controls provide quality…
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– Study participants had an 81%-98% reduction in annualized anti-VEGF injections and demonstrated continuous aflibercept expression levels through three years – Mean best-corrected visual acuity and central subfield thickness were maintained or improved in subjects treated with ADVM-022 -The Phase 2 LUNA trial is expected to dose the first subject in the third quarter of…
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The presented data show ELI-005 elicits strong and long-lasting cellular and humoral immune responses that were maintained at significantly higher levels than comparator vaccines over 32 weeks in mice. ELI-005, containing the lymph node-targeted Amphiphile vaccine adjuvant AMP-CpG, induced potent, comprehensive and persistent innate immune responses in draining lymph nodes in mice. Animals treated with…
Read More Study reveals first-ever structure of a non-viral endogenous reverse transcriptase (eRT) Human endogenous retrovirus-K (HERV-K) RT shows striking similarity to HIV RT Findings enable structure-based drug discovery for eRTs Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ROME Therapeutics, a biotechnology company harnessing the power of the dark genome for drug development, today announced a new…
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– Codiak’s engineered exosome candidates demonstrate potential for best-in-class profile, with tumor retention and delivery to the cells of interest allowing for increased therapeutic window – – exoSTING and exoIL-12 demonstrated favorable safety and tolerability profile at repeat doses tested and antitumor activity was observed in both injected and uninjected/distal lesions – – Codiak has…
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Data show that C3d-mediated tissue targeting of factor H results in potent, durable and efficacious local complement blockade without systemic complement inhibition Excerpt from the Press Release: WALTHAM, Mass., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Q32 Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing biologic therapeutics to restore immune homeostasis, today announced that the Company presented new preclinical data…
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52% of SKs lesions treated for 28 days cleared completely, reaching a PLA score of 0. 100% of SKs lesions treated for 28 days demonstrated at least a one-point drop in their PLA score and patients experienced no application site reactions. SM-020 is the first and only highly selective topical treatment that results in natural…
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