Roche acquire GenMark in $1.8 billion deal
March 15, 2021Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, GenMark, Roche
Pharmaceutical giant Roche have bought GenMark Diagnostics in a deal worth $1.8 billion, expanding their infectious disease testing for illnesses …
Netherlands suspends AstraZeneca vaccine despite safety assurances
March 15, 2021Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, COVID-19, EMA, EU, WHO
The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine amid concerns it may cause …
Phase III trial of Libtayo stopped early after positive overall survival results
March 15, 2021Sales and Marketing Cancer, Libtayo, Regeneron, Sanofi
A Phase III trial of Sanofi and Regeneron’s PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo (cemiplimab) will be stopped early after positive results demonstrated …
Pharmafile.com’s top 10 news stories of the week
March 12, 2021Medical Communications COVID-19, covid 19 news, covid-19 news, news, news roundup, pharma news
In the last week, a number of new treatment developments have made the news; for COVID-19, GSK and Vir’s monoclonal-antibody …
Kintor’s COVID-19 treatment reduces mortality by 92%
March 12, 2021Medical Communications Brazil, Brazil variant, COVID-19, Kintor, covid-19 treatment
Kintor Pharmaceutical’s Proxalutamide treatment has been proven to reduce risk of mortality from COVID-19 by 92%, in a clinical trial …
J&J’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine approved by European Commission
March 12, 2021Medical Communications COVID-19, EMA, Johnson & Johnson
The European Commission has granted Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine Conditional Marketing Authorisation (CMA), it was announced on Thursday. …
Novavax announces vaccine’s high efficacy against original and variant COVID-19 strains
March 12, 2021Medical Communications COVID-19, Novavax, vaccines
Novavax has announced final efficacy of 96.4% against mild, moderate, and severe disease caused by the original COVID-19 strain in …
Altimmune expands COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing deal with Lonza
March 12, 2021Medical Communications Altimmune, COVID-19, Lonza, vaccines
Altimmune has expanded its previously-announced AdCOVID vaccine manufacturing collaboration with Lonza. Under the expanded agreement, Lonza will commission a dedicated …
Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 treatment combination 87% effective in Phase III trial
March 11, 2021COVID-19, Eli Lilly, covid-19 treatment
Eli Lilly has shown positive results in its Phase III combination drug trial, which reduced hospitalisations and deaths related to …
GSK and Vir Biotechnology COVID-19 drug found to reduce deaths and hospitalisation by 85%
March 11, 2021GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Vir Biotechnology
Vir Biotechnology and GSK have announced that their monoclonal-antibody drug has been found to reduce hospitalisations or deaths from COVID-19 …
FDA approves AVEO’s kidney cancer treatment
March 11, 2021Aveo, FDA, Kidney cancer, fotivda, rcc
The FDA has approved AVEO Oncology’s FOTIVDA drug for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory advanced renal cell …
Complix and I-Mab sign deal to develop alphabody cancer therapies
March 11, 2021Cancer, Complix, oncology
Biopharmaceutical company Complix has signed a drug discovery deal with I-Mab Biopharma, a clinical-stage company focused on the discovery, development, …
GSK to expand cell and gene therapy manufacturing capacity at CGT Catapult’s Stevenage site
March 11, 2021GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will expand its clinical trial manufacturing capacity for advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) at Cell and Gene Therapy …
Pharmafile.com’s weekly COVID-19 news round-up
March 10, 2021Research and Development COVID, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, coronavirus, covid round-up
The past week has continued to see positive COVID-19 news; CytoDyn’s treatment for patients with severe symptoms of the virus …
Lilly’s cancer drug Retsevmo gets UK approval for multiple indications
March 10, 2021Research and Development Cancer, Eli Lilly, MHRA
The MHRA has granted conditional marketing authorisation for Eli Lilly’s Retsevmo (selpercatinib) as monotherapy for a number of cancer indications.
Takeda acquire Maverick in $525m deal to expand cancer therapy portfolio
March 10, 2021Research and Development Maverick, Takeda, cancer treatment
Takeda has acquired Maverick Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $525 million, in order to expand its portfolio of …
Evonik and Cassava Sciences enter supply agreement for Alzheimer’s drug candidate
March 10, 2021Research and Development Alzheimer's, Cassava Sciences, Evonik
Evonik has entered into an agreement to supply Cassava Sciences with large-scale, clinical-grade quantities of simufilam, a drug candidate for …
Affinivax receives $22m funding for development of Staphylococcus aureus vaccine
March 10, 2021Research and Development Affinivax, bacteria, vaccines
Affinivax has received an award of $22 million funding from CARB-X, a global non-profit organisation, to develop a vaccine targeting Staphylococcus …
CytoDyn’s COVID-19 treatment shows positive results in Phase III trial
March 9, 2021Manufacturing and Production cytodyn, phase 3 trial, vyrologix
Biotechnology company CytoDyn has shown positive results in its Phase III CD12 trial of Vyrologix, its treatment for COVID-19 patients …
FDA approves Kite’s Yescarta therapy for follicular lymphoma
March 9, 2021Manufacturing and Production FDA, Kite, Yescarta
The FDA has granted accelerated approval to Kite’s Yescarta treatment, a medicine for adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular …
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