Lassa Fever - Drug Pipeline Landscape, 2023

Lassa Fever - Drug Pipeline Landscape, 2023

Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus, a member of the arenavirus family of viruses. It is a hemorrhagic virus that can cause bleeding without any symptoms.

Lassa fever virus is a disease that is animal-borne or spread to humans from animals. It is spread to people through contact with household items, food, water, or air contaminated with the droppings or urine of infected multimammate rats (Mastomyces natalensis). The most common method of transmission is by consuming or inhaling rat urine or feces. It can also be spread through cuts and open sores. Person-to-person contact is possible via blood, tissue, secretions.

Symptoms of Lassa fever include bleeding in the gums, nose, difficulty in breathing, cough, vomiting and diarrhea, hepatitis, swollen face, hearing loss, high or low blood pressure, tremors and other CNS conditions.

Diagnostic tests for Lassa fever are laboratory-based. Lassa fever is diagnosed by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent serologic assays (ELISA). These detect IgM and IgG antibodies and Lassa antigens. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) can also be used in the early stages of the disease. Immunohistochemistry stains performed on tissue specimens can be used to make a post-mortem diagnosis.

Rehydration and treatment of symptoms can improve the of survival if there is an early diagnosis. Intravenous ribavirin given early in the course of illness is an effective treatment, in addition to support of fluid and electrolytes, oxygenation, and blood pressure.

Major pharmaceutical companies are involved in the development of potential drug candidates to improve the Lassa Fever treatment such as EBS-Lassa, GEO-LM01, Lassa Fever Vaccine and others. Key players involved in the development of therapies to treat Lassa Fever are Curevac AG, Emergent BioSolutions Inc, GeoVax Labs Inc, Medigen Inc, Zalgen Labs LLC and others. One drug is under clinical-stage Phase I clinical trials and four drugs are in preclinical and some other drugs are under discovery stages of development.

Report Highlights

Global Insight Service's, Lassa Fever - Drug Pipeline Landscape, 2023 report provides an overview of the Lassa Fever pipeline drugs. This report covers detailed insights on Lassa Fever drugs under development, assessment by target, mechanism of action, route of administration and molecule type. Product pipeline by companies, stage of development and key regulatory designations, deals and milestones have been presented to provide insights and thus help industry participants in their decision making. Lassa Fever pipeline report helps gain insights on drugs which are under development stage of drug development process across globally.

Methodology

The research process includes extensive secondary research on public domain and other authentic sources to add or update the pipeline products information. The secondary research sources include, but are not limited to company websites, annual reports, financial reports, company pipeline chart, investor presentations and SEC filings, journals and conferences, and clinical trials registries.

Scope

The pipeline landscape report provides analysis of pipeline products based on several stages of development ranging from Discovery to Pre-Registration. The report provides a review of pipeline therapeutics by companies based on information derived from company and industry-specific sources. The pipeline report covers assessment of therapeutics by mechanism of action (MoA), drug target, route of administration (RoA) and molecule type. Comprehensive profiles of the pipeline products with details such as company overview, development stage; molecule type, target, mechanism of action, route of administration, dosage form, regulatory designations, key deals, clinical trials, and key upcoming milestones are included.

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