October brought another burgeoning swell of pandemic news with the U.S. granting its first FDA approval for a COVID-19 therapy, a promising vaccine candidate reaching full enrollment in phase III, and the stoppage of several trials due to safety signals.
LONDON – People infected with COVID-19 are likely to have T-cell immunity six months after contracting the virus, according to a U.K. study of 100 subjects who had an asymptomatic or mild to moderate infection.
DUBLIN – Kiadis Pharma BV has parlayed its €31.9 million (US$37.2 million) stock-based acquisition of Cytosen Therapeutics Inc. last year, which involved an initial outlay of just €14.5 million worth of shares, into a €308 million payday with Sanofi SA.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: HHS announces testing agreements; TGA slaps two companies for violations.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 1health.io, Aseptiscope, Becton, Dickinson and Co., Butterfield Engineering, Certtech, China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings, Dante Labs, Drawbridge Health, Exagen, Fluidigm, Healthcare Merger Corp., Heraeus Medical Components, Hologic, Hygea, Implantica, Lidco, Masimo, Mimedx, Parexel, Polarityte, Poseida Therapeutics, Pulse Systems, Soc Telemed, Synexa Life Sciences, Telix Pharmaceuticals.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Mobile smartphone tech tied to better clinical outcomes for OHCA; Lung scans for earlier COVID-19 detection; Cholesterol meds affects the organs differently.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: CSL, DBV, Chiesi, Imugene, Innocare, Innovation, Janssen, Neuraly, Pharmaxis, Polarityte, Poseida, Provention, Roche, Senhwa, Taigen.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: Canada prepares for resurgence of COVID-19 shortages; Russia sets drug pricing structure.