
EU orders 100 million additional doses from Biontech
To avoid supply shortages that could occur as a result of restricted use of adenoviral COVID-19 vaccines, the European Commission has acquired...

Endeavour Medtech Growth II LP closes at $375m
The fund will pursue the strategy to support innovative growth-stage medtech and digital health companies.Both new and returning investors supported...

Servier and MiNA Therapeutics sign €220m deal
Under the agreement, MiNA Therapeutics will use its small activating RNA platform (saRNA) to identify candicate saRNAs that can restore normal cell...

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 differently
Using X-ray crystallography, Sebastian Günther and colleagues screened more than 5,000 drug compounds, identified seven compounds that bind to Mpro,...

Roche Phase III study misses COVID-19 endpoint
In the Phase III REMDACTA trial, the Swiss pharma major combined its cytokine storm blocker tocolizumab with Gilead Science’s viral transcription...

EMA: AZD1222 causes serious rare ADEs
However, the EMA has no idea which component of the cheapest COVID-19 vaccine on the market is supposed to cause the splanchnic leg and sinus vein...

EMA recommends to continue AZD1222 vaccinations
After the stops of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine or specific batches of it in 13 EU member states, the EU regulatory authority EMA has analysed the...