GSK is prioritizing development of its hepatitis B treatment bepirovirsen as the pharma ends work on another potential functional cure for the infectious disease. | GSK is prioritizing development of its hepatitis B treatment bepirovirsen, even as the pharma ends work on another potential functional cure for the infectious disease.

Many of the most devastating infectious diseases are caused by RNA viruses, and Model Medicines is working on one compound to kill them all. | Many of the most devastating infectious diseases are caused by RNA viruses, and Model Medicines is working on one compound to kill them all. The AI drug discoverer’s oral small molecule was able to reduce SARS-CoV levels in the lungs of infected mice and also neutralized other RNA viruses like hepatitis C, norovirus and flu in cultured cells.

Inflammatix has secured the FDA’s blessing for its in vitro diagnostic system, aimed at rapidly profiling the body’s response to an infectious disease at the point of care. | With results in about 30 minutes, the benchtop TriVerity test is designed to help emergency department clinicians determine whether a patient is fighting off a bacterial or viral infection, and to see if they may be at risk for developing sepsis.

The U.S. | The government wants Moderna to push forward with various bird flu vaccines as well as mRNA shots for other influenza strains with pandemic potential.