Australian biotechnology company Immutep has entered a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Merck and Pfizer to develop a new cancer immunotherapy combination therapy.
The collaboration will conduct a phase one clinical trial aimed at evaluating the safety and efficacy of the combination of Immutep’s eftilagimod drug with Merck and Pfizer’s avelumab drug in patients with advanced solid malignancies.
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Eftilagimod is an antigen presenting cell (APC) activator that stimulates the immune system, while avelumab, branded as Bavencio, is an anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody.
Based in Germany, Merck is a biopharmaceutical company, while Pfizer is a US-based developer of medicines, vaccines and other healthcare products.
Enesi Pharma and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) have partnered to develop a needle-free solid-dose vaccine for Shigella infection.
Shigella is a type of gram-negative, facultative aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria.
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By GlobalDataEnesi Pharma will develop a solid-dose formulation of WRAIR’s Shigella flexneri 2a artificial Invaplex vaccine, which can be delivered using its ImplaVax technology.
Based in the UK, Enesi Pharma is a developer of novel pharmaceutical products, while WRAIR is a biomedical research laboratory based in the US.
LineaRx, a subsidiary of Applied DNA Sciences, has signed an agreement with Takis to discover and develop DNA-based anti-cancer vaccines.
LineaRx will also partner with Evvivax, a subsidiary of Takis, for the development of vaccines for the animal market.
LineaRx will jointly develop linear DNA expression vectors for two of Takis’ anti-cancer vaccine candidates using its DNA technology, as per the agreement.
The partnership will focus on assessing the antigen-specific immune responses required to achieve therapeutic effects.
Based in Italy, Takis is a biotechnology company engaged in drug discovery and development in the field of oncology, while Evvivax is a developer of innovative therapeutic veterinary cancer vaccines.
