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Merck’s former chief executive officer and current executive chairman, Kenneth Frazier, has stepped down from his post at the pharmaceutical company to join venture capital firm General Catalyst as its newest chairman of health assurance initiatives.
The life sciences is always a frenetic sector when it comes to mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and Series A announcements (not to mention B and C rounds). But during the second quarter of 2021, these companies were especially busy bees – all positive signs that the industry is still booming coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notably, Koselugo was studied in pediatric populations first, a reversal of the typical development path taken by the majority of drugs.
The drug is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, with the results presented at the virtual 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is planning a meeting in October to recommend the vaccine’s use in adults.
There are two PDUFA dates on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s calendar for this week. Here’s a look.
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