- | Aridis Pharmaceuticals
Using Protein Characterization to Support Regulatory Submissions
Before any biologic drug enters into the clinic, it is essential to have a clear understanding of what exactly the biomolecule entails, according to Vu Truong, CEO of Aridis Pharmaceuticals. That includes both structural and physicochemical characteristics.
- | OncoSec
New and Emerging Drug Classes That Will Outlast the Pandemic
OncoSec’s vaccine, CORVax12, being developed in partnership with Providence Cancer Center in Portland, uses a DNA-encodable stabilized trimeric SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein developed in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) laboratories similar to the one used in the newly approved Moderna vaccine. It is being created with a proprietary mixture consisting of Interleukin 12s (IL-12’s).
- | Fountain Therapeutics
A year in Longevity: science perspectives
August was also Healthy Aging Month and, to get some perspective on the topic, we spoke to Stanford’s Dr Thomas Rando, best known for his research demonstrating that factors in young serum can directly reverse many aspects of cellular and tissue aging.
- | X4 Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Ragan Discusses X4’s Work To Advance Disease-Modifying For Rare Genetic Diseases | Podcast
Dr. Ragan discusses X4 Pharmaceuticals, which is currently developing therapies for rare genetic diseases that result from dysfunction of the immune system and is currently undergoing a global Phase 3 trial for WHIM Syndrome and two Phase 1b trials for Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM), a type of rare lymphoma, and severe congenital neutropenia (SCN).
- | Vaxart
Developing Effective COVID-19 Oral Vaccine in Tablet Form with Sean Tucker Vaxart
Sean Tucker, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Vaxart is on a mission to expand the choices for a COVID-19 vaccine by producing an effective oral vaccine in tablet form which would allow for more efficient distribution and ease of administering particularly to needle-adverse people. Building on experience developing an oral tablet for an influenza vaccine, Vaxart has created a technology to trick the immune system in the intestine to recognize the protein as something that needed to mount immune response and then develop memory so that it works as a vaccine.
- | Amolyt Pharma
Peptidream, Amolyt alliance focuses on potential acromegaly treatment
Peptidream Inc. inked a research collaboration with Amolyt Pharma SAS to test and optimize Peptidream’s growth hormone receptor antagonist (GHRA) peptides, with the aim of selecting a candidate to develop as a potential treatment for acromegaly.
- | X4 Pharmaceuticals
X4 Pharma Adjusts Clinical Trials For A COVID World
X4 Pharma is a company focused on delivering innovative treatments for patients with rare diseases of the immune system. With the COVID pandemic afflicting patients around the world, those with a compromised immune system were at even greater risk.
- | Leading Biosciences
Seneca Biopharma merges with Leading BioSciences, becoming Palisade Bio
Penny stock biotech Seneca Biopharma has found a lifeline in privately owned Leading BioSciences as it merges with the biotech.
