Cidara Therapeutics Cidara Therapeutics uses its proprietary Cloudbreak® platform to develop novel drug-Fc conjugates (DFCs) comprising targeted small molecules or peptides coupled to a proprietary human antibody fragment (Fc). Cidara’s lead DFC candidate, CD388, is a long-acting antiviral designed to achieve universal prevention of seasonal and pandemic influenza with a single dose by directly inhibiting viral proliferation. In June 2023, CD388 was granted Fast Track …

Outperforming Biotechs On August 27, 2019 we posted “The Medicines Company Has Agreeable News” under Today’s Highlights.  The Medicines Company We described The Medicines Company (MDCO) as a firm focused on cardiovascular diseases with a goal of halting the progression of atherosclerosis and lowering the cardiovascular risk caused by high levels of LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C). The Medicines Company’s good news emanated from the results of …

Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX), a biotechnology company developing novel anti-infective products, including immunotherapies, announced that the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded it and Rutgers University a five-year, $5.5 million partnership grant.     The grant aimed at funding the continued research and development of Cidara’s innovative Cloudbreak™antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) platform to identify novel immunotherapy agents for the treatment and prevention of serious and life-threatening multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram …