Johnson & Johnson has added a manufacturing base in India’s Biological E as part of a global supply chain for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. While Biological E will make 400-500 million dosages for the US firm, it has licensed for development another SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate from US-based Baylor College of Medicine.
As the COVID-19 vaccine race heats up, big pharma is increasingly nominating Indian partners to its team in a sprint to the finish line.
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The CEO of a South Korean state-run drug R&D support fund urges the renewal of the initiative as it increasingly focuses on new modalities and novel targets.
Roivant president Eric Venker was named CEO of Immunovant to guarantee execution of the development plan for IMVT-1402 in six indications, now including Sjögren’s disease and cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
As investors have begun to ask troubled drug developers to suspend operations and return remaining cash to shareholders, Alis has stepped forward with a new fund aiming to facilitate that.
Merck’s immuno-oncology blockbuster was the world’s best-selling drugs by revenues for the second year in a row, with an almost $12bn lead over its closest rival, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Ozempic.
The company reported positive topline results for ASCENT-04, which also bode well for the ASCENT-03 trial in patients with low PD-L1 expression.
Merck’s immuno-oncology blockbuster was the world’s best-selling drugs by revenues for the second year in a row, with an almost $12bn lead over its closest rival, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Ozempic.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s DESTINY-Breast09 trial testing Enhertu with pertuzumab versus standard of care showed a statistically significant and meaningful PFS improvement.
