Shares in ChronTech Pharma AB plunged as much as 40 percent during trading Tuesday on news that ChronVac-C, the company's therapeutic DNA vaccine for treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, failed to attain efficacy in an interim analysis of data from a Phase II trial.
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A fault in glucose metabolism lies at the heart of polycystic kidney disease, a common inherited condition that can cause end-stage renal failure by the age of 50, new research has shown.
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Themis Bioscience GmbH is planning to begin clinical trials of viral vaccine candidates to protect against dengue virus and chikungunya virus infections before year-end, following successful preclinical proof of concept studies.
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Following the FDA approvals of the first two antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), the market is moving forward to develop enhanced products based on linker technologies that will make that new class of biopharmaceutical/small-molecule hybrids safer, more effective and easier to manufacture.
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ReNeuron plc is planning to move its stem cell therapy ReN001 into a Phase I trial in critical limb ischemia (CLI), just as Aastrom Biosciences Inc., an erstwhile leader in the field, is stepping away from the fray.
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• InteRNA Technologies BV, of Bilthoven, the Netherlands, closed an equity financing round, with participation from new investors Innovation and Investment Fund Gelderland and several angel investors.
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