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Vaccitech Ltd and the University of Oxford announce an agreement with the UK-based global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the further development, large-scale manufacture and potential distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate currently being trialled by the University.
“We are very disappointed in the topline results in the STARS study that did not meet the study endpoints,” said Ravi Anand, Newron’s chief medical officer.
Shares of New York-based Stemline Therapeutics skyrocketed more than 153% in premarket trading after Italy’s Menarini Group announced a $667 million acquisition of the oncology-focused company.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration green-lit Roche’s new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody test that will help determine whether or not people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and developed antibodies to the disease.
The clinical trial plans to include up to 300 patients in up to 25 European centers, has begun with first patients in Madrid
There’s plenty of news related to clinical trials related to COVID-19, but it does seem to be drowning out non-COVID-19-related clinical trials. Here’s a look.
Mallinckrodt and Massachusetts General Hospital teamed up to evaluate the potential benefits of inhaled nitric oxide as a treatment for pulmonary complications in patients infected with COVID-19.
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As the situation progresses, they hope to establish more production suites across Lonza’s facilities globally, with a goal of manufacturing up to 1 billion doses of mRNA-1273 per year at the currently expected dose of 50 µg.
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