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Currently, companies in late-phase trials such as Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Inovio, Johnson and Johnson, and Novavax are on their way to developing a successful vaccine. As for an antiviral drug, Remdesivir is available through the FDA Emergency Use Authorization that has shown to benefit hospitalized individuals with severe SARS-CoV-2 for a 5- or 10-day therapy regimen.
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Enrollment change, Trial completion date, Trial termination, Trial primary completion date: Phase 1/2a Study of VK-2019 in Patients With Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Positive Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) (clinicaltrials.gov) - Oct 19, 2020 P1/2, N=14, Terminated, We additionally demonstrate that the putative elastase cleavage site introduced by the D614G mutation is unlikely to be accessible to proteases. N=60 --> 14 | Trial completion date: Jun 2023 --> Aug 2020 | Active, not recruiting --> Terminated | Trial primary completion date: Oct 2021 --> Jun 2020; Lack of efficacy
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Inovio INO-4800 (Twitter) - Sep 20, 2020
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Journal: Immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine candidate for COVID-19. (Pubmed Central) - May 27, 2020 Following immunization of mice and guinea pigs with INO-4800 we measure antigen-specific T cell responses, functional antibodies which neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 infection and block Spike protein binding to the ACE2 receptor, and biodistribution of SARS-CoV-2 targeting antibodies to the lungs. This preliminary dataset identifies INO-4800 as a potential COVID-19 vaccine candidate, supporting further translational study.
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