AstraZeneca and University of Oxford said that interim analysis of a phase 3 programme of the AZD1222 vaccine candidate (also called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) is 70.4% effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 for more than 14 days after its second dose.
Inovio Pharmaceuticals has dosed its first subject in phase 2 segment of its INNOVATE Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial for Covid-19 DNA vaccine candidate.
Pfizer and Sangamo Therapeutics, a genomic medicines company, announced updated follow-up data from the Phase 1/2 Alta study of giroctocogene fitelparvovec (SB-525 or PF-07055480), an investigational gene therapy for patients with severe hemophilia A.
Sinovac Life Sciences (Sinovac LS), a subsidiary of Sinovac, has received up to $500m in funding for the development of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced that they have commenced adaptive phase 2/3 clinical trials for Sputnik V vaccine in India after receiving the necessary clearance from the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli, India.
Biopharmaceutical company Amgen, along with two other drugmakers Takeda and UCB, has enrolled the first patient in a global platform trial of hospitalised patients with Covid-19.
Haoma Medica announced the completion of a first-in-human trial for NaQuinate, a naphthoquinone carboxylic acid, which is being developed as a novel orally administered therapeutic for osteoporosis.
Celltrion Group announced enrolment completion of 327 patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the global Phase II clinical trial of CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment candidate. Celltrion anticipates submission for emergency use authorisation (EUA) to the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), conditional on results from the global Phase II pivotal trial.
Roche has secured US FDA approval for its supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil), an oral medicine, to prevent influenza in people 12 years and older following their contact with someone suffering with influenza or post-exposure prophylaxis.
Appili Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on anti-infective drug development, today announced initiation of its Phase 3 Post Exposure Prophylaxis for COVID-19 (PEPCO) study to evaluate Avigan tablets (favipiravir) in the prevention of Covid-19.
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