In case you missed this from earlier in the month:
6 Feb, 2020
Generex restarts vaccine efforts, Co-Diagnostics launches coronavirus test
Generex Biotechnology Corp. said two of its subsidiaries are collaborating with third-party groups and government agencies to reactivate efforts to develop vaccines against pandemic viruses.
The company previously developed vaccines for severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which became a global epidemic in 2003.
Generex' unit NuGenerex Immuno-Oncology — formerly Antigen Express — is looking at its patented Ii-Key technology to generate peptide vaccines. The technology is clinically proven to activate the immune system against a number of viruses such as H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu virus.
NuGenerex Immuno-Oncology said clinical trials of Ii-Key peptide vaccines have shown that the vaccines are safe and have long-lasting immune responses. One early-stage trial tested a series of vaccine peptides for H5N1 bird flu virus in more than 120 participants.
The Generex unit noted that its peptide vaccines could potentially be used against the novel coronavirus infection, or 2019-nCoV, because bird flu has been identified in animals in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the 2019-nCoV outbreak.
NuGenerex Diagnostics, or NGDx, another Generex unit, has developed the Express II rapid diagnostic testing platform, which can detect antigens, antibodies or other components found in infectious diseases, cancer and other medical conditions. NGDx is initiating a project to adopt the platform that will help develop a diagnostic test for the Wuhan coronavirus infection.
Miramar, Fla.-based Generex Biotechnology, is an integrated healthcare holding company offering patient-centric care solutions such as rapid diagnosis and personalized therapies.
NuGenerex Immuno-Oncology, which is being spun out of Generex as a separate public company, has an ongoing mid-stage clinical trial investigating its lead cancer vaccine AE37 in combination with Merck & Co. Inc.'s Keytruda cancer drug for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.
Meanwhile, Co-Diagnostics Inc. said its CoPrimer diagnostic test for 2019-nCoV is available for sale to laboratories, hospitals and institutions that need a solution to the pandemic.
The company announced on Jan. 23 that CoPrimer, a polymerase chain reaction test designed for research purposes only, met the requirements for detecting coronavirus.
Co-Diagnostics CEO Dwight Egan said leveraging the company's proprietary design process and software has allowed it to quickly move the product from design to commercialization.
On Jan. 30, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a global health emergency. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 4 authorized the emergency use of in vitro diagnostic tests for the virus — those done on samples taken from the human body — due to its potential to negatively impact national security or public health.
Salt Lake City's Co-Diagnostics is a molecular diagnostics company that offers reagents used for diagnostic tests that can detect and analyze nucleic acid molecules.
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I suspect Dr EVH is already working on the vaccine for the coronavirus.
