BioSpace News Archive

Business

Eli Lilly and AbCellera Team Up to Develop Coronavirus Antibodies

Under the terms of the agreement, AbCellera and Lilly have committed to equally share initial development costs towards a product, after which Lilly will be responsible for all further development, manufacturing and distribution.

March 13, 2020
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Alex Keown
Bio NC

Clinical Catch-Up: March 9-13

Although news of the COVID-19 pandemic has tended to dominate the news cycle, including for the biopharma industry, there were a number of clinical trial announcements last week. Here’s a look.

March 13, 2020
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Mark Terry
3 Soft Skills to Work On While Job Hunting

Here are a few soft skills to improve upon that can help you boost your career.

March 13, 2020
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Laura Brothers
FDA

FDA Approves Roche’s Coronavirus Test Under Emergency Use Authorization

Hospitals and laboratories will be able to run the test on Roche’s fully automated cobas 6800 and cobas 8800 Systems, which are already in wide use in the U.S. and internationally.

March 13, 2020
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Mark Terry
Policy

The Importance of Teledentistry During the Coronavirus Pandemic

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has alerted the country that increased person-to-person spread of novel coronavirus is likely, and that measures to contain the disease will become more and more disruptive to daily life.

March 13, 2020
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Drug Development

EMD Serono and Pfizer Halt Phase III Head and Neck Cancer Trial

The companies jointly announced that their Phase III JAVELIN Head and Neck 100 trial of Bavencio (avelumab) with chemoradiotherapy for untreated locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was unlikely to hit the primary endpoint.

March 13, 2020
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Mark Terry
Tencent WeSure, Tencent Foundation Partner With China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs to Provide Public Welfare and Insurance Protection Program to COVID-19 Volunteers and Community Workers in China

Tencent WeSure, Tencent’s insurance platform, announced it has partnered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and Tencent Foundation to launch nationwide Public Welfare and Insurance Protection Program

March 13, 2020
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Pharm Country

Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) Launches COVID-19 Telehealth Pathways to Help Clients

Health Recovery Solutions, a national provider of telehealth and remote patient monitoring solutions, announced the launch of COVID-19 telehealth clinical pathways.

March 13, 2020
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2 min read
Business

Zyla Life Sciences to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Year End 2019 Financial Results on March 27, 2020

Zyla Life Sciences, a commercial stage life sciences company, announced that its year end 2019 financial results will be released on March 27, 2020.

March 13, 2020
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4 min read
MediPick Ready to Solve Prescription Medicine Run-around

A Queensland-based software developer has offered to help the federal government with its aim of delivering a system that will enable patients to have prescriptions completed and filed electronically with a nearby pharmacy and home delivered, all without the patient having to leave their home.

March 13, 2020
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