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Exscientia receives $1.5 million Gates grant for Covid-19 therapy

July 8, 2021

The Oxford-based drugs firm Exscientia has won a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create …

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Gyros Protein Technologies and Cygnus Technologies expand collaboration

July 8, 2021

Gyros Protein has announced the next phase of its on-going collaboration with Cygnus Technologies alongside the introduction of a new …

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New screening method set to speed up drug discovery in major diseases

July 8, 2021
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Scientists from the University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester have discovered a new screening method that can test …

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WHO recommends Roche and Sanofi treatments to cut COVID-19 death risk

July 8, 2021

The WHO has recommended using arthritis drugs Actemra from Roche and Kevzara from Sanofi with corticosteroids for COVID-19 patients. This …

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Mass COVID testing reduces cases by a fifth study shows

July 7, 2021
Research and Development COVID-19 testing, COVID-19. testing, lateral flow tests, liverpool

A pilot study conducted by the University of Liverpool has found that mass rapid testing reduced COVID-19 cases in Liverpool …

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First ex vivo human skin platform investigating ISR launched

July 7, 2021
Research and Development

Genoskin has announced the launch of ISR Platform, a novel pre-clinical toolbox designed to study injection site reactions (ISR) in …

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Summer COVID cases set to reach 2 million with 10 million isolating

July 7, 2021
Research and Development COVID-19, Lockdown, UK, Vaccine, government

Analysis from the Guardian has found that over two million people could contract COVID-19 this summer, which could therefore lead …

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EU orders nearly 40 million more J&J COVID vaccines

July 7, 2021
Research and Development

The EU has ordered nearly 40 million more doses of the J&J COVID-19 vaccines for European countries. This is despite …

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Breakthrough heart failure drug meets primary endpoint

July 7, 2021
Research and Development

The Phase III trial for empagliflozin, a treatment for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, has met its …

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Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine efficacy falls to 64% in Israel

July 6, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

Israel has reported a decrease to 64% in the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infections and symptomatic …

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UVC light found to inactivate COVID virus in study

July 6, 2021
Manufacturing and Production COVID-19, clinical trials, computer simulations, skin

A new study has found that Ultraviolet C (UVC) emitting lamps are fast, effective, and safe at inactivating SARS-CoV-2, the …

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Sosei and InveniAI to collaborate on AI-powered drug discovery

July 6, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

Sosei Heptares and InveniAI have entered a multi-target AI-powered and GPCR-focused drug discovery collaboration. The two companies will combine InveniAI’s …

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Novel cancer therapy kick starts clinical trials

July 6, 2021
Manufacturing and Production oncology

The first patient has been dosed in Phase 1/2 trials investigating a new form of cancer therapy, gamma delta TCR …

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MIMETAS and Roche to collaborate on drug development

July 6, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

MIMETAS and Roche have entered into a collaboration to develop human disease models to characterise novel compounds in inflammatory bowel …

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Over 600,000 positive COVID tests genomically sequenced in UK

July 5, 2021
Sales and Marketing COVID-19, Delta variant, UK, government, variant

The UK has genomically sequenced more than 600,000 positive COVID-19 test, it was announced on Friday. Genomic sequencing plays a …

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Strawberry-flavoured tablet distributed to children with HIV

July 5, 2021
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A strawberry-flavoured generic HIV drug has been distributed in Africa for children and babies living with HIV. The drug, which …

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Visitors with non-EU approved jabs allowed in Madeira

July 5, 2021
Sales and Marketing COVID-19, EU, Vaccine, travel

Popular holiday destination, the Portuguese islands of Madeira, have announced that they will allow visitors with any COVID-19 vaccine, even …

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BioMed X and Merck launch new Oncology research programme

July 5, 2021
Sales and Marketing

BioMed X and Merck have launched a new joint research programme in oncology. The new program will explore the role …

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South Korea in talks to produce one billion mRNA vaccine doses

July 5, 2021
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South Korea is in talks with mRNA vaccine makers, including Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna, to produce up to one billion COVID-19 …

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AstraZeneca MPO inhibitor shows promise for heart failure patients

July 2, 2021
Medical Communications

Results released from AstraZeneca’s Phase IIa SATELLITE trial demonstrated that AZD4831, a myeloperoxidase (MPO) inhibitor, achieved pre-specified target engagement in …

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