Researchers from Therapyx Inc. and Intravacc BV assessed the potential of intranasal administration of a novel gonococcal vaccine candidate consisting of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) and microsphere (ms)-encapsulated interleukin-12 (IL-12 ms). It was previously demonstrated that female mice can be immunized intravaginally with gonococcal OMVs plus IL-12 ms to induce anti-gonococcal antibodies and resistance to genital tract challenge with live Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Following Therapeutic Goods Administration approval of its first-generation donor-derived microbiome-based therapy, Biomictra, for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, Australia’s Biomebank is scaling up to meet increasing global demand for fecal microbiota products and is developing a more scalable second-generation synthetic product.
Scripps Research has synthesized 3C-Like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19).
Although strides have been made in the space, biopharma’s hunt for a wider net to cast in vaccines for pneumococcal disease has recruited the likes of Vaxcyte Inc., GSK plc and Merck & Co. Inc., each racing for a candidate with improved valence.
Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Ltd. has synthesized cytochrome bc1 complex (complex III) (Plasmodium falciparum) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of malaria.
The success of the U.K. COVID-19 genomics consortium in large-scale sequencing, tracking variants of concern, establishing rates of transmissibility and informing public health decision-making during the pandemic, is to be extended to the monitoring of other respiratory viruses.
Suzhou Spring-Sea Bio-Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has divulged prodrugs of N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC) reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.
Raynovent Biotech Co. Ltd. has raised ¥370 million (US$54 million) in a series C round to further develop candidates in the field of respiratory and metabolic diseases.
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