Shares of Novavax Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) dropped nearly 20% Oct. 16 to close at $10.15 after the company reported a serious adverse event had prompted a U.S. FDA clinical hold for its COVID-19-influenza combination and standalone flu vaccine candidates.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Aurigene, Clearside, Dyne, Entrada, Innocare, Insmed, Panavance, Tevogen, Vanqua, Viatris, Viking.
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the urgency for effective antiviral drugs against coronaviruses. Researchers from Europe conducted machine learning and in vitro validation experiments for the identification of potential antiviral drugs effective against coronaviruses.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Abivax, Ennodc, Expert Systems, Irlab, Theriva, Trawsfynydd.
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Tohoku University has disclosed 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro; Mpro; nsp5) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections and inflammatory disorders.
In work at Shanghai Curegene Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., synthesis and optimization of a series of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease (3CLpro, Mpro) inhibitors led to the identification of compounds [I], [II] and [III] as lead candidates suitable for further evaluation, based on their enzymatic IC50s (14, 12 and 8.6 nM, respectively), cellular EC50s (36, 26 and 52 nM, respectively) and human liver microsome (HLM) stability.
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