Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

Biotechnology company Adcentrx Therapeutics has raised $38m in Series A+ financing to advance its pipeline of new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics into clinical development. Adcentrx Therapeutics is focused on developing protein conjugate therapeutics to treat cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 27, 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech have started a mid-stage trial of a new version of the COVID-19 vaccine based on a version of the spike protein that they hope will offer greater and broader protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants. The post Pfizer takes COVID jab with ‘enhanced’ spike protein into phase 2 appeared first on.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 24, 2024

Drugs developed to treat HIV and AIDS are being trialled for the first time in patients with multiple brain tumours. The rare inherited genetic condition causes tumours such as schwannoma (which include acoustic neuroma), ependymoma and meningioma which develop on the membrane surrounding the brain.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 20, 2023

Developed using pharmaceutical company GSK’s pandemic adjuvant, the vaccine targets the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The vaccine is based on recombinant protein vaccine technology and is suitable for storage between 2°C and 8°C.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2022

PIC Therapeutics has raised $35m in a Series A funding round led by OrbiMed to develop therapies for drug-resistant breast cancer. The company will utilise the Series A funds to progress its small molecule drug presently in development into first-in-human clinical trials for advanced metastatic breast cancer.

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XTalks

MAY 7, 2021

As Novavax awaits emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373, the company shared new data this week on the vaccine’s efficacy against the South African B.1.351 These results came from data from Novavax’s Phase III UK trial where B.1.117

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 4, 2023

Led by Columbus Venture Partners, the financing round has seen the participation of existing investors the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), AdBio Partners and Invivo Capital. ARTHEx Biotech will use the funds to advance an antimiR oligonucleotide, ATX-01, to a Phase I/IIa clinical trial in the second half of 2023.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Alentis Therapeutics has raised $105m in a Series C financing round for advancing transformational medicines targeting the CLAUDIN-1 protein. ALE.F02 is being developed for the treatment of advanced kidney, lung and liver fibrosis while ALE.C04 is a potential treatment to target CLDN1-positive tumours.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 19, 2021

Gain Therapeutics has priced its initial public offering, raising more than $40 million for its computational drug discovery platform and pipeline of drugs for diseases associated with protein misfolding. . The post Protein misfolding specialist Gain nets $40m from IPO appeared first on. and valuing the company at around $130 million.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 5, 2024

AviadoBio has launched its Phase I/II ASPIRE-FTD clinical trial at the Ohio State University in the US. People with FTD who have disease-causing GRN mutations produce a reduced amount of progranulin protein. FTD is a form of early-onset dementia that typically leads to death within three to 10 years from diagnosis.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The first patient has been dosed with an engineered B cell investigational therapy in a Phase I trial in Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I). Developer Immusoft has received FDA Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for the therapy, designated ISP-001, in this indication.

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Camargo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The development of biological products (or biologics) represents a major advancement in modern medicine, enabling the treatment of patients with many illnesses where no other therapeutics were previously available. Recombinant therapeutic proteins. Fusion proteins. Gene and cellular therapies. Growth factors. Interferons.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Arvinas has commenced dosing in the Phase I clinical trial of ARV-102, its first oral PROTAC (PROteolysis-TArgeting Chimera) protein degrader in development to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The post First PROTAC degrader for neurodegenerative disease enters trials appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Roots Analysis

MARCH 2, 2022

Orally administrable protein / peptide-based therapeutics offer several advantages including, effective treatment of numerous clinical conditions and degenerative disorders. Pipeline Overview of Oral Peptide and Protein-based Therapeutics. Oral Protein / Peptide-based Drugs. Oral Protein / Peptide-based Drugs.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 17, 2024

Deepika Khedekar , Associate Centralized Clinical Trial Lead at IQVIA Inc, looks at the challenges of utilising artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology clinical research. MIT research 4 tells us a hard truth: about 95% of these trials fall short, leaving behind a trail of broken hopes for cancer patients each year.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Inhaled delivery of a formulation of a key protein involved in the immune response – interferon beta-1a – to hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the UK reduced the odds that they would develop severe disease or die from SARS CoV-2 infection.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 2, 2024

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is sponsoring a clinical trial to evaluate the safety of an investigational monoclonal antibody to treat enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which can cause severe respiratory and neurological diseases such as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). Credit: NIAID and CDC.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 9, 2023

5+delta) protein vaccine (Sf9 cell). The vaccine has been developed by WestVac Biopharma along with the West China Medical Center and Sichuan University. The subunit antigen in the vaccine has been based on the structure of the targeting S-RBD and HR proteins of the XBB and BA.5 recombinant Covid-19 trivalent (XBB.1.5+BA.5+delta)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Researchers at City of Hope in the US have developed a new potential therapy to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a kind of brain cancer. For this approach, the team leveraged an oncolytic herpes simplex virus for releasing chemokines, which are signalling proteins that aid in attracting immune cells to tumours.

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BioPharma Reporter

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Sanofi and GSK announced a delay on Friday in their adjuvanted recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine program to improve immune response in the elderly, saying clinical trials showed an insufficient immune response in older people.

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Bio Pharma Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The Maryland-based biotech is the first developer to advance a more traditional protein-based vaccine into the final stages of clinical testing.

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XTalks

JULY 19, 2022

The two-dose protein-based, adjuvanted vaccine has been authorized for use in adults 18 years of age and older for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. In a press release outlining the authorization, the FDA noted that the clinical trial for Novavax’s vaccine was conducted before the appearance of the omicron and delta variants.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Scientists have developed a new tool for determining the age of eye cells without sampling regenerative tissue, which could make treatments for eye disease more personalized and better targeted. Almost 6,000 proteins detected in the fluid could be traced […]

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The Pharma Data

JULY 22, 2021

NYSE: PFE) today announced a global collaboration to develop and commercialize ARV-471, an investigational oral PROTAC® (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera) estrogen receptor protein degrader. The companies will equally share worldwide development costs, commercialization expenses, and profits. Chief Executive Officer at Arvinas.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The study compared the immune responses evoked by Moderna’s mRNA vaccine to those generated by a previous vaccine candidate, namely, the MF59-adjuvanted glycoprotein B (gB) proten subunit vaccine (gB/MF59) developed by Sanofi. However, the development of an effective vaccine that can target CMV infection has been extremely challenging.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The 3rd Protein Degradation and Targeting Undruggables Summit is North America’s only in-person, industry-led conference covering clinical progress and commercial scale development of first-in-class degrader technology platforms. The post The Protein Degradation & Targeting Undruggables Congress appeared first on.

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Scienmag

MARCH 15, 2021

The first vaccine has been administered in a comparative adjuvant trial of DNA prime/protein boost HIV vaccine regimens in Kericho, Kenya Credit: U.S. Military HIV Research Program SILVER SPRING, Md.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The European Commission (EC) has granted approval for Sanofi and GSK ’s monovalent, recombinant-protein-based, adjuvanted Covid-19 vaccine, VidPrevtyn Beta, as a booster in adults aged 18 years and above. These trials comprised the Phase III VAT08 Stage 2 trial analysing initial efficacy and two other immunogenicity trials.

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XTalks

JANUARY 23, 2024

Among these, rare pediatric diseases present unique challenges and opportunities for rare disease drug development. Pediatric growth hormone deficiency (PGHD) is one such condition, affecting a child’s growth and development. This venture also led me to identify a gap in the market for contract manufacturing of recombinant proteins.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A recombinant replication-deficient adenovirus vectored vaccine, iNCOVACC has a prefusion stabilised spike protein and is claimed to be the first intranasal vaccine globally to obtain primary two-dose schedule approvals. The nasal delivery system was created and developed to be cost-efficient in low- and middle-income countries.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The first 20 participants have been enrolled in a multicentre trial to test whether ImmunityBio’s Nant Cancer Vaccine (NCV) could potentially prevent colon and other cancers in individuals with Lynch syndrome. Each of the three vaccines in Tri-Ad5 targets different proteins associated with precancer and cancer cells.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A mere six months ago Verily launched the study with Sosei Heptares – a global leader in GPCR structure-based drug design – with an aim to “prioritise protein targets for therapeutic targeting in immune-mediated disease”. Kim recognised then, he said, that better tools for medicine needed to be developed, and that they still do.

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BioPharma Reporter

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The proof-of-concept trial, dubbed IRIS-RA, is the first to investigate a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis that blocks a protein called neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn).

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 16, 2023

A study that could lead to the development of new treatments for Parkinson’s disease has launched at the University of Dundee, Scotland. The study is utilising LRRK2 inhibitors developed by Denali Therapeutics and Biogen. Unlocking the workings of LRRK2 was the toughest challenge of my career,” Alessi said. “It

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 24, 2022

The protein-based vaccine is engineered from the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ initial strain. Developed utilising Novavax’s recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen obtained from the coronavirus spike (S) protein, the vaccine is also formulated with the company’s saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The world of neuroscience trials is rapidly evolving, presenting new challenges and opportunities for researchers and clinicians. The worldwide market for neurology clinical trials stood at a valuation of $5.24 There is currently a heightened emphasis on imaging and liquid biomarkers in neuroscience clinical trials.

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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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