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IXCHIQ Chikungunya Vaccine Trial Shows Sustained Immune Response in Adolescents

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The study included 754 adolescents, comparing immune responses and safety profiles between vaccine and placebo groups. Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, causes severe joint pain, fever and rash, with symptoms that can linger for months or even years.

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World Pneumonia Day 2024: New Treatments and Innovations

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World Pneumonia Day 2024 provides an opportunity to examine the latest advances in pneumonia treatment and prevention — and the role that healthcare and life sciences industries play in reducing its global impact. These therapies work by controlling excessive inflammatory responses in the lungs.

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BioLink receives funds to develop Covid-19 pneumonia treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

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. The trial will also lay the ground for additional trials for acute and long Covid in the US.

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Novocure’s TTFields Therapy Shows Survival Benefit in Pancreatic Cancer

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This technology, already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for glioblastoma and mesothelioma , and most recently for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), harnesses electric fields to disrupt cancer cell division. Novocure’s broader pipeline underscores the versatility of TTFields therapy.

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2021 Year in Review: Leveraging New Technologies to Drive Innovation in the Life Sciences

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Xtalks is taking a look at some of the major stories and innovations of the year in the life sciences, many of which were driven by new, emerging and improved technologies. The year 2021 was all about continuing innovations in the life sciences. Life Science Innovations: Malaria and Influenza Vaccines.

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Tamibarotene Fails in Phase III Trial for a Subset of Higher-Risk MDS

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Syros Pharmaceuticals announced that its cancer drug tamibarotene failed to meet its primary endpoint in the SELECT-MDS-1 Phase III trial. These RXR receptors play a key role in regulating transcription pathways involved in inflammation and immune responses, among other cancer hallmarks, to modulate the tumor microenvironment.

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World Psoriasis Day 2024: New Treatments and Research Trends

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In August 2024, Artax Biopharma completed patient recruitment for its Phase IIa trial of AX-158, exploring a new immune-modulating therapy for psoriasis. Meanwhile, Innovent Biologics recently saw its New Drug Application (NDA) for picankibart, an IL-23p19 inhibitor, accepted by the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).

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