CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.’s SYS-6026 has obtained clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to enter clinical trials for the treatment of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 or 18.
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA to begin a phase I study of ARCT-2304, a self-amplifying mRNA (sa-mRNA) vaccine candidate for active immunization to prevent pandemic influenza disease caused by H5N1 virus.
Modified vaccinia Ankara immunization in nonhuman primate models of lethal mpox virus infection, although effective to some extent, has been linked to breakthrough lesions and throat swab viremia.