British drugmaker GSK and U.S.-based Vir Biotechnology will evaluate a second antibody-based treatment in patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 in an early-stage to mid-stage trial.
At the start of 2021, 70 companies raised the price of hundreds of prescription drugs by an average of 3.3%.
Surface Oncology agreed to grant exclusive worldwide licensing rights to GlaxoSmithKline for the development and commercialization of the Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company’s SRF813, a fully human IgG1 antibody and immunotherapy designed to treat cancer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline plc’s Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis who are receiving standard therapy.
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said clinical trials of their Covid-19 vaccine showed an insufficient immune response in older people, delaying its launch to late 2021 and marking a setback in the global fight against the pandemic.
A combination of Canadian drug developer Medicago’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine and a booster from Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline will enter a large study with more than 30,000 volunteers in 2020.
Shortages of flu shots this year are not related to drugmakers ramping up production of potential Covid-19 vaccines, the head of vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said.
Leading pharmaceutical companies – including Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca – are racing ahead to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine.
