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Thermo Fisher to acquire PPD for over $17 billion
The acquisition, anticipated to complete in 2021, allows Thermo to expand its ‘one-stop-shop’ of services into running clinical trials.
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New group to tackle data governance and guide digital transformation in pharma
The Pistoia Alliance's Data Governance Community of Interest will develop best practices and advance digital transformation in the pharma/life sciences industry.
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AstraZeneca confirms COVID-19 vaccine efficacy with primary analysis
Following DSMB concerns about the data released regarding the Phase III US trial, AstraZeneca has now confirmed that its vaccine is 76 percent effective against symptomatic COVID-19.
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International trade officials to review impact of pharma mergers
The Federal Trade Commission will work with international regulators to review the effects of pharma mergers and update approaches to analysing them.
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Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine authorised for use in EU
After a positive recommendation from the EMA, the European Commission has granted the single-dose vaccine conditional marketing authorisation.
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Gates Foundation to fund Novartis’ development of a sickle cell disease gene therapy
The Gates Foundation will fund Novartis’ discovery and development of a gene therapy for sickle cell disease that is accessible for low- and middle-income countries.
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Boom times for pharma M&A
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity last year was expected to decline from 2019 levels, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting uncertainty around the global economy, trade tensions between the US and China, and the presidential election in the US. However, James Baillieu from Bird & Bird reveals…
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AstraZeneca to provide EU with extra nine million doses of COVID-19 vaccine following dispute
After manufacturing delays, AstraZeneca will now provide the EU with the 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses it originally agreed to supply.
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Study finds some antibody therapies are not effective against new COVID-19 variants
In vitro neutralisation assays show REGEN-COV and AZD7442 are effective against the new SARS-CoV-2 variants, while other antibody therapies, including Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab, were not.
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EC approves RINVOQ (upadacitinib) to treat active psoriatic arthritis
AbbVie's RINVOQ (upadacitinib) has been approved in the EU to treat adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
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The pandemic and the pharmaceutical world
Pharmacist Ezeokafor Ifeoma Charity explores to what extent COVID-19 has prompted the growth of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Amgen sets target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2027
Amgen has set out the company's seven-year environmental sustainability plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2027.
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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is effective against new, highly transmissible COVID-19 strains, finds study
Research shows that the antibodies induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can neutralise SARS-CoV-2 viruses with the N501Y mutation.
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Value of pharma’s M&A deals remain high, despite COVID-19
Analysts say M&A deals continue to be a core driver of pharma/biopharma industry growth and that 2021 will likely be another year of high deal value.
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