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Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for January 12, 2021.
BioSpace highlights a number of the key M&A deals struck over the past 12 months.
A little more than one year after Gilead Sciences and Galapagos NV announced intentions to seek regulatory approval for Jyseleca (filgotinib) as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, the companies have pulled the plug on that goal.
Gilead Sciences bolstered its capabilities in treating Hepatitis and other liver diseases with the €1.15 billion ($1.4 billion) cash acquisition of Germany-based Myr GmbH, a company focused on developing therapies for treatment of chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV), the most severe form of viral hepatitis.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition began December 5, and there were numerous presentations, abstracts and posters. Here’s a look at some of the stories out of the first day.
Despite the constant need for social distancing, mask-wearing, and the isolation and economic uncertainty that resulted from the outbreak, there is still much to be thankful for when families gather around a virtual table to break bread and carve the turkey this year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends against using Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19.
Topline results from Gilead’s Phase II/III CAPELLA trial show that treatment with the company’s long-acting HIV-1 capsid inhibitor lenacapavir reduces HIV viral load better than placebo in heavily treated patients living with multidrug resistant HIV-1 infection.
Gilead Sciences and Novo Nordisk presented data from a Phase II proof-of-concept clinical trial of semaglutide in combinations with cilofexor and/or firsocostat in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
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