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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2024

Landscape of toxin-neutralizing therapeutics for snakebite envenoming (2015-2022): Setting the stage for an R&D agenda.

Juliette Borri, José María Gutiérrez, Cecilie Knudsen, Abdulrazaq G Habib, Maya Goldstein, Andrew Tuttle

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Juliette BorriPolicy Cures Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9783-3118
José María GutiérrezInstituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Cecilie KnudsenVenomAid Diagnostics, Lyngby, Denmark.
Abdulrazaq G HabibInfectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
Maya GoldsteinPolicy Cures Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew TuttlePolicy Cures Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProgress in snakebite envenoming (SBE) therapeutics has suffered from a critical lack of data on the research and development (R&D) landscape. A database characterising this information would be a powerful tool for coordinating and accelerating SBE R&D. To address this need, we aimed to identify and categorise all active investigational candidates in development for SBE and all available or marketed products. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsIn this landscape study, publicly available data and literature were reviewed to canvas the state of the SBE therapeutics market and research pipeline by identifying, characterising, and validating all investigational drug and biologic candidates with direct action on snake venom toxins, and all products available or marketed from 2015 to 2022. We identified 127 marketed products and 196 candidates in the pipeline, describing a very homogenous market of similar but geographically bespoke products and a diverse but immature pipeline, as most investigational candidates are at an early stage of development, with only eight candidates in clinical development. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Further investment and research is needed to address the shortfalls in products already on the market and to accelerate R&D for new therapeutics. This should be accompanied by efforts to converge on shared priorities and reshape the current SBE R&D ecosystem to ensure translation of innovation and access.

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Snake BitesToxins, BiologicalAntiveninsData ManagementHumansAntiveninsToxins, Biological

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PMCPMC10965046

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