The arrival of SARS-CoV-2 has focused attention on a potential new way of making vaccines – one that promises to be quicker and cheaper than traditional methods and more reactive to novel virus outbreaks, but also one that remains to be validated.
A major campaign in biopharma’s war against COVID-19 is the development of effective vaccines against the novel virus.
While industry scrambles to repurpose drugs against the disease – antivirals against the pathogen and immunomodulators to help the symptoms – vaccine companies are needed to play a longer game
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories preps for potential US tariffs, focusing on sustaining product supply and collaborating with customers on inventories. A recent US plant sale, the firm stressed, was unrelated to tariffs and underlines its openness to ‘make in the US’, where it launched 18 products in fiscal 2025.
In this week's episode: industry makes its case to Trump; Sarepta slammed by double blow; Chinese firms build obesity pipeline; Swiss biopharma staying strong; and Merck & Co looks to immunology and ophthalmology.
The Japanese drug maker is on track for three pivotal Phase III readouts and two regulatory submissions in 2025.
Neurocrine, Madrigal and Vanda updated investors on new drug launches, while Cytokinetics talked to investors about an FDA extension for aficamten.
