Tag: pharmaceuticals
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FDA to Use Lung Chip Model for Covid-19 Testing
The Food and Drug Administration plans to use organ-on-chip models to test mechanisms for preventing Covid-19 infections, and other processes.
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Covid-19 Antibodies Cut Viral Load, Medical Visits
Interim results from a clinical trial show a synthetic antibody drug reduces viral burden and medical visits among non-hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
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200M Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Donated to Int’l Effort
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are offering 200 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine for a project devoted to making vaccines equitably available worldwide.
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Novartis Gains Synthetic Protein Therapies for Covid-19
Global drug maker Novartis is gaining access to two Covid-19 therapy candidates made from a library of synthetic protein components.
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Better Precision Medicine Outcomes Shown for Leukemia
Clinical trial results show a strategy that first tests for genomic mutations to guide treatments results in better outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
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Lilly, NIH Halt Covid-19 Antibody Therapy Trial
Drug maker Eli Lilly and National Institutes of Health are stopping a clinical trial testing a synthetic antibody to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
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Bayer Gains Gene Therapy Biotech in $4B Deal
Global drug maker Bayer AG is acquiring the company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, developer of gene therapies to treat inherited disorders.
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Precision Drug Trial Shows Solid Tumor Shrinkage
Partial results from a clinical trial show a drug to stop specific cancer-causing proteins shrinks advanced tumors in some patients across several tumor types.
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Start-Up Developing Engineered B-Cell Therapies
A new enterprise, spun off from Seattle Children’s Research Institute, is creating therapeutics for diseases from engineered B-cells in the immune system.
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Roche Gains Covid-19 Oral Drug Candidate
Global drug maker Roche Group is acquiring an experimental antiviral therapy for Covid-19 infections taken as a oral drug, rather than an infusion.