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Sarepta Therapeutics announced its gene therapy candidate, SRP-9001, shows “robust expression and consistent safety profile.”
Medicago and GSK announced their positive interim data from a mid-range study of a plant-based vaccine for COVID-19.
Although a quiet week for COVID-19-related clinical trial announcements, there were plenty of others. Read on for more information.
Foresite Labs-incubated company Interline Therapeutics announced Thursday that it had raised $92 million in a financing round co-led by Foresite Capital and ARCH Venture Partners.
Humanigen reported it had held a meeting with the FDA to discuss plans for filing an EUA for its lenzilumab for hospitalized, hypoxic COVID-19 patients by the end of May.
SpliSense, which focuses on cystic fibrosis and other genetic pulmonary diseases, closed on a $28.5 million Series B financing round. The company plans to use the money to advance its pipeline.
Clearance of the IND allows Samus to proceed with a Phase Ib trial to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of PU-AD in a small group of patients with recurrent malignant glioma.
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The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), Duke Human Vaccine Institute, and 3M are working together on a potential vaccine that might protect individuals against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2.
It was a busy week for clinical trial news. Here’s a look.
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