Drug Development
In this episode of Denatured, Jennifer C. Smith-Parker speaks to Erik Digman Wiklund, CEO of Circio and Jacob Becraft, Co-founder and CEO of Strand Therapeutics. They discuss how post-COVID, emerging platforms like circular and logic circuit RNA are expanding the field’s therapeutic horizons.
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After advancing in lockstep through the pandemic, the fortunes of the biotechs have diverged as their use of COVID-19 windfalls has taken shape.
AstraZeneca’s $15 billion pledge to its China operations highlights the country’s advantages. But other regions are also hoping to host more clinical studies.
With Lykos’ regulatory failure now squarely in the rearview mirror, Compass Pathways and Definium are leading what one analyst suspects will be “a very big year for psychedelics.”
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In a flurry of weekend activity, oncology companies showcased the latest clinical and preclinical data for cancer therapies during the virtual American Association for Cancer Research meeting.
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Researchers are leveraging the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used to develop the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for possible treatments for a range of other diseases, including HIV and cancer.
AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Farxiga (dapagliflozin) failed to reach endpoints in a Phase III study as a potential treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients serious risk of developing complications.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced the results from its Phase III trial of recently infected asymptomatic COVID-19 patients for its REGEN-COV (casirivimab with imdevimab) antibody cocktail.
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Clinical-stage biotech company Celcuity announced Thursday that it had entered into a global licensing agreement with Pfizer to develop and commercialize gedatolisib, the latter company’s first-in-class PI3K/mTOR inhibitor for the treatment of breast cancer.
There continue to be studies and trials related to vaccines and drugs against COVID-19. Here’s a look.
It was a relatively quiet week for clinical trial announcements, but there were a few standouts. Read on for more.
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