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Positive results in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) trial
Interim trial results suggest vamorolone may offer a superior alternative to long-term treatment with high-dose glucocorticoids in young Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients.
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Older people likely to be underrepresented in COVID-19 trials, says study
Researchers suggest, based on certain exclusions, older people are likely to be underrepresented in 50 percent of COVID-19 trials and all vaccine trials in the US.
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Has pharma abused the US COVID-19 small business loans system?
A review suggests some large pharma companies were approved to receive paycheck protection program (PPP) loans that were intended to help small US businesses to pay workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Novavax begins Phase III COVID-19 vaccine efficacy trial
The trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Novavax’ NVX-CoV2373 vaccine candidate in approximately 10,000 UK participants.
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EU to receive 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Sanofi and GSK
A contract for 300 doses of the investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been signed by the European Commission (EC).
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EUA requested for potential COVID-19 respiratory failure treatment
An Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request for the use of RLF-100™ (aviptadil) in critical COVID-19 patients was submitted to the US FDA.
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Global anti-counterfeit packaging market to grow to $17.47 billion
Growth in the anti-counterfeit technologies market will be particularly large in the pharma industry due to increasing awareness around health and safety, says report.
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Serum Institute of India: outsourced manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines
As the COVID-19 pandemic and the search for an effective preventative vaccine continues, the Serum Institute of India has entered into manufacturing agreements with both Novavax and Codagenix to help supply their experimental COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
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Herd immunity is an impractical COVID-19 mitigation strategy, says study
Researchers who designed a transmission model for COVID-19 demonstrated that attempting to establish herd immunity against COVID-19 would be too challenging.
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US expands COVID-19 convalescent plasma treatment trials
Operation Warp Speed and the NIH are funding the expansion of two trials evaluating the efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy in hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
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UK Prime Minister visits the UK Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the construction site of the VMIC and met scientists and engineers at the forefront of the UK’s COVID-19 response.
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Avelumab significantly improves advanced bladder cancer patient survival
A Phase III trial concluded that avelumab is an effective maintenance therapy for patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, whose disease had not progressed after chemotherapy.
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Smart biomaterial drug delivery system could improve CNS injury recovery
The implanted biomaterial drug delivery system releases methylprednisolone and reduces inflammation, promoting central nervous system (CNS) repair.
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An overview of Indian COVID-19 vaccine supply and development
Prashant Khadayate, Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, explains what the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic is in India and what vaccine options are currently under development/testing.
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NIH launches antithrombotics trials in COVID-19 patients
The adaptive Phase III trials will assess whether various types and doses of blood thinners can prevent COVID-19 patients forming potentially fatal blood clots.