PARIS – At some point, scientists reported, it may be possible to quarantine viruses rather than humans. For the last two years, European research consortium Virofight has been working on a form of nanotechnology intended to neutralize viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, HIV, influenza and hepatitis viruses.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Blackford, Breathtek, Evonik, Jenacell, Meridian Bioscience, Paramit, Provista Diagnostics, Sense Neuro Diagnostics, Sensyne, The Tecan Group, Todos Medical.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Acurx, Affimed, Amount, Arcturus, Autolus, Bausch, Carrick, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Oligomerix, Polyphor, Roche, Seqirus.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Alector, Astrazeneca, Beigene, Biogen, Cyclo, Enyo, Lilly, Optinose, RDIF, Vaxart.
Rapid changes, a traditionally conservative approach and a chronic lack of regulatory transparency could undo a lot of the progress that Japan has made in the past few years to speed up approvals and all but eliminate a punishing drug lag that, for decades, held back the development of the country’s biopharma sector.
LONDON – Relaxing of control measures such as mask wearing and social distancing at a time when most of a population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 greatly increases the probability of the emergence of a vaccine-resistant strain, according to a new modeling study.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbvie, Alzamend, Arrowhead, Basilea, Dicerna, Everest, Fusion, Genentech, Eli Lilly, Nuvox, Oncopeptides, Scancell, Transcenta, Viatris, Vico.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Biofourmis, Cepheid, Fluxergy, Nanovibronix.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Aptargroup, BD, Bioventus, Boston Scientific, Consensus Business Group, Draper, EC Healthcare, Graymatters Health, Immunai, Medimaps Group, Medx Xelerator, Medx Ventures Group, Misonix, Nanalysis Scientific, Nebion, One Moon Scientific, Prenetics, Weihai Hengyu Medical Products.