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FDA Approves Eli Lilly Precision Oncology Treatment for Certain Lung and Thyroid Cancers

Eli Lilly is moving quickly to get a newly-approved precision oncology treatment for certain lung and thyroid cancers into the hands of patients. Following U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Retevmo (selpercatinib) on Friday, Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly said it...

Enhertu granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the US for HER2-positive metastatic gastric cancer

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo)’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) in the US for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who have received...

Novavax to Receive up to $388 Million Funding from CEPI for COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Manufacturing

Novavax, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, announced that the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) will invest up to $384 million of additional funding, on top of $4 million it invested in...

CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance: International Organizations Work on Globulin Therapy for COVID-19

To date, 10 plasma companies globally have joined the CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance, founded to accelerate development of a plasma-derived hyperimmune globulin therapy against COVID-19. The founding companies include Biotest, BPL, CSL Behring, LFB, Octapharma and Takeda, but has since...

Sorrento and Mount Sinai Team Up for Antibody Cocktail COVI-SHIELD Project

San Diego-based Sorrento Therapeutics is teaming up with New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System to develop an antibody cocktail called COVI-SHIELD to treat COVID-19. The partnership is aimed at creating antibody products that could act as a “protective shield”...

Vault Health Delivers Access to the First FDA EUA Approved At-Home Saliva Test for COVID-19

For the first time, Americans will have access to at-home testing for COVID-19 through Vault Health, utilizing the first FDA EUA approved saliva test from RUCDR Infinite Biologics and Spectrum Solutions. Vault Health, a startup specializing in healthcare for men,...

Recipharm secures supply of drug substance and commences manufacture of chloroquine phosphate

Recipharm, a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has now secured supply of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) chloroquine phosphate for its drug Klorokinfosfat RPH Pharma and commenced manufacture of the product. The move comes following reports that chloroquine...

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