It is not the first malaria vaccine, but R21, recommended for use by the World Health Organization in October, is the first that can be manufactured at modest cost and the sort of scale needed for widespread prevention of the killer disease in Africa.
Jiangxi Jemincare Group Co. Ltd. has reported that its wholly owned subsidiary company, Shanghai Jemincare Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., recently received approvals for clinical trials of five of its drugs in the fields of cancer, kidney and infectious diseases.
A team of researchers at Monash University, Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute and the University of Nebraska have prepared aryl hydantoin compounds for the treatment of schistosomiasis.
Asieris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. announced that it has received approval to commence phase I clinical trials in Australia of its novel antibacterial drug, APL-2301 (ASN-1733, MET-102), under development for the treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii infections.
University of Minnesota has divulged nonstructural protein 14 (NSP14) (SARS-CoV-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Researchers at Centre Hospitalier de Université de Montréal and University of Pennsylvania have identified compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
In a study published in Antiviral Research, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and collaborators have presented optimized nanobodies targeting the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.
A safe and effective vaccine for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common and sometimes serious respiratory infection, had eluded biopharma for decades. But in 2023, the world saw the first – and second – vaccine hit the market.
Poolbeg Pharma plc has reported promising outputs from its lab-based analysis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) drug targets and treatments identified as part of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)-led program.
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