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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced the approval of Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 3-17 in the country after its efficacy in that age group has been verified, Reuters reported. The Global Times confirmed with Sinopharm on Tuesday...

Vaxart, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral vaccines administered by tablet, announced that the U.S. FDA has cleared Vaxart's Investigational New Drug application for an S-only oral tablet SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate. "This is great news because it allows us...

Eli Lilly and Company and their industry partners, including sample management specialists – Ziath, are speeding the discovery of new medicines through the fully automated Lilly Life Sciences Studio (L2S2) lab in San Diego, USA. L2S2 was set up as...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Frazier Healthcare Partners announced a collaboration to launch HilleVax, Inc. (HilleVax), a biopharmaceutical company to develop and commercialize Takeda’s norovirus vaccine candidate. Takeda has granted a license to HilleVax for the exclusive development and...

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the U.S. FDA updated the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the investigational COVID-19 antibody cocktail REGEN-COV™ (casirivimab and imdevimab). The authorization now includes post-exposure prophylaxis in people at high risk for progression to severe...

Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte announced the U.S. FDA has broadened the EUA for baricitinib to allow for treatment with or without remdesivir, whereas the EUA was previously restricted to use only in combination with remdesivir. The EUA...

Did you know that an infant cannot digest about 30% of the nutrients in mother’s milk? Wasted calories, we scientists thought. But in nature, nothing goes to waste; there is a reason for everything. Recent studies have shown that mothers...