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Global genetic exome sequence analysis collaboration announced

July 9, 2021
Medical Communications

AbbVie, Pfizer, and Biogen have announced the launch of the world’s largest browsable resource linking rare protein-coding genetic variants to …

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Tech successful in harvesting cancer cells in brain metastases patients

July 9, 2021
Medical Communications

The University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf has published results of new work undertaken in patients with brain metastasis using ANGLE’s cell …

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Children “extremely low risk” from COVID study finds

July 9, 2021
Medical Communications COVID-19, Vaccine

The overall risk of children becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19 is extremely low, scientists from University College London, …

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The pill to be sold over the counter for first time in UK history

July 8, 2021

The contraceptive pill will be sold over the counter without prescription for the first time in UK history. The MHRA …

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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
drug discovery

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
Sales and Marketing

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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