While vaccines target specific viruses, Dutch start-up Leyden Labs is hunting down commonalities in viral families and working on the delivery of intranasal molecules that can protect humans from both known and future viruses.

Interim blinded data from an ongoing phase 2 clinical trial (NCT04098406) suggest treatment effect of catalytically active nanocrystalline gold (CNM-Au8; Clene Nanomedicine, Salt Lake City, UT) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

“Candida albicans has been the prominent species causing vaginal yeast infections, however, we are seeing a notable shift in the etiology candidiasis with non-albicans Candida species gaining prominence,” Scynexis Vice President, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs Nkechi Azie, MD, said.

As Celularity makes its most significant clinical progress to date, the company is putting theories born of 20 years of postpartum placental stem cell research into practice. Could the production platform it’s building be the key to accessible, affordable allogeneic cell therapy?

A company called Vaxart is developing a COVID-19 vaccine that comes in the form of a tablet that could be stored at room temperature and even mailed to people at home.

Windtree Therapeutics Chief Executive Officer Craig Fraser called 2020 a transformative and productive year for the Bucks County company focused on the development of life-saving therapeutics for acute cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders.

The company spent roughly three months looking at potential locations for its global headquarters, including Boston and the Washington, D.C., region.

In his 13 years at Genzyme, Michael Wyzga noticed something about East Coast drugmakers. Execs would often jet from Boston or New York to San Francisco to find more assets, and completely miss the work being done in flyover states, like Texas or Wisconsin.