Infectious disease
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (now Comirnaty®) was fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 23 and boosters of this shot are now available to the most vulnerable Americans.
Maryland-based vaccine company Novavax said its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX‑CoV2373, prevented SARS-CoV-2 infection in monkeys, hinting that the product could likewise prove effective in humans.
Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for November 24, 2020.
COVID-19 is a cardiac condition as much as it is a pulmonary or respiratory disease. This knowledge is so recent that it often is overlooked by non-cardiologists, according to physicians speaking at Demy-Colton Virtual Salon, “COVID-19: Surprising Cardiac Findings & Concern about the Potential Impact.”
Merck acquired OncoImmune and its COVID-19 therapeutic candidate CD24Fc for $425 million in upfront cash two months after the Phase III asset demonstrated efficacy during an interim analysis.
Late Friday, the FDA gave the green light to Regeneron’s REGN-COV2, a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab.
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced results from an interim analysis of their COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222. The analysis was from the trials in the UK and Brazil and demonstrated efficacy of up to 90%.
Although there was quite a bit of clinical trial news overall, the biggest focus was on COVID-19 vaccines, with the three leaders in the U.S. and Europe all presenting clinical trial news. Here’s a look.
Novartis inked an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration deal with Australia-based Mesoblast to develop, commercialize and manufacture remestemcel-L for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), including when it is linked to COVID-19.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends against using Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19.
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