ThermoGenesis Announces Publishing of Results of ImmuneCyte’s Licensed Neutralizing Antibody Therapeutics for COVID-19
ThermoGenesis Holdings, Inc. (Rancho Cordova, CA, USA) has announced that the results of its joint venture ImmuneCyte Life Sciences, Inc.’s (Irvine, CA, USA) licensed, fully human neutralizing antibody therapeutics for COVID-19 have been published. More...17 Jun 2020
Preventive COVID-19 Peptide Vaccine Aims to Provide Broad and Long-Lasting Immune Response
Scientists have developed and successfully tested in silico a preventive COVID-19 peptide vaccine which is designed to elicit long-term T cell immunity in contrast to most of the vaccine candidates being developed with antibodies. More...17 Jun 2020
World’s First Quantitative Surrogate Viral Neutralization Test Evaluates COVID-19 Protective Immunity in US
The world’s first quantitative surrogate Viral Neutralization Test (sVNT) to evaluate COVID-19 protective immunity in the US will measure and quantify the neutralizing capacity of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. More...17 Jun 2020
Bead-Assisted Mass Spectrometry (BAMS) Diagnostic Test for COVID-19 Reaches Prototype Stage
A Bead-Assisted Mass Spectrometry (BAMS) diagnostic test for COVID-19 infection that is currently under development has reached prototype stage and can detect the coronavirus spike protein in model samples in the concentration range appropriate for a clinical diagnostic test. More...16 Jun 2020
Eli Lilly Begins Phase 3 Trial to Study Potential of Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug as COVID-19 Treatment
Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, Ind, USA) has enrolled the first patient in a Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of baricitinib, an oral JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, in hospitalized adults with COVID-19. More...16 Jun 2020
Chinese Firm Sinovac Biotech Announces Positive Early Results of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Beijing, China) has announced positive preliminary results of Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, named CoronaVac, which showed favorable immunogenicity and safety profiles. More...16 Jun 2020
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