Drug Research

Sanofi has entered into an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutical NV and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., two of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, under which Sanofi will support manufacturing of Janssen´s COVID-19 vaccine in order to address the...

Eli Lilly and Company and Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced a global exclusive license agreement and strategic collaboration to co-develop and commercialize Rigel's R552, a receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) inhibitor, for all indications including autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Pursuant...

Following the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approval, millions of AstraZeneca vaccines began shipping on 5 February as part of the initial 17m doses that are due to be delivered over the next weeks, with more planned in March. AstraZeneca and...

Catalent, the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, development, and manufacturing solutions for drugs, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products, announced that it had signed an agreement with Trizell GmbH, to support the manufacturing of...

Avid Bioservices, Inc. and Humanigen, Inc. announced that they have entered into a manufacturing services agreement to expand production capacity for lenzilumab™, Humanigen’s therapeutic candidate in development for COVID-19. Lenzilumab is an anti-human granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) monoclonal...

Merck and BioNTech have announced a further expansion of their strategic partnership to accelerate the supply of urgently needed lipids and boost the amount of their delivery by the year-end. The lipids will be used for producing the Pfizer and...

GlaxoSmithKline plc and CureVac N.V. announced a new €150m collaboration, building on their existing relationship, to jointly develop next generation mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 with the potential for a multi-valent approach to address multiple emerging variants in one vaccine. GSK...