“This allows for a potentially broader efficacy and reduces the likelihood for the development of viral drug resistance.”
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From updated preprint co-authored by @US_FDA scientists, re: @MolecularPrtnrs @Novartis DARPin antiviral ensovibep
"retain inhibitory potency against all frequent SARS-CoV-2 variants, including Omicron BA.1 and BA.2, as of February 2022."
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
For those following our #covid19 program, we have recently updated ourbioRxiv with data showing ensovibep remains fully active against Omicron BA.2 too - biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Excellent speech by the President of Ukraine to the people of Russia. One for the history books.
President Zelenskyy's speech to the Russian people
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plea to the Russian people in video remarks posted early on Feb. 24 local time with English subtitles.
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Ensovibep is designed to simultaneously bind the #COVID19 virus in 3 places.
We recently shared positive results from our global study of ensovibep in patients demonstrating 78% reduction of the risk of hospitalization, emergency room visits, or death: bit.ly/3tfS6b3
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”This indicates that epithelial cell intrinsic antiviral responses are insufficient for the clearance of SARS-CoV-2, implying an essential role for tissue-resident and infiltrating immune cells for eventual viral clearance from infected airway tissue” journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
Likely to see a repeat of Paxlovid rush to order where US placed $20bn order with Pfizer. Game over for @healthgovau order for a while.
forbes.com/sites/zacharysmit…
Novartis and @MolecularPrtnrs admitted vaccinated and unvaccinated patients into their #COVID19 trial if a RAT was positive. Makes sense.
Powerful anti-viral, 🙏 @tburton
Recent update from Novartis: in discussions with US gov and other governments (as well as FDA re EUA re sub-cue jab).
Hope @healthgovau is in the queue this time.
Ensovibep could be a highly scaleable GP-based rapid treatment. @ProfPCDoherty
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COVID-19 can cause lasting damage to the cardiovascular system, even in “mild” cases that didn’t require hospitalisation during the acute phase of infection.
A new study shows we’re going to see more heart disease, strokes, blood clots & other problems.🧵
nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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💡Public lecture: Ensovibep – a journey from basic research to the development of a promising Covid-19 drug
📅 8.2.2022, 12 p.m., on Zoom
👨🔬 Andreas Plückthun, Professor for Biochemistry at @UZH_ch & Michael Tobias Stumpp, co-founder of @MolecularPrtnrs
uzhalumni.ch/events/78415
Interesting background re Pfizer anti-viral @ProfPCDoherty
Thank you @LauermanJohn for revealing the untold origin story for Pfizer's Paxlovid COVID-19 pill.
The interesting part: Merck's drug boceprevir provided an essential backbone structure for Paxlovid, and boceprevir is still under patent.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The countries that will not reach 70% 2-shot vaccinated by mid-2022. One is the 3rd largest in population and among the richest in the world
Update: We now project that 122 countries – including Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States – are not on track for the WHO's target of 70% of the population fully vaccinated by mid-2022.
Read more: ourworldindata.org/covid-vac…



















