Research & Evidence

AbbVie, Caribou Biosciences to Develop CAR-T Cell Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

AbbVie and Caribou Biosciences recently entered into a collaboration and license agreement to research and develop chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapeutics. The companies will leverage...

FDA Approves Bristol Meyers Squibb CAR T Cell Therapy for Lymphoma

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved Bristol Meyer Squibb’s CAR-T cell therapy Breyanzi for the treatment of certain types of large B-cell lymphoma in patients who have not responded to previous treatment...

Siemens Healthineers Receives CE Mark for COVID-19 Antigen Test

by Samantha McGrail

Siemens Healthineers recently announced that it received the CE mark to use anterior nose swab sampling for its COVID-19 antigen test. The CLINITEST Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test is a point-of-care...

Roche to Launch Self-Administered COVID-19 Antigen Test

by Samantha McGrail

Roche recently announced that it received the CE mark for its new self-administered COVID-19 antigen test, which will be available in countries accepting the CE mark by the middle of this...

Top Pharma Companies Boost Access to Drug Development Pipeline

by Samantha McGrail

Eight top pharmaceutical companies are moving to systematically enhance their drug development pipeline, with plans to boost access to products in low-and middle-income countries, according to the 2021...

First Patient Dosed in Trial of Two Separate COVID-19 Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company, Vir Biotechnology, and GSK recently collaborated to evaluate a combination of two COVID-19 therapies in low-risk patients with mild to moderate coronavirus. Eli Lilly and...

GSK, Novartis to Study Genetic Diversity for Drug Development

by Samantha McGrail

GSK and Novartis recently announced a research collaboration to uncover potential links between genetic diversity across regions in Africa and drug response and ultimately drug development. The...

J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine 66% Effective in Moderate, Severe Cases

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that a single-dose of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Ad26.COV2.S, was 66 percent effective at preventing moderate to severe coronavirus in a Phase 3 clinical...

Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine 89% Effective Against UK COVID-19 Strain

by Samantha McGrail

Novavax recently announced that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, was 89.3 percent effective in the Phase 3 UK clinical trial. The trial also found that the vaccine was  95.6 percent...

FDA Authorizes First Long-Acting Injectable for HIV Treatment

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved ViiV Healthcare’s Cabenuva, the first and only complete long-acting injectable HIV treatment for positive adults.  The drug will be administered to HIV-positive adults...

COVID-19 Vaccine Dominates 2021 Pharmaceutical Industry Trends

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Future industry-wide trends for pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers are taking root as the industry continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to the full podcast to hear...

Eli Lilly, Merus to Develop T-Cell Bispecific Antibody Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Loxo Oncology, a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, and Merus N.V. recently announced a collaboration and exclusive license agreement to research and develop up to three CD3-engaging T-cell...

Kaiser to Track Serious Adverse Events From COVID-19 Vaccination

by Samantha McGrail

Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center, part of the company’s Northern California Division of Research, recently announced that it will oversee electronic patient records and uncover any adverse...

NIH Initiates Trial to Evaluate COVID-19 Antibody Therapy

by Samantha McGrail

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced that a Phase 2/3 clinical trial has begun to evaluate a combination investigational monoclonal COVID-19 antibody therapy. The trial, ACTIV-2,...

Kite, Oxford BioTherapeutics Partner to Research Cell Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Kite, a Gilead Company, and Oxford BioTherapeutics recently entered into a collaboration to research and evaluate five novel cell therapies for hematologic and solid tumor indications.  Oxford...

Fujifilm to Invest $40M in Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility

by Samantha McGrail

Fujifilm Corporation will invest $40 million to establish a new processing facility to advance viral vector manufacturing and perform cutting-edge research in the field of advanced therapies in the...

FDA Approves First Generic Drug for Severe Hypoglycemia

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved the first generic drug for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia, which may occur in patients with diabetes mellitus.  Amphastar Pharmaceutical’s generic of glucagon...

EU to Acquire Extra 100M Doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and BioNTech recently announced that an additional 100 million doses of their mRNA COVID-19 vaccine will go to 27 European Union (EU) member states this year.  The commitment comes just...

More Positive Data Released for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

by Samantha McGrail

A two-dose regimen of Pfizer and BioNTech’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2, elicited 95 percent protection against the coronavirus in individuals 16 years of age or older, according to a recent...

FDA Issues Second COVID-19 Vaccine EUA to Moderna for mRNA Shot

by Hannah Nelson

The Food and Drug Administration has issued the second emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine to Moderna, allowing for national distribution. All available data show that the vaccine...