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FDA permits COVID-19 treatments with blood from survivors The FDA revealed the convalescent plasma use that is derived from the donated blood of people that have recovered from COVID-19 and that might have beneficial antibodies. It is being used as an investigational treatment for patients with severe cases of t...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced to invest a hefty amount worth USD 800 Million across pharma manufacturing and services. The company plans to expand its capabilities in pharma manufacturing and services in the coming two years, with USD 475 Million reserved for 2020.  The company has been acquirin...

Sage Therapeutics seeking out to save flunked depression drug  Sage Therapeutics has strategized on how to come back from the phase 3 failure of SAGE-217 in major depressive disorder. The plan focuses on three short-term studies Sage contemplates that may enable it to bring the GABA receptor positive allost...

Moderna announces dozing of first patient with its mRNA1273 vaccine The pharmaceutical company, Moderna, has been developing a vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19. The vaccine is an mRNA-1273 is developed by scientist at NAID, in collaboration with Moderna, and the manufacturing of the vaccine for Phase I clin...

The U.S. FDA has granted Janssen Pharmaceutical’s drug JNJ-6372, a Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)  The drug has been recommended for its use in NSCLC patients with epidermal growth factor (EGFR) Exon 20 insertion mutations, categorized wit...

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) has received FDA recommendation for the treatment of chronic fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILD) with a progressive phenotype Interstitial Lung Disease - ILD – a group of a large number of lung disorders resulting in scarring or fibrosis of lungs, caused by conditi...

Killing brain tumors with the help of CAR-T CAR-T cell therapy is a technique which involves modifying patients' T cells to aim proteins associated with cancer that have revolutionized some of the blood cancers treatment. However, the technique has so far shown low potential in solid tumors like aggressive brain...

Gilead Sciences has announced to purchase an Immuno-oncology company Forty Seven for USD 95.50 per share, totalling up to a deal value of USD 4.9 billion. By acquiring Forty Seven – named after its lead molecule - CD47 tumor cell protein - Gilead will acquire its lead candidate, Magrolimab, adding value to its ...

Formerly known as eptinezumab, Lundbeck’s Vyepti has received the recommendation from the US FDA for preventing migraine in adults. Estimated to affect women twice as compared to men, around 1.3billion people worldwide, and approximately 38 million people in the US are afflicted with Migraine.  With the gree...

Incyte meets endpoint in the second pivotal atopic dermatitis clinical trial A second phase 3 trial of Incyte’s ruxolitinib cream in atopic dermatitis has hit its primary endpoint. The back-to-back pivotal successes irked Incyte to talk to regulators regarding upcoming of the JAK inhibitor to market. Ruxoliti...