Recent seizures of fake medical products being marketed in the COVID-19 pandemic underscore the need to curb the growing international trade in counterfeit drugs that’s putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned this week.
BEIJING – Nanobody startup Sysvax Inc., with its R&D center in Beijing and manufacturing facilities in Zhongshan, is developing a recombinant protein vaccine and a nanobody therapeutic for COVID-19, while trying to extend the half-life of potential COVID-19 treatments with its expertise in this smallest possible antibody format.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbvie, Algernon, Biontech, Clarity, Janssen, Mallinckrodt, Novartis, Pfizer, Vitro.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Actinium, Arcturus, Calithera, Cyclacel, Forx, Myosana, Migvax, Realta Life Sciences, VBI.
The U.S. FDA reported that it has expanded the emergency use authorization for the Labcorp polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2 to include the company’s Pixel self-collection kit, a development that may presage a wider testing paradigm that is needed to restore the U.S. economy to normalcy.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Brainlab, Inspire Medical Systems, Labcorp, Roche.
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