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Novavax Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine

Novavax, Inc. , a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, announced enrollment of the first participants in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX CoV2373, a stable, prefusion protein made using...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Collaboration with Biognosys to Enhance Protein Quantitation Mass Spectrometry Workflows

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Biognosys, a leading developer of next-generation proteomics solutions, announce they are continuing their collaboration to advance data independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry-based workflows. Together, the companies have developed a...

Merck to acquire Themis for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Merck announced on May 26 that it has entered an agreement to acquire privately held Themis, a company that is developing a vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2. Themis has a pipeline of vaccine candidates and immune modulatory therapies developed using its...

Merck and Ridgeback Bio Collaborate to Advance Development of Novel Antiviral Candidate, EIDD-2801

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, a closely held biotechnology company, announced that the companies have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop EIDD-2801, an orally available antiviral candidate currently in...

Glenmark to Combine Two Anti-Viral Drugs; Start Trials on Indian COVID-19 Patients

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announced on Tuesday that it will commence another new Phase 3 clinical trial on a combination of two anti-viral drugs Favipiravir and Umifenovir in hospitalized patients of moderate COVID-19 in India. Glenmark has received approval from the...

AstraZeneca collaborates with ArcherDX to use personalised cancer assays to detect minimal residual disease in lung cancer trials

AstraZeneca will collaborate with ArcherDX, a genomic analysis company focused on precision oncology, to use personalised cancer monitoring to detect minimal residual disease (MRD) in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ArcherDX’s personalised assay will be used in...

Demand for immunity products to be sustained long-term say SIRIO

SIRIO Europe (Ayanda) – the European headquarters of the SIRIO Group, a global nutraceutical contract development, innovation and manufacturing organization (CDiMO) – says considerable worldwide demand for immunity products has accelerated in recent months due coronavirus, but it is...

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