Middle East Molecular Biology Sources- MEMBS

GlobeNewswire | September 01, 2020

-Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) and GlaxoSmithKline plc announced that the first patient was dosed last week in a Phase 2/3 study with VIR-7831 (also known as GSK4182136), a fully human anti-SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2) monoclonal antibody, for the early treatment of COVID-19 in patients who are at high risk of hospitalization. The aim of the COMET-ICE (COVID-19 Monoclonal antibody Efficacy Trial - Intent to Care Early) study, which will enroll approximatel...

BioSpace | April 16, 2020

California-based Dynavax Technologies has entered the race alongside Sinovac Biotech to develop a vaccine candidate against COVID-19. The two companies will evaluate the combination of Sinovac’s chemically inactivated coronavirus vaccine candidate, with Dynavax’s advanced adjuvant, CpG 1018. Dynavax’s CpG 1018 is the adjuvant used in its Heplisav-B [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant), Adjuvanted], an adult hepatitis B vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in ...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Tevard Biosciences | December 04, 2020

Tevard Biosciences, a privately-held biotechnology organization pioneering tRNA-based gene therapies, and Zogenix, a worldwide biopharmaceutical organization creating and commercializing uncommon infection treatments, today reported that the organizations have gone into a cooperation to recognize and create novel tRNA-based quality treatments for Dravet syndrome and other genetic epilepsies. Under the collaboration, Tevard will use its two interesting tRNA-based discovery platform...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

BioInvent | October 27, 2020

BioInvent International AB ("BioInvent") (OMXS: BINV), a biotech company focused on novel and first-in-class immune-modulatory antibodies for cancer immunotherapy, today announces it has received regulatory authority approval of its clinical trial application (CTA) in Denmark for a Phase I/IIa, first-in-human study of BI-1808, as monotherapy and in combination with the anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of solid tumors and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)...