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Proteomics company SomaLogic is sponsoring the Genomax Research Grant Award for researchers in Singapore, the company’s first grant in the APAC region. The winners of the award will receive proteomic data from SomaLogic’s 7,000-plex assay, which will be run at Singapore-based Molecular Genomics. The grant programme, which was launched at the Asia Oceana Human Proteome […]

A new study has found that the antiviral tecovirimat (TPOXX) appears to be safe and effective for the treatment of monkeypox symptoms and skin lesions. This University of California Davis Health (UC Davis Health) study is one of the earliest studies to assess and report the outcomes of treating patients with monkeypox with this antiviral. […]

News round-up by DDW’s Megan Thomas for 14-18 March, 2022  New breakthroughs, results, clinical trials and research exemplify the constant and forward-moving trajectory of the drug discovery and development industry in this week’s news round up.  1. Atrogi gets go-ahead to begin Phase I study of type 2 diabetes therapy  Early-stage biopharma company Atrogi has […]

New research published in Nature Communications by an international research team finds that people suffering from Covid-19 could have several different SARS-CoV-2 variants hidden away from the immune system in different parts of the body.   What does this mean?  The study’s authors say that this may make complete clearance of the virus from the body […]

News round-up by DDW’s Megan Thomas for 14-18 February, 2022  This week, DDW rounds up updates, approvals, research and trials which will enable scientists to make life-saving developments in the drug discovery industry.  1. Trial launched of HIV vaccine antigens delivered through mRNA technology  IAVI and Moderna have dosed the first patients in a clinical […]

Open Orphan has released the results from its Covid-19 characterisation study, which was a partnership between hVIVO, Imperial College London, the Vaccine Taskforce and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The results from this study show that a SARS-CoV-2 human challenge is safe in healthy young […]

An in vivo CRS Evaluation Study in humanised mouse models can deliver fast, reproducible, and translatable data about drug safety in just two weeks. A humanised mouse platform offers the unique ability to preclinically analyse a fully systemic response that involves human immune cells and surrounding tissues. Furthermore, the platform also allows for efficacy testing […]

News round-up by DDW’s Megan Thomas for 10-14 January, 2022  Studies, approvals and research are at the heart of drug discovery, which has been exemplified in this week’s drug discovery news. Megan Thomas has rounded up her top five stories of the week.   Vaccine-like mRNA injection can be used to make CAR-T cells  A study from […]

New UCLA-led research in mice suggests that adding a certain type of tomato concentrate to the diet can reduce the intestinal inflammation that is associated with HIV. Left untreated, intestinal inflammation can accelerate arterial disease, which in turn can lead to heart attack and stroke. The study is published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Pathogens.  The […]

Results of a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University represent a step toward improving understanding of Crohn’s disease and the factors that cause its intestinal inflammation.  About Crohn’s disease  Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that can lead to chronic inflammation of the entire digestive tract. Symptoms include diarrhea, […]