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Open Orphan's hVIVO wins GBP14.7 million influenza study contract

(Alliance News) - Open Orphan PLC on Wednesday said it's subsidiary hVIVO signed a GBP14.7 million contract for an influenza characterisation study and a follow on influenza human challenge study.

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Open Orphan's hVIVO wins GBP7.3 million influenza study contract

(Alliance News) - Open Orphan PLC on Wednesday said its subsidiary hVIVO Ltd has signed a GBP7.3 million contract.

Open Orphan wins £7.3m human flu study contract

(Sharecast News) - Specialist contract research organisation Open Orphan announced on Wednesday that its hVIVO subsidiary has signed a £7.3m flu human challenge study contract with an unnamed biotechnology company, to test its antiviral product using hVIVO's influenza human challenge study model.

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(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

IN BRIEF: Open Oprhan wins contract for vaccine field site study

Open Orphan PLC - London-based pharmaceutical services - Subsidiary hVIVO is awarded new study with existing unnamed pharmacetical client to act as vaccination site for the client's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate. hVIVO's specialist arm FluCamp will recruit 60 healthy volunteers to the new site clinic at Plumbers Row where trials will take place.

TRADING UPDATES: McKay backs Workspace offer; IOG fixes Blythe fault

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

IN BRIEF: Open Orphan Covid study results published in Nature Medicine

Open Orphan PLC - London-based pharmaceutical services - Says Thursday that results from the world's first Covid-19 characterisation study have been peer reviewed and published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine. Says study showed the SARS-CoV-2 human challenge was safe in healthy young adults and provided insights into the course of Covid-19 infection with potential positive public health implications. With the characterisation study disease modelling data completed, and human challenge model established, Open Orphan says it should be able to conduct Covid-19 human challenge studies in 2022.

IN BRIEF: Open Orphan wins GBP5 million human challenge study pact

Open Orphan PLC - London-based pharmaceutical services firm - Says its subsidiary, hVIVO, wins contract with a European biotechnology company for a human challenge study. The GBP5 million contract with a European biotech seeks to test hVIVO's intravenous antiviral candidate. The study on the respiratory syncytial virus is expected to commence this year. Revenue from the deal will be recognised across 2022 and 2023.

Open Orphan wins £5m contract for human study in RSV

(Sharecast News) - Open Orphan announced on Friday that its hVIVO subsidiary has signed a £5m respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) human challenge study contract with an unnamed European biotechnology company, to test its intravenous antiviral candidate.

IN BRIEF: Open Orphan expects to report profitable 2021 performance

Open Orphan PLC - London-based pharmaceutical services - For 2021, expects to report earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, on revenue which is set to be GBP40 million, up from GBP20.6 million in 2020. For 2022, the company is targeting GBP50 million in non-Covid work revenue.

Open Orphan appoints Mo Khan as its new chief executive

(Sharecast News) - Contract research organisation Open Orphan announced the appointment of Yamin 'Mo' Khan as its chief executive officer on Thursday, with immediate effect.

IN BRIEF: Open Orphan non-exec Mo Khan switches to chief executive

Open Orphan PLC - London-based pharmaceutical services - Moves Non-Executive Director Mo Khan to chief executive officer, effective immediately. Khan had joined the Open Orphan board back in October. The company notes he has 25 years of clinical research experience. Cathal Friel remains executive chair, while Open Orphan will aim to find a new independent non-executive director within the next six months.

TRADING UPDATES: Angling Direct ups revenue; Ceiba takes Omicron hit

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

IN BRIEF: Positive results from Open Orphan human challenge study

Open Orphan PLC - pharmaceutical services provider - Sees positive results from a human challenge study assessing its respiratory syncytial virus antiviral candidate, EDP-938. Says results from the study have been published in The New England Journal of Medicine. hVIVO, a subsidiary of Open Orphan, conducted the Phase 2a, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.