NeuroRx and Relief Therapeutics said that RLF-100 (aviptadil) delivered quick recovery from respiratory failure in the most critically ill patients suffering from Covid-19 in a phase 2/3 clinical trial.
AbCellera announced that LY-CoV555, a human antibody discovered by AbCellera in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) and co-developed with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) as a potential treatment and prophylaxis for Covi-19, has progressed to Phase 3 clinical trials. A first-of-its-kind, the Lilly-sponsored trial will use customized mobile research units to conduct the study at long-term care facilities across the United States.
SAB Biotherapeutics (SAB), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel immunotherapy platform to produce fully human polyclonal antibodies without the need for human donors, announced that the first participant has been dosed in its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating SAB-176 for the treatment of seasonal influenza.
Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) has failed to achieve the primary endpoint in the phase III trial, which included hospitalised patients with severe Covid-19 associated pneumonia.
AstraZeneca said that Farxiga (dapagliflozin) has succeeded in a phase 3 trial in chronic kidney disease (CKD) by meeting all its primary and secondary endpoints.
AI Therapeutics announced the start of Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of newly diagnosed Covid-19 patients in collaboration with Yale University.
NeoImmuneTech announced receipt of IND clearance from the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa), the only clinical-stage long-acting human IL-7, in a Window-of-Opportunity trial for patients with locally recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) undergoing salvage surgery.
Pfizer, along with BioNTech, has commenced the phase 2/3 safety and efficacy clinical study to assess a single nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate from their BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine programme against SARS-CoV-2.
Inotrem S.A., a biotechnology company specialized in the development of immunotherapies targeting the TREM-1 pathway, announced that it has obtained authorization to launch its phase IIa clinical trial in COVID-19 patients in France, Belgium and the USA.
Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, the global leader in creating end-to-end solutions supporting the entire clinical trial process, announced that it is collaborating with Moderna to support clinical trials of mRNA-1273, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
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