Open Orphan #ORPH – Results from the world’s first COVID-19 Characterisation Study February 2, 2022 – Posted in: Blog, Open Orphan (ORPH)

Open Orphan (AIM: ORPH), a rapidly growing specialist contract research organisation (CRO) and world leader in testing infectious and respiratory disease products using human challenge clinical trials, announces the results from the world’s first COVID-19 characterisation study, which was a partnership between hVIVO, Imperial College London, the Vaccine Taskforce and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The results from this landmark study, show that a SARS-CoV-2…

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Open Orphan #ORPH – World’s first Covid-19 human challenge study to expand July 14, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Open Orphan (ORPH)

Open Orphan (AIM: ORPH), a rapidly growing specialist pharmaceutical services clinical research organisation (CRO) and world leader in vaccine and antiviral testing using human challenge clinical trials, announces that hVIVO, a subsidiary of Open Orphan plc, is continuing to work with the UK Government to inoculate up to 20 further volunteers as part of the world’s first COVID-19 characterisation study. As part of the characterisation study, researchers aimed to identify a dose of COVID-19 that…

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Open Orphan #ORPH – COVID-19 Human Challenge Programme update March 25, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Open Orphan (ORPH)

Open Orphan (AIM: ORPH), a rapidly growing specialist pharmaceutical services clinical research organisation (CRO) and world leader in vaccine and antiviral testing using human challenge clinical trials , announces an update in the world’s first COVID-19 characterisation study. Following Research Ethics Committee approval on 17 February 2021, hVIVO, a subsidiary of Open Orphan, began the study at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust earlier this month. The first three volunteers have now successfully completed…

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Open Orphan #ORPH – Ethics approval – COVID-19 Human Challenge Study February 17, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Open Orphan (ORPH)

Open Orphan (AIM: ORPH), a rapidly growing specialist pharmaceutical services clinical research organisation (CRO) and world leader in vaccine and antiviral testing using human challenge clinical trials , announces the world’s first COVID-19 characterisation study has received approval from a specially convened Research Ethics Committee (“REC”). This news follows the announcement on 20 October 2020 of Open Orphan subsidiary hVIVO’s contract with the UK Government to develop a COVID-19 human challenge study model.   The…

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