BioNTech and Fosun Pharma kick off Chinese COVID-19 trials
BioNTech SE and its partner Fosun Pharma Co. Ltd have selected another COVID-19 vaccine candidate for Phase I testing in China than tested in global Phase III trials.
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Evotec partners with Secarna to develop LNA drugs
Evotec SE has secured a strategic partnership with Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH to co-develop a LNA drug pipeline.
Rapid test for pandemics
Rapid tests have received a lot of attention during the Coronavirus pandemic, but as the number of tests available has increased, so has the confusion around the different types and what they can deliver. What if there were laboratory quality tests that could produce a result in just a few minutes?
EC secures 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
The European Commission has reserved 300 million doses from Sanofi SA’/GSK plc’s adjuvanted recombinant COVID-19 vaccine.
Roche’s IL-6 receptor blocker fails in Phase III
Roche has reported the failure of its IL-6R antagonist tocilizumab in patients with COVID-19 putting the efficacy of IL-6 inhibition at question.
Enthera Pharmaceuticals Srl raises €28m in Series A financing
Italian start-up Enthera Pharmaceuticals has raised €28m to advance restorative therapy for type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease.
Vital expertise in oncolytic virus production
Oncolytic viruses, viral vectors for gene therapy and viral-vectored prophylactic vaccines, are new, innovative, and already successful approaches for the treatment of severe diseases. The production of these viruses requires extensive experience and specially-designed GMP clean rooms. Vibalogics offers both.
Polyphor AG bags CHF19.3 in equity financing
Swiss Polyphor AG has strengthened its financial flexibility with an equity-linked financing.
A plucked chicken named Horizon Europe
According to current information, the European Research Framework Programme "Horizon Europe" is likely to be among the indirect victims of the Corona pandemic: A large part of the funds earmarked will now go to the € 750 billion rescue fund.
Defining the bioprocess is early quality control
As the process determines the product, product characteristics of biological drugs need to be analysed thoroughly right from the beginning of the drug development process. Early understanding of structure-function relationships, aggregation, microheterogenicity, and glycosylation, and more, helps minimise development risks.