Daily round-up of the latest coronavirus news: Trump's chloroquine mix-up, imported cases rise in China, Biogen sacks employee over China travel, Vir's Scango talks about its COVID-19 efforts, Roche's Actemra study plus COVID-19 pipeline infographic.
The older antimalarial drug chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine sulfate (Bayer AG’s Plaquenil) are being studied as potential treatments for COVID-19 – but the US Food and Drug Administration has had to clear up the status after President Trump sowed confusion about the drugs during a 19 March White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing.
Trump was excited about the prospect of deploying the drug as a potential coronavirus treatment, in part because it is...
Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna rapidly adapted Comirnaty and Spikevax for the 2024-2025 season to address the KP.2 variant after the US FDA had advised them to target JN.1 in June.
The companies said their combination mRNA vaccine showed protection against SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A, but not influenza B.
The UK giant’s COVID-19 prophylactic sipavibart could soon reach Europe and competition is sparse.
When life hands a biotech company the equivalent of good grapes, the expectations are for its products to be the equivalent of fine wine. Before that Moderna looks likely to make lemonade.
Lilly's first Phase III triplet win opens the door to a label expansion in BTK-pretreated CLL, with analysts suggesting Jaypica could attain blockbuster status. However, the window to capitalize may be brief as next-generation BTK degraders close in with head-to-head trials.
Lilly's first Phase III triplet win opens the door to a label expansion in BTK-pretreated CLL, with analysts suggesting Jaypica could attain blockbuster status. However, the window to capitalize may be brief as next-generation BTK degraders close in with head-to-head trials.
