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172 articles with Vir Biotechnology
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Vir Biotechnology terminated a two-year-old COVID-19-related antibody collaboration with Wuxi Biologics that included sotrovimab, which lost EUA in the U.S. earlier this year.
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Life Science industries are seeing massive financial fluctuations in how they're handling the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is some optimism of a recovery by biopharma executives.
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GlaxoSmithKline exceeded expectations for its first-quarter sales and earnings forecasts. This was largely driven by its sales of Xevudy, an antibody treatment against COVID-19 it developed with Vir Biotechnology, and its Shingrix vaccine against shingles.
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The FDA has stated that GSK and Vir’s COVID-19 treatment sotrovimab is no longer authorized to be used for the condition because of its low efficacy against Omicron sub-variant BA.2.
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Although the Omicron surge appears to be waning in the U.S., the World Health Organization keeps an eye on four Omicron subvariants.
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It’s uncertain if the origins of COVID-19 will ever be determined, but the current top theories split about evenly between a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and a natural evolution from bats to animals to humans at a Wuhan “wet market.”
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As GSK moves into the new year, Chief Executive Officer Emma Walmsley predicted 2022 will be a “landmark year” for the company.
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Leyden Labs secured $140 million in a Series B financing round. Combined with $40 million from a Series A round in March 2021, the company has significant funding to advance its portfolio of candidates.
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Emergent BioSolutions, Vir Biotechnology and Thermo Fisher, come into 2022 with reports of new opportunities, new vaccines, and partnership expansions.
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Vir Biotechnology Launches New Antibody Research Initiative Aimed at a Functional Cure for HIV and Prevention of Malaria
1/13/2022
Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced an expansion of its partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to include the advancement of innovative platform technologies in the development of broadly neutralizing antibodies designed to provide a “vaccinal effect” for the treatment of HIV and prevention of malaria.
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GSK and Vir Submit Emergency Use Authorization Application to FDA for Intramuscular Administration of Sotrovimab for the Early Treatment of COVID-19
1/13/2022
GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced the submission of an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting an amendment to the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for sotrovimab, an investigational monoclonal antibody for the early treatment of COVID-19, to include intramuscular (IM) administration.
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GSK and Vir Biotechnology Announce United States Government Agreement to Purchase Additional Supply of Sotrovimab, Authorized for the Early Treatment of COVID-19
1/11/2022
GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced that the US government will purchase an additional 600,000 doses of sotrovimab, an investigational monoclonal antibody for the early treatment of COVID-19, enabling further nationwide access to sotrovimab for patients.
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A bispecific antibody discovered by Twist Bioscience and licensed to Revelar Biotherapeutics neutralizes both the Omicron and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 in studies with the live virus.
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Vir Biotechnology to Present at 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
1/4/2022
Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced that George Scangos, Ph.D., chief executive officer, will present at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 11, at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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Vir Biotechnology Announces New Research Describing the Structural Basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Immune Evasion and Receptor Engagement
12/31/2021
Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced new preclinical research published to the preprint server bioRxiv, describing the structural basis and magnitude by which the new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
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Studies found that AstraZeneca’s EVUSHELD was still effective against the Omicron variant. EVUSHELD is a long-acting antibody combination made up of tixagevimab and cilgavimab.
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Xevudy (Sotrovimab) Granted Marketing Authorization by the European Commission for the Early Treatment of COVID-19
12/17/2021
GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization to Xevudy (sotrovimab) for the early treatment of COVID-19.
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Preclinical Data Highlight the Significant Antigenic Shift of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant and its Effect on the Neutralizing Activity of Monoclonal Antibodies, Convalescent Antibodies and Vaccine-Elicited Antibodies
12/14/2021
Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced new preclinical data, published to the preprint server bioRxiv, demonstrating the impact of the significant antigenic shift of the new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529).
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Vir Biotechnology Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating VIR-2218, Selgantolimod and Nivolumab for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
12/9/2021
Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating novel therapeutic combinations for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
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MHRA Approves XEVUDY® (sotrovimab), GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology's Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for Patients with COVID‑19
12/7/2021
Brand Institute is proud to announce its successful partnership with GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology in developing the brand name XEVUDY®, a monoclonal antibody therapeutic approved for symptomatic adults and adolescents (12 years of age and older) with acute COVID–19 infection.