ViiV Healthcare announces investigational injectable cabotegravir is superior to oral standard of care for HIV prevention in women Interim analysis from HPTN 084 study shows long-acting injectable cabotegravir administered every […]
Oxford University will study whether the world’s best-selling prescription medicine adalimumab was an effective treatment for Covid-19 patients in the latest effort to repurpose existing drugs as potential coronavirus therapies.
Johnson & Johnson is in talks with the government of Japan and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation about locking up allocations of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in advance of the company producing any of the medicines, the company’s Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk told Reuters in an interview.
A summit hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set a goal of at least $7.4 billion to go to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Numerous major global biopharma companies reported first-quarter 2020 earnings. Typically, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the companies, although not necessarily in a straightforward way. Many of the companies reported increased sales for the quarter as customers increased stockpiles and inventory in preparation for the pandemic, while other forms of sales and clinical trials were negatively impacted. Here’s a look.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced plans to invest $200 million over four years in support of affordable gene therapies for sickle cell disease and HIV.
Vir Biotechnology priced the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at $20 a share, at the bottom end of expectations, the latest underwhelming investment performance for a stock held by SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation granted Watertown, Massachusetts-based Lyndra Therapeutics a $13 million grant to develop a once-a-month oral contraceptive.
Spero Therapeutics and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation teamed up to take on the challenge of a lung infection designated as a critical concern by the World Health Organization.
Germany-based Evotec SE followed up a string of collaborations with pharma companies with the $90 million acquisition of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed Just Biotherapeutics Inc.
