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J&J commences COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 Johnson & Johnson has begun a 60,000-subject phase 3 evaluation of its COVID-19 vaccine. The trial will enroll participants in the U.S. and other countries with a high incidence of COVID-19 to generate data to bolster emergency use authorization early next year. ...

Orchard files for USD173 Million IPO to run pivotal gene therapy trials Orchard Therapeutics, Transatlantic biotech, has filed to raise USD 173 million in an IPO. This will lead it to take three gene therapies through the clinic. Orchard recognised itself as one of the broadest clinical-phase gene therapy pipelines ...

Teva looks to sell generics in China through joint venture with Guangzhou Pharma As the world’s largest generics maker, Teva still doesn’t have much of a presence in China, even though it is a country relies heavily on generics. The Israeli company is looking to remedy that as Teva has said it “has no agreement with...

Strategic Immunology Alliance partners Nimbus Therapeutics and Celgene to develop therapies for Autoimmune Disorders A biotechnology company involved in the development of drugs and therapies through computational expertise announced on October 3 that they are entering into a long-term strategic alliance with Celgen...

J&J's Invokana matches Jardiance's 14% reduction in major CV events There’s officially another heart-helping SGLT2 on the block. But this one brings some varied benefits—and amputation risks—along with it. In a cardiovascular outcomes trial, Johnson & Johnson's Invokana matched up to Eli Lilly and Boehringer...

Dendreon touts T-cell response data for prostate cancer vaccine Provenge Dendreon has had no shortage of challenges with Provenge since winning FDA approval for the groundbreaking prostate cancer vaccine back in 2010. Years later, the company has unveiled new data showing the med generates a killer T-cell response—a...