COVID-19

Arcturus Therapeutics Announces Meeting with President of Vietnam and CEO of Vingroup to Discuss Expansion of COVID-19 Vaccine Collaboration

09/28/2021

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (the “Company”, “Arcturus”, Nasdaq: ARCT), a leading clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of infectious disease vaccines and significant opportunities within liver and respiratory rare diseases, today announced that Arcturus’ President & CEO, Joseph Payne, met with the President of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and the…

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Twist Bioscience Internally-Discovered Single Domain Antibody TB202-3 Shows Potent Binding to Multiple Strains of SARS-CoV-2, Including Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Strains, in Preclinical Studies

09/27/2021

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST) today reported that its internally-discovered antibody candidate TB202-3 (CoVIC-094), demonstrated potent binding to diverse SARS-CoV-2 variant mutations, including strains with the E484K, N501Y, D614G, Y453F and K417N mutations in pseudovirus assays, indicating this therapeutic antibody may be effective in treating many strains of COVID-19. The Coronavirus…

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Moderna Announces Health Canada Approves its COVID-19 Vaccine

09/21/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced Health Canada has approved the New Drug Submission (NDS-CV) for SPIKEVAX™ (elasomeran mRNA vaccine), which has been known as COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna, for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 12 years…

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Moderna Announces Submission of Initial Data to U.S. FDA for Its COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

09/16/2021

mRNA-1273 at 50 µg dose level induced robust antibody responses of more than 40x against the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced it has initiated its submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the evaluation of a booster dose…

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Adamis Pharmaceuticals Doses First Patients in Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial for Tempol in the Treatment of COVID-19

09/15/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Sept. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq: ADMP) today announced the initiation of patient dosing in the Phase 2/3 clinical trial for Tempol, an oral antiviral product candidate, in adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. In preclinical studies, Tempol has been shown to have antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity.…

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Researchers replicate COVID-19 infections with lab-grown ‘mini-lungs’

09/15/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have grown miniature human lungs in a lab dish that they say come the closest to mimicking the real thing—complete with all the myriad cell types found in the body. The small organoids of human tissue could help rapidly iterate the…

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Sorrento Announces Enrollment of First Subject in Brazil Phase 2 Study of COVI-MSC for Treatment of COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Distress in ICU Patients

09/14/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: First patient enrolled at first site in Phase 2 placebo-controlled study conducted in Brazil. Second site scheduled to start enrolling within one week, with multiple additional sites coming online within one month. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, “Sorrento”) announced today the start of enrollment in its Phase 2 efficacy study of human allogeneic adipose-derived mesenchymal…

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Sentien Biotechnologies Partners with BARDA to Evaluate High Dose Cohort in Phase 1/2 Trial of SBI-101 for Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Sepsis

09/13/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Collaboration Under BARDA DRIVe Solving Sepsis Program to also Support Key Regulatory Path Activities to Advance Development of SBI-101 Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel approaches to cell therapy, today announced a partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the…

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Pardes Biosciences Initiates First-in-Human Trial for PBI-0451, an Oral Antiviral in Development to Treat and Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infections

09/07/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pardes Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial, evaluating the company’s lead candidate, PBI-0451 which is being developed as a potential oral direct-acting antiviral to treat and prevent infections with SARS-CoV-2, the virus…

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INOVIO Receives Authorization to Conduct Phase 3 Efficacy Trial of its COVID-19 DNA Vaccine Candidate, INO-4800

09/06/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Aug. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — INOVIO (NASDAQ:INO), a biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect people from infectious diseases, cancer, and HPV-associated diseases, today announced that it has received regulatory authorization from Brazil’s ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária), the national health regulatory agency of Brazil,…

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