Hayley Shasteen

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals announced that its COVID-19 therapeutic, Peginterferon Lambda reduced the risk of hospitalization and emergency room visits by 50%.
Codagenix is entering the vaccine arena with a possible new frontrunner in protection: CoviLiv. It’s an intranasal COVID vaccine that provides hope against subvariants.
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Tetra Bio-Pharma announced that its investigational new drug involving cannabinoids, QIXLEEF, received guidance to strengthen its nonclinical and toxicological data from the FDA.
After reviewing the trial’s Independent Data Monitoring Committee, the EMPA-KIDNEY trial announced it would stop early as it met prespecified criteria for positive efficacy.
Several biopharma companies celebrate the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval for clinical trials involving therapeutics for cancer treatment.
AnaptysBio announced that its drug candidate imsidolimab did not demonstrate efficacy in Phase II clinical trials in the treatment of moderate-to-severe acne.
Moderna announced that the first participant has been dosed in a Phase I trial of its HIV trimer mRNA vaccine, mRNA-1574.
Peer review is integral to the scientific process, and one group plays a bigger role than you might think: Scientific Review Officers.
In the latest results shared by the company, treatment with nusinersen for a median of 4.9 years helped participants maintain and make progressive gains in motor function.
This week is starting off strong with some positive clinical news from Ascendis Pharma, Can-Fite and BridgeBio.
DNAnexus announced it has secured $200 million in funding to advance the life sciences industry’s adoption of its platform.
Creyon Bio, a drug development company, has launched with more than $40 million in seed and Series A financing led by DCVC Bio and Lux Capital.
The FDA clinical hold comes after Alpine reported a patient died during the NEON-2 trial.
China has become a leader in biotech in the last five years, especially in CAR-T therapies. Companies like Johnson & Johnson are on the prowl to acquire Chinese companies to form collaborations.
The European Commission has provided an update that it remains unconvinced by the merger, which spells bad news for Illumina.