FDA approves Zynteglo gene therapy for beta-thalassemia patients
bluebird bio’s Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), a one-time treatment for transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, will roll out with a $2.8mn price tag per dose.
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Merck to support development of Orna’s circular RNA (oRNA) therapies
Under a collaboration agreement Merck will pay Orna $150 million to support the progress of multiple oRNA vaccine and therapeutic programmes.
Formulation development outsourcing market to be worth over $60bn by 2030
Market research suggests the global formulation development outsourcing market will significantly expand in coming years, owing to disease burden and R&D expenditure.
![Governor John Carney, Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Mayor Kenneth Branner Jr, Delaware Prosperity Partnership President Kurt Foreman, WuXi AppTec Chairman and CEO Dr Ge Li, WuXi AppTec Co-CEO and WuXi STA CEO Dr Minzhang Chen, and others celebrating the groundbreaking for the WuXi STA Middletown campus [Credit: WuXi STA].](https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/WuXi-STA-groundbreaking-scaled-e1660730270899-300x278.jpeg)
![Governor John Carney, Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Mayor Kenneth Branner Jr, Delaware Prosperity Partnership President Kurt Foreman, WuXi AppTec Chairman and CEO Dr Ge Li, WuXi AppTec Co-CEO and WuXi STA CEO Dr Minzhang Chen, and others celebrating the groundbreaking for the WuXi STA Middletown campus [Credit: WuXi STA].](https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/WuXi-STA-groundbreaking-scaled-e1660730270899.jpeg)
WuXi STA breaks ground on new Delaware manufacturing facility
The new 190-acre pharmaceutical manufacturing campus will provide formulation development, clinical and commercial drug product manufacturing services.
MHRA approves Pluvicto® and Locametz® for prostate cancer
The UK’s regulator approved Novartis’ radioligand therapy Pluvicto®▼ and radioactive diagnostic agent Locametz® for use in advanced prostate cancer.
Queen’s Award for Enterprise goes to SGS’s Quay Pharma
SGS’s CDMO Quay Pharma awarded UK’s highest accolade for business success in overseas sales, Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade.
UK approves Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
MHRA approves Moderna’s adapted COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron, for use as a booster.
Phase III trial shows tislelizumab improves outcomes for liver cancer patients
Phase III trial results indicate BeiGene’s tislelizumab improved overall survival in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) versus sorafenib.
4mn dose shortage of GSK’s childhood rotavirus vaccine expected
With vaccination programmes fighting to recover after the pandemic fuelled the “largest backslide” in three decades, GSK says manufacturing challenges will leave a shortage of rotavirus vaccines.
Copper coated surfaces found to reduce COVID-19 transmission
While thin coatings of copper were found to reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral titers on surfaces, silver had a very limited effect.
Is albumin the key to successful nasal vaccines?
A new method of mucosal vaccine delivery that uses albumin to help transport vaccine antigens could lead to better vaccines for HIV and COVID-19.
49 percent ORR for Tagrisso plus savolitinib in lung cancer
Almost half of patients with EGFR-mutated lung cancer with high MET overexpression who had progressed on Tagrisso alone responded to treatment with the addition of savolitinib.
Does terminal sterilisation affect the quality of ophthalmic APIs?
EPR summarises research into the impact of gamma irradiation and ethylene oxide sterilisation treatments on European Pharmacopoeial compliance of common ophthalmic APIs.
Samsung Biologics recognised for sustainable growth
The Frost & Sullivan Institute to present CDMO Samsung Biologics with a Global Enlightened Growth Leadership Award for its commitment to sustainable growth and protecting and prolonging human lives.
Trio of therapies reduces risk of death in patients with severe COVID-19
A combination of dexamethasone, remdesivir, and baricitinib was associated with a ‘significant survival benefit’ when compared with dual therapy of dexamethasone with remdesivir, according to a retrospective study.
