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It was another busy week for clinical trial updates. Here’s a look at some including Mesoblast Limited, CytoDyn, Magenta Therapeutics and more.
With COVID-19 resurging in the U.S., particularly in states with the lowest vaccination rates, additional news and research about the vaccines and the virus is coming out. Here’s a look.
Oramed Pharmaceuticals said that its majority-owned firm Oravax Medical would be spearheading the project, first in Israel and later in other international clinical locations.
FDA
The FDA has now approved AstraZeneca’s convenient once-a-week glucose lowering drug for 10 to 17-year-olds with type 2 diabetes.
Biosimulation is integral to drug development today, with fierce competition for expert scientists to run the simulations and interpret the results. Craig Rayner, president of Certara, a biosimulation company, is turning to Africa to unlock an untapped reservoir of talent.
Companies such as Indoor Biotechnologies in Virginia are leveraging cutting-edge scientific techniques to knock out the Fel d 1 protein completely from the cats.
Biopharma companies from around the globe provide updates on their businesses and pipelines.
The company also reported on its COVID-19 vaccine production with CureVac, a drug it is abandoning, and a few specific drug updates.
Notably, Koselugo was studied in pediatric populations first, a reversal of the typical development path taken by the majority of drugs.
The company’s technology is designed to attach any off-the-shelf antibody with any payload without the need for modification.
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