NIH awards Boragen grant for antimalarial drug discovery Boron-based discovery platform firm Boragen has received a phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to support antimalarial drug discovery.Read More
FibroGenesis cell therapy product could treat COVID-19 fibrosis FibroGenesis has released new preclinical data regarding its PneumoBlast cell therapy product for reducing lung injury associated with COVID-19 in preparation for an investigational new drug submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Read More
Kedrion, Columbia partner on IgG COVID-19 therapy Italian biopharmaceutical company Kedrion Biopharma and Columbia University's Irving Medical Center have entered into a partnership to develop a new immunoglobulin G (IgG) therapy for COVID-19.Read More
Sorrento plans phase II trial for COVID-19 treatment Sorrento Therapeutics received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate a phase II clinical trial evaluating abivertinib for treatment of moderate and severe COVID-19 patients.Read More
Fox Chase creates AI program for virtual drug screening Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) program that could make virtual screening for cancer drugs more effective. Their findings were published July 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Read More