Vir Biotechnology Inc.’s focus will look a little different for the latter half of 2024, as the San Francisco-based firm disclosed a restructuring that will cut about a fourth of its workforce and phase out programs targeting influenza and COVID-19 as well as vaccines developed using its T-cell-based viral vector platform.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. has patented compounds acting as nonstructural protein 3 (nsp3, PL-pro; SARS-CoV-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of asthma, SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19), rhinovirus, norovirus and lung infections.
Muscle fatigue associated with brain inflammation could be prevented by modulating certain cytokines. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have studied inflammation in the CNS in infection models of Escherichia coli, SARS-CoV-2 and amyloid-β toxicity, unveiling its impact on motor function, the role of IL-6 in this process and how to mitigate it in chronic disease.
Researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston and affiliated organizations have reported the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel TLR7/8 agonist adjuvant for vaccination, PVP-037.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: AB Science, Cellprothera, Hillevax, Ideaya, Sirnaomics.
Curevac AG is casting off the deadweight of its pandemic push to translate its mRNA technology into a marketed COVID-19 vaccine, in a new €1.45 billion (US$1.6 billion) deal in which GSK plc will acquire full rights to infectious disease vaccines the two were co-developing.
Pfizer Inc. has identified nonstructural protein 3 (nsp3; PLpro) (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 virus) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection.
South Korea’s SK Bioscience Co. Ltd. has entered a cross-shareholding acquisition deal with Germany’s Klocke Pharma-Service GmbH to acquire its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), IDT Biologika Corp.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Astrazeneca, Formycon, Humacyte, Idorsia, Longboard, Mesoblast, Sandoz, Springworks, Syncromune, Taurx, Valneva.
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