Mayo Clinic launched two new tech venture companies designed to harness artificial intelligence (AI) and medical algorithms and create “software as medical devices” that clinicians can use to improve treatment across different diseases. 

Medicago said on March 16 the Canadian drug developer had started a late-stage study of the company’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine combined with an adjuvant from GlaxoSmithKline.

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France-based Servier and U.K.-based MiNA Therapeutics are partnering on small activating RNA (saRNA) therapies to treat neurological diseases

Stephen Byers, Ph.D., associate director and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi, and his team published a paper in the journal Gastroenterology regarding their findings of a novel target for pancreatic cancer therapy.

Affinivax Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of a novel class of vaccines with its MAPS (Multiple Antigen Presenting System) platform, announced the closing of a $226 million Series C financing.

Global health innovation leader W2O announced the acquisitions of tech-enabled companies Swoop and IPM.ai, further accelerating what is expected to be the company’s 20th consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth.

Swiss pharma giant Novartis AG is harnessing the power of Zurich-based Molecular Partners AG’s DARPin platform to develop two therapeutic candidates that could both be used to prevent and treat Covid-19 infection.

Full-service healthcare communications marketing agency MicroMass Communications launched the podcast series Intersect, which tells stories of behavioral science in action.

Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals filed lawsuits against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, as well as Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech, claiming the companies infringed on Allele’s patented mNeonGreen technology in the development of their Covid-19 treatments.