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Treatments for poxviruses -- including those causing mpox and smallpox -- may already exist in licensed drugs

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The drug tecovirimat is currently in use for the treatment of mpox -- the disease caused by monkeypox virus -- that spread worldwide in 2022. Tecovirimat is an anti-poxviral drug, and its use is driving the emergence of drug-resistant variants of the monkeypox virus.

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Bringing Needed Structure to COVID-19 Drug Development

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

ACE2 is the receptor that the virus uses to gain entry. The structural map of this interaction will help guide drug developers, atom by atom, in devising safe and effective ways to treat COVID-19.

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Protein Mapping Study Reveals Valuable Clues for COVID-19 Drug Development

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

That’s the strategy employed by remdesivir , the only antiviral drug currently authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19. Another promising strategy is drugs that target the proteins within human cells that the virus needs to infect, multiply, and spread.

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Altasciences Chosen by Virpax to Support the Development of a New Drug to Prevent Spread of Flu-like Viruses

Alta Sciences

Altasciences Chosen by Virpax to Support the Development of a New Drug to Prevent Spread of Flu-like Viruses pmjackson Wed, 09/20/2023 - 13:48 Laval, Québec, September 21, 2023 - Altasciences is pleased to have been chosen by Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. We look forward to further collaboration with Virpax in the near-future.”

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Formulation solutions for biologics

Predictive Oncology

At Predictive Oncology, we can help you get to clinical trials faster with our formulation services for biologics that include proteins, peptides, VLPs and whole live attenuated virus directed at any therapeutic area. We are a boutique CRO with extensive biologics formulation expertise to help solve your most challenging pipeline assets.

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Regeneron’s COVID-19 Outpatient Trial Prospectively Demonstrates that REGN-COV2 Antibody Cocktail Significantly Reduced Virus Levels and Need for Further Medical Attention

The Pharma Data

In the overall patient group with detectable virus at baseline, the average daily reduction in viral load through day 7 was a 0.36 About REGN-COV2 REGN-COV2 is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (REGN10933 and REGN10987) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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New insights into the role of viral capsids in gene therapy safety

Drug Target Review

1 In 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first AAV-based gene replacement therapy (Luxturna), for Leber congenital amaurosis type 2. Adeno-associated virus as a delivery vector for gene therapy of human diseases. Adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy for lifelong correction of genetic disease.