Tag: pharmaceuticals
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FDA Issues Guidance for Non-Opioid Acute Pain Relief
The Food and Drug Administration released for comment review processes for new non-opioid drugs to relieve acute or temporary pain episodes.
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Synthetic SARS-CoV-2 Particle Designed for Drug R&D
Two biotechnology companies created a synthetic non-infectious target model to represent SARS-CoV-2 viral variants for vaccine and therapy developers.
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Alzheimer’s Vaccine Shown to Produce Immune Response
In tests with lab animals, an experimental vaccine is shown to generate antibodies responding to toxic brain proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Start-Ups Partner on Quantum Computing and Longevity
Two companies formed in the last two years are applying quantum computing and artificial intelligence to discover new treatments for improving human longevity.
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Start-Up Founders Demonstrate Amputated Tissue Regrowth
Founders of a regenerative medicine company demonstrated a drug delivery device that helps regrow several tissue types on frogs’ amputated limbs.
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Start-Up to Discover Proteins for Difficult Drug Targets
A new biotechnology company designing proteins in the lab for difficult drug targets in a range of diseases is raising $100 million in venture funds.
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Clinical Trial Underway for One-Time Crispr HIV Treatment
A clinical trial is underway assessing a therapy for HIV infections that aims to eradicate the virus with one dose of the gene-editing technique Crispr.
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Group Devising Lower Cost Clinical Trials
A new not-for-profit organization aims to create a more efficient process for large-scale randomized clinical trials, to provide reliable results at lower cost.
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Exosomes Shown to Block Broad Covid-19 Variant Range
Tiny natural bubbles with infection-receptor proteins found in blood are shown in lab mice to divert and prevent SARS-CoV-2 viruses from infecting real cells.
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Trial Shows Immunotherapy Improves Lung Cancer Survival
Clinical trial results show an immunotherapy licensed as a lower-priced cancer drug increases survival time in combination with chemotherapy.