Tag Archive for: COVID-19

Hot topic: Will you live longer than your parents… or not?

Not long ago, it was taken as a given that we’d live longer than our parents – just as most of them lived longer and healthier lives than their own.  But something strange has happened in the last 15 years or so.  Increases in life expectancy have stalled, and there are signs it might even […]

Destiny Pharma and SporeGen® announce update from research collaboration under Innovate UK grant award to develop a biotherapeutic treatment (SPOR-COV®) for COVID-19 and Influenza

Positive results from testing SPOR-COV in several COVID-19 and influenza research models support potential as prophylactic nasal spray Toxicology studies support safety profile Manufacturing process established Manufacturing and regional licensing agreement signed with HURO Biotech JSC for Vietnam Phase 1 clinical studies completed successfully in Vietnam by HURO Retail product based on SPOR COV technology […]

Pandemic Antiviral Discovery (PAD) makes first investments to support the development of new antiviral medicines for future pandemics

Fourteen research projects will focus on antiviral research and drug development for henipaviruses, a subgroup of viruses with pandemic potential. Today, the partners in Pandemic Antiviral Discovery (PAD) initiative announced grants totalling more than USD 26 million for 14 research projects aimed at facilitating early-stage development of drugs to treat henipavirus infection and disease in […]

eTheRNA: New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned COVID-19 vaccine

A year after the establishment of the mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub, Afrigen and Univercells enter a new agreement to develop the first African-own COVID-19 vaccine  CAPE TOWN (SOUTH AFRICA) & BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), JUNE 21, 2022 – One year since the establishment of the mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub, a collaboration between two of the […]