Clinical research
AstraZeneca said in an earnings announcement on Thursday it will seek authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. sometime in the second half of this year.
The FDA Watch List considers drug-resistant Candida auris (C. auris) an urgent threat, drug-resistant Candida species a serious threat, and azole-resistant Aspergillus Fumigatus worth watching – especially since person-to-person transmission of drug-resistant fungi has been recently documented.
Biopharma and life sciences companies from across the globe provide updates on their pipelines and business operations including Takeda, Origin Therapeutics, ERS Genomics and more.
The company’s pipeline was strengthened in the second quarter with three strategic collaborations in immuno-oncology, immuno-neurology, and HIV.
Several biotech and biopharmaceutical companies have announced new wins with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with these wins ranging from Investigational New Drug (IND) application approvals for cancer treatment candidates to Fast Track Designations for investigational agents aimed toward opioid use disorder (OUD).
Moderna continues to assess its COVID-19 vaccine in juveniles, the company is expanding the study to include protocols to detect the potential of rare side effects, including heart inflammation.
One of the eagerly anticipated presentations at the AAIC being held this week is Biogen and its partner Eisai on their controversial drug ADUHELM™ (aducanumab). Biogen is also presenting new data on a different Alzheimer’s drug with another partner, Ionis Pharmaceuticals.
Merck’s Keytruda won FDA approval for the treatment of patients with high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. The approval marked the 30th for Keytruda.
The companies will co-finance a clinical study to test the combination of SHP2 inhibitor BBP-398 and OPDIVO in treating patients with advanced solid tumors KRAS mutations.
Today is the first day of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2021 (AAIC), behind held both virtually and in person in Denver, Colorado. Here’s a look at some of today’s stories.
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