Latest National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Stories
- First Demonstration of Cross-Protection Against H2N2 Influenza and a Different H5N1 Strain - QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced results from an independent preclinical study on the cross-protection effects of Medicago's H5N1 VLP vaccine...
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that its program for development of SGX203 (oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate or oral BDP) for the induction treatment of mild-to-moderate pediatric Crohn's disease has received "Fast Track" designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Soligenix has also previously received Orphan Drug...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced the receipt of a $1 million grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to discover antiviral agents for the treatment of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that is a leading cause of illness and death in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The one-year grant will support research into...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pfenex Inc. today announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under its Broad Agency Announcement entitled "Vaccine Technologies to Advance Next Generation Anthrax Vaccines" (BAA-NIAID-DMID-NIHAI2010104) has awarded Pfenex a contract to develop an alternative delivery method for Pfenex's recombinant Protective Antigen (rPA)-based anthrax vaccine. NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health, has made an...
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to provide strategic guidance to the Company as it relates to the development of OrbeShield((TM)) (oral beclomethasone dipropionate, or oral BDP) for the treatment of gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome (GI-ARS). Comprised predominantly of radiation biology and...
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that results of a study in a canine model of OrbeShield(TM) (oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate) will be presented at a poster session entitled, "Post-exposure oral 17,21-beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) improves survival in a canine gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome (GI ARS) model." The presentation will be...
WARRINGTON, Pa., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSCO), today announced the initiation of four research projects designed to explore the use of its proprietary KL(4) surfactant technology for the prevention and treatment of acute lung injury (ALI). Discovery Labs believes that KL(4) surfactant may be an effective intervention for people at risk for, or with, ALI. The company is collaborating with leading research institutions in a series of...
Transmitted strains may have evolutionary advantage, NIH scientists suggest WHAT: A new study has found that even though HIV diversifies widely within infected individuals over time, the virus strains that ultimately are passed on through heterosexual transmission often resemble the strain of virus that originally infected the transmitting partner. Learning the characteristics of these preferentially transmitted HIV strains may help advance HIV prevention efforts, particularly with...
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the company), a development stage biopharmaceutical company announced today that the US Patent Office granted patent 8,263,582 entitled "Method of Treating Inflammatory Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract using Topically Active Corticosteroids." The new patent's main claims cover the use of beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) in orally administered dosage forms that act...
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Soligenix a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to support the conduct of a Phase 2 clinical trial designed to evaluate orBec® (oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate or BDP) as a treatment for the gastrointestinal (GI) manifestation of chronic...
