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Durham pharma firm Biocryst pulls plug on COVID-19 efforts

by Frank Vinluan, NCBiotech writer — December 29, 2020 .

DURHAM – BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is developing its drug galidesivir as a potential treatment for more than 20 RNA viruses. But SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will no longer be one of them.

The Durham company has reported early stage clinical trial results showing that treatment with the experimental antiviral offered COVID-19 patientsno benefitcompared to a placebo. The study wasn’t designed to demonstrate clinical efficacy, and small Phase 1 clinical trials typically enroll healthy volunteers to assess a drug’s safety before testing the drug on sick patients. Galidesivir achieved the safety measure with no serious problems associated with the drug.

Galidesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral designed to block RNA polymerase, a key viral enzyme. Prior to the current pandemic, BioCryst was developing its intravenously administered drug as a potential treatment for serious viral pathogens including Ebola, Marburg, Yellow Fever, and Zika. The company says its drug has also shown a broad spectrum of activity against more than 20 RNA viruses, including coronaviruses.

https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/12/29/durham-pharma-firm-biocryst-pulls-plug-on-covid-19-efforts/

Durham=No Benefit

Perps who stole Porsche, evaded police, struck two cars facing federal charges

BY KRISTEN HARRISON-ONEAL

DECEMBER 29, 2020 NEW ENGLAND NEWS/POLICE BLOTTER

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT –John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that on December 22, 2020, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging CHRISTOPHER MULKERN, also known as “Chucky,” 21, and EDWIN CORDERO, 20, both of Stratford, with federal car theft offenses.

As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, the FBI, Connecticut State Police and local police are investigating multiple car theft rings in Connecticut. Mulkern, Cordero and others have stolen numerous motor vehicles, and used the stolen vehicles to travel throughout Connecticut and to neighboring states to steal other vehicles and the valuables inside, including credit cards, cellular telephones, and firearms. Mulkern and Cordero typically frequented upper middleclass neighborhoods to go “car-checking” or “jigging,” which involves an attempt to open the door of a motor vehicle and, if successful, steal the vehicle and/or valuables inside.

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http://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/12/29/perps-who-stole-porsche-evaded-police-struck-two-cars-facing-federal-charges/

Durham is busy chasing cars

>>12232334

Just left a message

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ANYONE seen Gina?

>>12232493

That might have been Gina

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Lurk moar

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