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Therapeutic Solutions International Launches Clinical Trial to Validate First Blood Based Predicator of Suicidal Ideation: The Campbell Score™

11/04/2020

Excerpt from the Press Release: OCEANSIDE, Calif., Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Therapeutics Solution International, Inc., (OTC Markets: TSOI), announced today publication on the NIH clinical trials website1 of its newly initiated trial aiming to validate a blood-based diagnostic for predicting suicide risk.  The Campbell Score™, which is a patent-pending method of quantifying inflammatory-associated biological markers,…

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How scientists launched a study in days to probe COVID-19’s unpredictability

11/03/2020

Excerpt from the Article: On a Friday afternoon in mid-March 2020, as the emergency department at Massachusetts General Hospital began admitting its first coronavirus patients, attending emergency physician and researcher Michael Filbin recognized an urgent need to quickly learn about the emerging pathogen. With a surge of COVID-19 patients expected in the hospital in the…

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IM Therapeutics Launches Phase 1b Trial of Lead Drug IMT-002 in Autoimmunity; Announces Positive Safety Data of Phase 1a Study

11/02/2020

Excerpt from the Press Release: WOBURN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ImmunoMolecular Therapeutics, Inc. (“IM Therapeutics”), a leading innovator in the field of precision medicine for autoimmune diseases, today announced it has launched a Phase 1b study as a multiple ascending dose (MAD) trial. The study is in patients who have type 1 diabetes (T1D), an as yet incurable…

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REGN-COV2 Independent Data Monitoring Committee Recommends Holding Enrollment in Hospitalized Patients with High Oxygen Requirements and Continuing Enrollment in Patients with Low or No Oxygen Requirements

11/01/2020

Excerpt from the Article: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) received today a recommendation from the independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) for the REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail treatment trials for COVID-19 that the current hospitalized patient trial be modified. Specifically, based on a potential safety signal and an unfavorable risk/benefit profile at this time, the IDMC recommends further…

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World first: focused ultrasound opens blood-brain barrier for delivery of therapeutic in Parkinson’s disease

10/31/2020

Excerpt from the Article: In a groundbreaking, world-first clinical trial, a team of researchers from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University Health Network are using focused ultrasound technology to deliver a therapeutic directly to affected brain regions in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Parkinson’s affects more than 6 million people around the world. It is…

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IncellDx to Study Maraviroc, a CCR5 antagonist, in a COVID-19 Phase 2 Clinical Trial

10/30/2020

Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — IncellDx will collaborate on the SARS-CoV2 Clinical Trial NCT04435522 involving Pfizer’s FDA-approved CCR5 antagonist Maraviroc.  The trial “Open-Label Study of Maraviroc in Hospitalized Individuals Diagnosed With SARS-CoV-2″seeks to establish whether a one week treatment with Maraviroc, used at its approved dosage for…

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Atea Pharmaceuticals Announces Strategic Collaboration with Roche to Develop and Distribute AT-527 for Patients with COVID-19 Roche Obtains Exclusive Right to Develop and Distribute AT-527 Outside the United States

10/29/2020

Excerpt from the Press Release: BOSTON, Oct. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing antiviral therapeutics to improve the lives of patients suffering from life-threatening viral infections, today announces that the company has entered into an agreement with Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX:…

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Fabric Genomics Launches GEM Algorithm to Accelerate Genetic Disease Diagnosis, Provide Comprehensive Clinical-Decision Support

10/28/2020

Excerpt from the Press Release: OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fabric Genomics, a global leader in clinical interpretation of genomic data, announced today the launch of Fabric GEM, a novel algorithm that quickly and efficiently identifies the likely genetic cause of rare diseases from next-generation sequencing data – enabling faster diagnosis and the possibility of faster and more…

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Moderna enrolls final volunteers into key coronavirus vaccine study

10/27/2020

Excerpt from the Article: When Moderna began research on a vaccine for the virus now known as SARS-CoV-2 in late January, confirmed cases of infection were largely contained within China and the public health catastrophe that’s since unfolded was a threat, not reality.  The prospect of designing, testing, and proving a vaccine within a year…

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Listen: How the FDA thinks about Covid-19 vaccines, biotech’s SPAC fascination, & Biogen’s case in Alzheimer’s

10/26/2020

Check out the latest from The Readout Loud podcast: “Whose voice rings loudest at the FDA? Is it wise to give hedge funds a blank check? And how will the Biogen saga end? We discuss all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. First, STAT’s Helen Branswell joins us to…

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