News for May 2021

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Moderna and Samsung Biologics Announce Agreement for Fill-Finish Manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

The agreement will further enable global supply of mRNA-1273, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine with Samsung Biologics’ fill and finish manufacturing service

Lilly and MiNA Therapeutics Announce saRNA Research Collaboration Lilly and MiNA Therapeutics Announce saRNA Research Collaboration

INDIANAPOLIS and LONDON — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and MiNA Therapeutics Limited, a pioneer in RNA activation therapeutics, today announced a global research collaboration to develop novel drug candidates using MiNA’s proprietary small activating RNA (saRNA) technology platform.

BioAscent enhances its computational chemistry services BioAscent enhances its computational chemistry services

Ongoing recruitment strengthens teams in all areas of integrated discovery

Lytix Biopharma announces positive phase I data for LTX-315 Lytix Biopharma announces positive phase I data for LTX-315

Oslo, Norway, May 10, 2021 – Lytix Biopharma AS, a Norwegian clinical-stage immunoncology therapeutic company developing oncolytic molecule therapies to treat cancer, today announces that promising full data results from a phase I study of its lead candidate LTX-315 were published in Clinical Cancer Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

hVIVO to develop challenge agent based on new COVID-19 variants hVIVO to develop challenge agent based on new COVID-19 variants

LONDON - Open Orphan plc (AIM: ORPH), a rapidly growing specialist pharmaceutical services contract research organisation (CRO) and world leader in vaccine and antiviral testing using human challenge clinical trials, announces that hVIVO, a subsidiary of Open Orphan plc, has signed a contract with Imperial College London, as part of a Wellcome Trust funded initiative to manufacture a SARS-CoV-2 challenge virus.

Agents that target viral RNA could be the basis for next generation broad spectrum anti-viral drugs– new study Agents that target viral RNA could be the basis for next generation broad spectrum anti-viral drugs– new study

A new approach to tackling viruses by targeting the ‘control centre’ in viral RNA could lead to broad spectrum anti-viral drugs and provide a first line of defence against future pandemics, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.