Production & SalesManufacturing July 29, 2020 DFC grants $765m loan to Kodak to establish new pharma business unit By PBR Staff Writer The US technology company signed a letter of interest (LOI) with the DFC to secure a loan to establish Kodak Pharmaceuticals, a new business unit that will engage
Clinical TrialsHuman Trials July 28, 2020 Pfizer, BioNTech begin phase 2/3 Covid-19 trial with BNT162b2 vaccine candidate By PBR Staff Writer Both companies have decided to advance their BNT162b2 vaccine candidate into the phase 2/3 study at a 30µg dose level in a two-dose regimen after an extensive assessment
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development July 27, 2020 Daiichi Sankyo, AstraZeneca sign $6bn worth deal for DS-1062 By PBR Staff Writer Currently, DS-1062 is being developed for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). The TROP2 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC) is
News July 27, 2020 Gilead’s Kite gets FDA nod for Tecartus to treat relapsed or refractory MCL By PBR Staff Writer Tecartus, earlier known as KTE-X19, is claimed to be the first and only approved chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy to treat relapsed or refractory MCL. Tecartus,
Clinical TrialsHuman Trials July 24, 2020 Humanetics gets financing from NIAID to study BIO 300 drug in Covid-19 patients By PBR Staff Writer NIAID is part of the National Institutes of Health, which is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The trial will target patients who
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development July 22, 2020 Gilead Sciences to buy 49.9% stake in Tizona Therapeutics for $300m By PBR Staff Writer Gilead is also provided with an exclusive option to purchase the remaining stake in Tizona for up to an additional $1.2bn. The deal is also comprised of an
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development July 21, 2020 GSK to acquire 10% stake in German biotech company CureVac By PBR Staff Writer The companies have signed a collaboration agreement for the research, development, manufacturing and commercialisation of up to five messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccines and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to eliminate
Clinical TrialsHuman Trials July 20, 2020 AZD1222 delivers strong immune response in phase I/II Covid-19 vaccine trial By PBR Staff Writer AZD1222 was co-invented by Oxford University and its spin-out company Vaccitech. The recombinant adenovirus vaccine, which was licensed by AstraZeneca in May 2020, was tolerated by the participants
Clinical TrialsHuman Trials July 20, 2020 Celltrion begins Covid-19 human clinical trial with antiviral antibody treatment By PBR Staff Writer The in-human study follows positive pre-clinical results for the treatment candidate, as well as successive approval of the investigational new drug application by the Korean Ministry of Food
Production & SalesDrug DiscoveryMarketing & Sales July 17, 2020 Novartis to offer not-for-profit medicines to treat Covid-19 patients By PBR Staff Writer Novartis has said that it will provide medicines to governments, NGOs and other institutional customers in up to 79 eligible nations until a vaccine or curative treatment is