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Danish pharma company Novo Nordisk has agreed to acquire Dicerna Pharmaceuticals and its ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) platform in a deal valued at $3.3bn, to expand the RNAi

Pfizer has secured a contract worth $5.29bn from the US government to supply its experimental Covid-19 oral antiviral drug, Paxlovid (PF-07321332; ritonavir). Designed to hinder the SARS-CoV-2-3CL protease

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Vir Biotechnology have secured contracts from the US government for nearly $1bn to supply their Covid-19 antibody treatment, sotrovimab. Sotrovimab is an investigational single-dose SARS-CoV-2

Pfizer has completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares of clinical-stage immuno-oncology firm Trillium Therapeutics in a deal worth about $2.22bn, or $18.50 per share, in cash. The

Acelyrin has raised $250m through the series B financing round to license and acquire other programmes with focus on immunology. The funding round was led by Matrix Capital

Pfizer has submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) of its investigational oral antiviral drug, Paxlovid (PF-07321332; ritonavir). Paxlovid

Health Canada has authorised the booster shot of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, Spikevax, for individuals aged 18 years and above. The 50µg booster shot will be given at least

The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for Roche’s Ronapreve to treat non-hospitalised Covid-19 patients aged 12 years and above. Ronapreve is a combination of monoclonal antibodies,

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorisation by the European regulatory authorities for Novo Nordisk’s anti-obesity medication Wegovy.