Human TrialsInfectious Disease February 5, 2021 Johnson & Johnson submits EUA application for single-dose Covid-19 vaccine By vbandhakavi Once the authorisation is issued, Johnson & Johnson plans to immediately supply the vaccine to the US government, with 100 million doses to be distributed in the country
Infectious DiseaseResearch & Development February 4, 2021 GSK and CureVac sign collaboration deal for production of next-gen Covid-19 vaccines By PBR Staff Writer The development programme commences immediately with an aim to introduce the vaccine in 2022, post regulatory approval. This vaccine will be developed with a potential for a multi-valent
Drug ManufacturingProduction & SalesManufacturing February 3, 2021 WuXi STA to buy Swiss pharma manufacturing facility from Bristol Myers Squibb By PBR Staff Writer The Couvet site is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility with commercial-scale capacity to produce capsule and tablet dosage forms. For WuXi STA, the Couvet site will be its first
Cell TherapyInfectious DiagnosticsImmuno Chemistry February 2, 2021 Lilly to provide antibody therapies at Indiana hospitals for treating COVID-19 By PBR Staff Writer The antibody therapies, which are administered via intravenous infusion, have secured Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating high-risk patients mild
RegulationClinical TrialsHuman Trials February 1, 2021 AstraZeneca secures conditional marketing authorisation for Covid-19 vaccine in Europe By PBR Staff Writer The authorisation was granted after the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency reviewed the primary data from the vaccine’s Phase III
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development January 14, 2021 KSQ partners with Takeda to develop immuno-oncology therapies By PBR Staff Writer Under the deal, the US-based biotech company has granted an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license to Takeda Pharmaceutical pertaining to cell and non-cell therapy products that modulate targets identified
Clinical TrialsHuman Trials January 13, 2021 GSK, Vir Biotechnology to evaluate neutralising Covid-19 antibody in AGILE study By PBR Staff Writer VIR-7832, a neutralising Covid-19 antibody, attaches to an epitope on SARS-CoV-2 that is shared with SARS-CoV-1. According to GSK, the preclinical data suggests that VIR-7832 has two distinguishing
Clinical TrialsHuman Trials January 12, 2021 Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V succeeds in phase 2 trial in India By PBR Staff Writer According to the India-based pharma company, the Sputnik V vaccine has been recommended by an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) to advance to a phase 3
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development January 12, 2021 Sanofi to buy biopharmaceutical firm Kymab for up to $1.45bn By PBR Staff Writer As per terms of the deal, Kymab will secure an upfront payment of up to $1.1bn from Sanofi. Kymab is also eligible to secure up to $350m based
Drug DiscoveryIn Vitro Diagnostics January 11, 2021 Pfizer says BNT162b2 vaccine is effective against new Covid strains By PBR Staff Writer The in vitro study, which was held by Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), demonstrated that the antibodies from people subjected to the vaccine could