The lack of data surrounding the efficacy of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines against the Delta variant has had many questioning them, especially after a recent study showed that one of those vaccines, Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s Coronavac, was less effective than Pfizer Inc. and Biontech SE’s Comirnaty in Chile.
Hoping to get Germany to drop its opposition to a proposed World Trade Organization (WTO) waiver of intellectual property (IP) rights, several U.S. lawmakers have asked to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she’s in Washington for a July 15 summit with President Joe Biden.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Akeso, Arca, Artax, AVM, Evgen, Innovent, Moleculin, Oryzon, Targovax, Valo.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Abcam, Bicycle, Hoth, Hutchmed, Ionis, M8, Palisade Bio, Pionyr, RDIF, UCB.
Sonde Health struck a deal with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to embed its vocal health biomarker product, Sonde One, in the Snapdragon 888 and 778G 5G mobile platforms. The deal would make vocal biomarker monitoring native to the devices that use the company’s chips in mobile and IoT devices.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Airstrip, Avita Biomedical, Biointellisense, Exactech, International Isotopes, Invivo Therapeutics, Radqual, RTI Surgical, Seegene, Symphonyai.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: AB Science, Antengene, Bayer, Chemocentryx, Coya, Diurnal, Enochian, Gensight, Inotrem, Iveric, Janssen, Kintor, Prilenia, Provention, Seagen, Sigilon, Sirnaomics, Soleno, Tetra, Tevogen, Valneva.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Alterola, Abti, Aridis, Astellas, Blue Water, Cellectar, Etherna, Evgen, Evrys, Excellthera, Exevir, Heat, Intocell, Legochem, Probiogen.