LONDON – From the start of the pandemic antibodies have been the main focus of attempts to understand the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and ascertain what it will take for vaccines to be protective.
LONDON – While the pandemic raged, Brexit was simmering on the back burner, but now as infections wane, the industry is turning its attention back to being ready for the U.K. cutting ties with the EU at the end of December.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Applied DNA, Aptorum, Bio-Thera, Curadigm, Cyclerion, Fairhaven, Liminal, Ocular, Orphazyme, Pharmapark, Takis.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: ADC, Aprea, Celltrion, Janssen, Phasebio, Sinopharm.
Courtesy of a $50 million series A, Adagio Therapeutics Inc. will join a raft of other companies attempting to end the COVID-19 pandemic with antibodies.
LONDON – Pharmaceutical companies and academic researchers working on COVID-19 vaccines are being targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers, according to the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The U.K. view is endorsed by the U.S. National Security Agency and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment, and the three agencies have issued a joint statement advising companies how to protect against these attacks.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Astellas, Astrazeneca, Bayer, Kiniksa, Mallinckrodt, MC2, Merck, Redhill, Tetra, Tracon and Tricida.