Infectious disease

Novartis announced that, with Incyte, it is launching a Phase III clinical trial to determine if their cancer drug Jakavi (ruxolitinib) can be used to treat COVID-19.
Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for April 3, 2020.
FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first blood test that looks for the antibodies against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Every week there are numerous scientific studies published. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones.
A late-stage lung cancer drug under development by OSE Immunotherapeutics met its 12-month primary endpoint for survival rates following a Step-1 analysis.
Pinpoint Therapeutics believes that its approach to treat therapy-resistant cancers also may be effective against COVID-19.
With all the similarities, it should be emphasized that there are several significant differences between the two pandemics.
Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for April 2, 2020.
On Wednesday, the judge overseeing Holmes’ case set for late July refused to change the trial date after her defense team made the request.
On March 25, the American Medical Association, American Pharmacist Association and Americans Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued a statement in response to media reports that physicians and pharmacists were hoarding supplies of the drugs for their own use.
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