New SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 detected: UKHSA releases initial risk assessment amid global concerns
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has unveiled its preliminary risk analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86, a strain first detected in the UK on ... Read More
Nasodine Nasal Spray phase 3 clinical trial : Firebrick Pharma completes 82% patient recruitment
Firebrick Pharma, an ASX-listed pharmaceutical company, announced that it has successfully enrolled 160 subjects in the confirmatory phase 3 clinical trial of Nasodine Nasal Spray ... Read More
Pfizer gets PAXLOVID FDA approval for COVID-19 in high-risk adults
Pfizer has obtained approval for PAXLOVID, an oral combination therapy of nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ... Read More
AstraZeneca strikes licensing deal with RQ Bio for SARS-CoV-2 targeting mAbs
AstraZeneca has signed a licensing deal with RQ Biotechnology (RQ Bio) to gain access to a portfolio of early-stage monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeted against Covid-19 ... Read More
AstraZeneca gets UK MHRA approval for Evusheld for Covid-19 prevention
AstraZeneca said that its antibody combination Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab) has been authorized by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for ... Read More
Torrent Pharmaceuticals gets rights to generic of Pfizer’s oral Covid-19 treatment
Torrent Pharmaceuticals has entered into a licensing agreement with Medicine Patent Pool (MPP) for manufacturing and commercializing the generic version of Pfizer’s oral Covid-19 treatment. ... Read More
Sorrento Therapeutics acquires majority stake in Zhengzhou FortuneBio
Sorrento Therapeutics has acquired a majority stake in Zhengzhou Fortune Bioscience (Zhengzhou FortuneBio), a Chinese diagnostic manufacturer, for an undisclosed price. According to Sorrento Therapeutics, ... Read More
Lilly gets FDA EUA for bebtelovimab in mild-to-moderate Covid-19
Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has secured Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for bebtelovimab for the treatment of ... Read More
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals launches Covid-19 treatment FabiSpray in India
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Canadian pharma company SaNOtize Research & Development Corp. have launched the latter's Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray under the brand name FabiSpray in ... Read More
Celltrion files IND for phase 3 trial of inhaled Covid-19 cocktail therapy
Celltrion Group (Celltrion Healthcare), a South Korean pharma company, has submitted an investigational new drug (IND) application to carry out a global phase 3 clinical ... Read More