
AZD1222 claims 79% effecacy in pivotal US study
For exactly one day, the belief that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 may be better than its reputation lasted. But because the ailing vaccine...

EMA starts rolling review for Sputnik V vaccine
The EU applicant for Gam-COVID-Vac is R-Pharm Germany GmbH. The CHMP’s decision to start the rolling review is based on results from laboratory...

Novel strategy targets chronic liver diseases
The approach published in Nature Cancer leads to a cell-toxic accumulation of saturated fatty acids that drives tumour cells into apoptosis. HCC...

PCR-test reveals risk of genotoxity of genome editing
The new method called single targeted linker-mediated PCR sequencing (CAST-Seq), developed at University Hospital Freiburg, Germany, is set to become...

Roche in take-over deal with GenMark Diagnostics
The US$1.8bn cash merger – US$ 24.05 per share – is set to close in Q2/2021. The price represents a premium of approximately 43% to GenMark’s...

Rentschler Biopharma to produce 100m doses of CureVac vaccine
Rentschler Biopharma SE is preparing large scale cGMP production and formulation of Curevac’s mRNA vaccine CVnCoV. Under a contract, signed in...

Rentschler Biopharma launches gene therapy subsidiary
Monoclonal antibody specialist Rentschler Biopharma SE is moving forward with the expansion of its geographic footprint and technological porttfolio....