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AstraZeneca announced its plans to create a new, separate division for vaccines and antibody therapies, specifically its COVID-19 vaccine developed with the University of Oxford and other COVID-19 antibody treatments.
GlaxoSmithKline is lining up a potential new treatment for patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease following positive results in a Phase III study.
The first week of November was marked by numerous clinical trial announcements. Here’s a look.
The U.S. government canceled a contract with Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions, which earlier in the year ruined about 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Isomorphic Laboratories has expressed plans to foray into drug discovery and development by tapping into the technology of its sister company DeepMind.
The acquisition of the medicines – which netted AstraZeneca $143 million in the geographies covered under the agreement – provides a significant boost to Covis’s respiratory portfolio.
Inovio shares are down about 2% in premarket trading after cancellation reports of a DNA cancer vaccine collab with AstraZeneca.
Merck entered into collaborations with three different companies as it continues to assess Keytruda in combination with experimental drugs in different cancer indications.
This is after the company shared positive results from its Phase III trial on Imfinzi, increasing the chances for survival in BTC patients when combined with standard-of-care chemotherapy regimens.
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