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Sanofi has completed the acquisition of messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies firm Translate Bio to expedite the use mRNA technology for the development of treatments and vaccines. The latest move

US-based biopharmaceutical firm AzurRx BioPharma has agreed to acquire clinical-stage biotechnology company First Wave Bio in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $229m. First Wave Bio is focussing on

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Amgen’s sotorasib (Lumakras) to treat patients with specific non-small cell lung cancer with KRAS G12C mutation. To be

EnGeneIC has started dosing in Phase I clinical trial of the world’s first nanocellular technology-based anti-Covid-19 vaccine in healthy adults. Referred to as EnGeneIC Dream Vector (EDV), the

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started evaluation of the data on a booster (third) dose for the Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The move

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) has agreed a $8bn (SEK69.4bn) takeover offer from Advent International and Singapore’s wealth fund GIC. Sobi’s board of directors had unanimously recommended that shareholders

Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics have initiated a Phase III clinical trial to evaluate investigational oral antiviral therapeutic molnupiravir to prevent Covid-19 infection. For the global MOVe-AHEAD study, individuals

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded indication for UCB’s Briviact (brivaracetam) CV as monotherapy or adjunctive therapy for the treatment of partial-onset seizures

Roche has decided to voluntarily withdraw the US accelerated approval for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with Abraxane (nab-paclitaxel) to treat patients with PD-L1-positive metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC).