Texas Biomed at Forefront of Sudan ebolavirus Vaccine Development
A Sudan ebolavirus vaccine and antibody therapeutic tested at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have been sent to Uganda as part ...
Tag: Clinical Trials
NIH Begins Clinical Trial of Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Delivery to Expand Supply
A clinical trial evaluating alternative strategies for administering the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine to increase the number of available doses has ...
US Starts Clinical Trial for mRNA Nipah Virus Vaccine
The experimental Nipah virus vaccine (mRNA-1215) is manufactured by Moderna, Inc. and was developed in collaboration with NIAID’s Vaccine Research ...
US Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Universal Flu Vaccine
A Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel influenza vaccine has begun inoculating healthy adult volunteers at the National Institutes ...
New NIH Study Will Follow Patients That Had Allergic Reaction to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are conducting a clinical trial designed to help understand ...
Zika Virus Vaccine Shows Promising Results in Preclinical Studies
A Zika virus vaccine candidate is effective at preventing the Zika virus passing from mother to fetus in preclinical animal ...
Phase 1 Trial Begins for Oxford University’s ChAdOx1 Plague Vaccine
Researchers are recruiting healthy volunteers for a Phase I clinical trial (PlaVac) to test a new candidate vaccine against plague, ...
Nanoparticle Mosaic Quadrivalent Flu Vaccine Phase 1 Clinical Trial Gets Underway
NIH Launches Clinical Trial of Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate A first-in-human, Phase 1 trial assessing the safety and immunogenicity of ...
University of Bristol Scientists Form Halo Therapeutics to Develop ‘Pan-Corona’ Antivirals
A team of top scientists from the University of Bristol have announced the formation of a new biotech company that ...
National Vaccine Trial Will Focus on Those with History of Severe Allergies or Mast Cell Disorder
In a carefully controlled clinical trial, Michigan Medicine researchers will examine whether participants who are highly allergic or have a ...
Trial of Novel MIS-C Therapy Underway at Medical University of South Carolina
A team of MUSC Children's Health pediatricians was the first in the nation to enroll patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome ...
Rigel Awarded $16.5 Million from DoD for Phase 3 Trial of Fostamatinib in COVID-19 Patients
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced on Jan. 29 it has been awarded $16.5 million by the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Joint Program ...
Why Combining the Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine with Russia’s Sputnik V Could Make It More Effective
When the efficacy of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was announced in late 2020, there was some confusion. The overall efficacy of ...
DoD Awards Funding to Pulmotect to Study Repurposed PUL-042 Against COVID-19
The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a $6 million agreement to Pulmotect, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, to execute two ...
Large Clinical Trial in Africa Tests Treatments for Mild and Moderate COVID-19 Cases
Thirteen African countries and an international network of research institutions have joined forces to launch the largest COVID-19 clinical trial ...
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine: Cheaper and Doesn’t Require Supercold Storage Quagmire
The biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has released data on what is now the third promising vaccine candidate against COVID-19 – and ...
Altimmune Poised to Begin Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Single-Dose Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine
Altimmune Inc. has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a Phase ...
COVID-19 Vaccines Were Developed in Record Time – But are These Game-Changers Safe?
There are now two COVID-19 vaccines that, at least according to preliminary reports, appear to be 94.5% and 95% effective. ...
New Study Casts Doubt on Benefit of Tocilizumab for Worsening Cases of COVID-19
The drug tocilizumab (Actemra) does not reduce the need for breathing assistance with mechanical ventilation or prevent death in moderately ...
Hydroxychloroquine as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Randomized Clinical Trial Shows No Benefit
U of M trial shows hydroxychloroquine does not prevent COVID-19 in health care workers University of Minnesota Medical School physician ...
