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Moderna’s mRNA Therapeutic Helps Patients With Heart Failure

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Moderna recently announced that its mRNA therapeutic for heart failure patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery met its primary endpoint in a Phase 2 study.  The...

Opdivo Plus Chemotherapy Helps Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

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Bristol Myers Squibb recently announced that Opdivo plus chemotherapy significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) in patients with resectable stage IB to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer...

Jardiance Slows Kidney Decline by 40% in Heart Failure Patients

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Eli Lilly and Company recently announced that Jardiance slowed kidney function decline in adults with heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) over 40 percent regardless of chronic...

GSK’s Daprodustat Effective in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

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GSK recently announced that its drug, daprodustat, was safe and effective in patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD).  The Phase 3 ASCENT trial studied the hypoxia-inducible...

Moderna Enters Partnership To Advance Gene Editing Therapeutics

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Moderna and Metagenomi recently entered into a strategic research and development collaboration to advance new gene editing systems for in vivo human therapeutic applications. Under the terms of the...

Gilead, Merck Initiate Phase 2 Study for HIV Treatment in Adults

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Gilead and Merck recently announced the start of a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating a combination HIV treatment regimen in adults living with the disease. The open-label study will evaluate the...

Abbott Increases Clinical Trial Diversity In Medical Research

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Abbott recently launched a new initiative to increase clinical trial diversity in medical research through training, education, and improved clinical research infrastructure throughout the...

Roche Launches Genomic Profiling Kit to Boost Oncology Research

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Roche recently launched the AVENIO Tumor Tissue CGP Kit, a genomic profiling kit to allow laboratories to expand their oncology research in-house.  AVENIO Tumor Tissue CGP Kit is a...

Collaboration to Study Antibody Drug, Keytruda in Lung Cancer

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Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca recently entered into a second clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Merck to evaluate an antibody-drug conjugate with Keytruda in patients with...

Eli Lilly Drug Proves Effective In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

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Eli Lilly and Company recently announced that tirzepatide elicited superior A1C and body weight reductions from baseline in adults with type 2 diabetes with increased cardiovascular risk.  Data...

Bristol Myers Squibb Reinforces Efficacy of MS Drug, Zeposia

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Bristol Myers Squibb recently announced interim results from a Phase 3 open-label extension trial, which showed the long-term efficacy and safety profile of Zeposia in patients with relapsing forms of...

FDA Approves Eli Lilly and Company’s Breast Cancer Treatment

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FDA recently approved Eli Lilly and Company’s Verzenio to treat adult patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-), early breast...

Cerner Leverages Real-World Evidence to Advance Therapies

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Cerner recently launched a new operating unit, Cerner Enviza, that offers data-driven solutions and research services to clarify multi-dimensional data through real-world evidence and...

Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose 95.6% Effective

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Pfizer and BioNTech recently announced that their COVID-19 vaccine booster was 95.6 percent effective in individuals compared to placebo.    The randomized, controlled Phase 3 trial...

WHO Recommends Broad Roll-Out of GSK’s Malaria Vaccine For Children

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GSK recently welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation for the broader development of GSK’s RTS, S malaria vaccine to reduce childhood illness and deaths from malaria in...

J&J Submits Data to FDA to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

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Johnson & Johnson recently submitted data to the FDA to support its COVID-19 vaccine booster shot in adults 18 and older. The submission includes results from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE study, which...

Johnson & Johnson Launches Phase 3 Trial of RSV Vaccine in Adults

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Johnson & Johnson recently initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial to study its RSV vaccine's efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity against lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in adults. The...

AstraZeneca Requests FDA EUA for COVID-19 Antibody Combination

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AstraZeneca recently submitted a request to FDA for an emergency use authorization for its long-acting COVID-19 antibody combination, AZD7442. AstraZeneca optimized AZD7442 using its YTE half-life...

Regeneron’s COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Helps Hospitalized Patients

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Regeneron recently announced that its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, REGEN-COV, significantly reduced viral load in patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. The trial enrolled 1,197 patients to...

Pfizer Submits Data to FDA For COVID-19 Vaccine in Children

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Pfizer and BioNTech recently submitted data to FDA from the Phase 2/3 clinical trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in children five to 11 years of age.   Last week, the companies announced that...