The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing Covid-19, in a potentially landmark moment for countries desperate to end lockdowns and reopen economies.
NKarta Therapeutics is using engineered chimeric antigen receptor natural killer T cells (CAR-NKT cells) for allogeneic therapy, showing substantial benefits both in vitro and in vivo, according to the company’s CSO James Trager at the virtual CAR-TCR Summit – Europe.
Novo Nordisk is positioning the company’s type 2 diabetes treatment Ozempic (semaglutide) as an anti-obesity treatment, as data published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the once-weekly dose of the glucagon-like peptide-1 analog significantly reduced weight in patients over the course of 68 weeks.
In a paper published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, a team of researchers called for more prospective studies that will look into the impact COVID-19 has on brain functioning, given the disease has been frequently associated with neurologic symptoms such as seizures and psychosis.
ASH 2020: CRISPR and Vertex’s Potential Cure for Sickle Cell Disease and More Glimmers of Hope
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Analysts, Bristol Myers Squibb, Business, CAR-T Therapy, CD47 Inhibitors, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Clinical Studies, Clinical Trials, CRISPR, Data, Gene Therapy, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Monoclonal Antibodies, New England Journal of Medicine, R&D, Sickle Cell Disease, Therapeutics, Transfusion-Dependent Beta-Thalassemia (TDT)The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition began December 5 with numerous presentations, abstracts and posters.
As Death Toll Climbs, WHO Finds No Benefit with 4 Top Covid-19 Treatments
Antiretrovirals, Biopharma Companies, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Hydroxychloroquine, Interferon-beta-1a, Lopinavir, Mortality Rates, New England Journal of Medicine, R&D, Remdesivir, World Health OrganizationOnce touted as promising treatments and by some even a cure, the World Health Organization dashes those claims, finding no benefit in the use of four popular Covid-19 treatments (remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, or interferon-beta-1a) on hospitalized patients.
Plasma from recovered patients shows little benefit in those hospitalized with Covid-19: study
Antibodies, Argentina, Blood Plasma, Clinical Trials, Convalescent Plasma, Covid-19 Pneumonia, COVID-19 Studies, Donald Trump, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, India, New England Journal of Medicine, R&D, Researchers, Symptoms: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Using blood plasma from Covid-19 survivors to treat patients with severe pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus showed little benefit, according to data released from a clinical trial in Argentina.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted full approval of Genentech’s Venclexta (venetoclax) in combination with azacitidine, or decitabine or low-dose cytarabine for the treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults 75 years or older, or who have comorbidities that preclude use of intensive induction chemotherapy.
Final data from Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antiviral drug remdesivir showed the treatment cut Covid-19 recovery time by five days compared with patients who got a placebo, one day faster than indicated in preliminary data, the company and researchers said.
Final Results of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ ACTT-1 Trial Published in New England Journal of Medicine Expand Clinical Benefits of Veklury® (remdesivir) for the Treatment of COVID-19 — Final Day 29 Data Show Superior Efficacy of Veklury Compared with Placebo in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Standard of Care — —Overall, Treatment with Veklury […]