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Coronavirus Update: Neurimmune, Ethris, Fujifilm, Brii In New Bids Against COVID-19, Reata, Ionis Delay Studies

 
• By Scrip Team

Neurimmune and Ethris partner on inhaled therapy. Reata, Ionis and others delay trials, Brii announces China antibody alliance, Fujifilm starts favipiravir trials. World's largest trial for health workers starts.   

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Neurimmune AG in Zurich, Switzerland and Ethris GmbH in Munich, Germany announced on 1 April that they have agreed to collaborate on the development of inhaled messenger RNA (mRNA)-encoded antibodies designed to neutralize SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The partners plan to take their first candidate into clinical testing by the fourth quarter of 2020.

For the latest on COVID-19 vaccine and treatment development, see our pipeline tracker.

Neurimmune will contribute its expertise in the development of human antibodies based on high-throughput immunoglobulin sequence analyses of patients who have recovered from COVID-19, while Ethris will contribute its pulmonary SNIM RNA therapeutics platform to the partnership

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