The current COVID-19 pandemic situation has shown that repurposing drugs can be crucial for delivering new treatments to patients with agility. Existing drugs can be developed to bring fast, safe and cost-effective treatments for a wide range of conditions. The improved use of data and the development of advanced AI-based technologies enable the fast and effective identification of drugs, accelerating drug discovery, repurposing and innovation.
Development of the large-scale vaccine production process remains an inherently challenging undertaking. Given this complexity, it is more important than ever for vaccine manufacturers to collaborate with experienced technology providers. Such partners can provide critical support from development through manufacturing, helping to eliminate bottlenecks and accelerating production of urgently needed vaccines.
More than 3,000 attendees are participating in the Global Bioeconomy Summit, currently taking place virtually until 20th November. Today, the plenary program and the livestream of the conference kicked-off.
As investments into COVID-19 therapeutics is no EU priority, development is lagging behind the US. Now, CORAT Therapeutics candidate COR101 is set to enter clinical testing.
After BioNTech SE reported that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2 was over 90% efficient in a Phase III trial, Moderna Inc announced an efficacy of 94.5%.
Evotec SE is set to expand the company’s existing campus in Milton Park/Abingdon, UK, into a major, fully-integrated drug discovery and development centre.
Pfizer and Biontech SE have reached an agreement with the European Commission to supply 200 million doses of their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
More than 1,800 attendees already registered for the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020. The conference takes place virtually from November 16 to 20.
Interim data on BioNtechs/Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2 suggest an efficacy of more than 90% – 30% better than required by the FDA.
Swiss drugmaker Vifor Pharma has licenced US and EU commercialisation rights of Angion Biomedicas experimental kidney drug ANG-3777.