Infectious Diseases News

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zoetis Inc. today announced that Simparica Trio has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of infestations caused by New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) larvae (myiasis) in dogs and puppies. Larvae of Cochliomyia hominivorax, commonly called New World screwworm (NWS), feed on living tissues, such as open wounds, of animals including livestock, wildlife and pets, and can inflict da...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIVITA Biomedical named a 2026 Prix Galien USA "Best Startup" nominee for its personalized cancer immunotherapy platform....

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) today announced the appointment of Brad Schneider, Ph.D., as Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Schneider brings more than two decades of experience in infectious disease research, global health operations, and scientific program leadership to his new role. "Brad brings something rare to QBI, a scientist's instincts and an operator's discipline," said Nevan J. Krogan, Ph....

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics (IST), a subsidiary of Innoviva, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVA), announced today that three of the company’s infectious disease therapies, XACDURO® (sulbactam/durlobactam for injection), ZEVTERA® (ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for injection), and NUZOLVENCE® (zoliflodacin) are finalists for the 2026 Prix Galien USA Award in the Best Pharmaceutical Product category. This marks the third consecutive year an Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics prod...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AN2 Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANTX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics derived from its boron chemistry platform, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. “AN2 will have three Phase 2 programs underway by the end of this year, all of which have the potential to address major unmet needs. Our near-term focus is advancing start-up activi...

BOLOGNA, Italy & MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alfasigma S.p.A. (“Alfasigma”), a global pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with SEVER Life Sciences B.V. ("SEVER") for the sale of 100% of the shares of Nordic Group B.V. (“Nordic Pharma”) and its subsidiaries, a privately owned specialty pharmaceutical company with direct operations in Europe, Canada and Japan. The acquisition will add Nordic Pharma’s established rheumatoid arthritis busin...

WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ILiAD Biotechnologies, Inc. (ILiAD), an advanced clinical stage biotech company focused on the prevention and treatment of disease caused by Bordetella pertussis, today announced the appointments of Jim Wassil, currently Chief Operating Officer at Vaxcyte; Suha Jhaveri, former Strategic Advisor at Cidara before its acquisition by Merck; and Bill Warren, former Global Head of Antigen Design at Sanofi Vaccines, as independent members of ILiAD’s Board of Directors. T...

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Estrella Immunopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESLA) (“Estrella” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing CD19 and CD22-targeted ARTEMIS® T-cell therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced the activation of a fourth clinical site for its ongoing STARLIGHT-1 Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating EB103, a CD19-Redirected ARTEMIS® T-cell therapy, in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymph...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Calla Lily Clinical Care, a women’s health-focused medical technology company, today announced it has joined Wellcome Leap’s Focused Antibiotics programme – a new $50M funded programme to transform how antibiotics are delivered and address the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Founded by Wellcome Trust in 2020, Wellcome Leap is a U.S. non-profit that builds and executes bold, unconventional research programmes designed to increase the number and s...

GERMANTOWN, Md. & VENLO, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the QIAstat-Dx BCID GPF Plus AMR Panel, the first QIAstat-Dx panel for bloodstream infections to receive FDA clearance. The clearance expands QIAGEN’s U.S. syndromic testing portfolio into bloodstream infection diagnostics, the fourth major infectious disease area covered by the QIAstat-Dx platform, which is availa...