A recent study published in JAMA Oncology found that although about a third of cancer clinical trials failed to meet their primary endpoints, at oncology meetings they tend to be spun in a positive light.
Swiss pharma giant Roche joined the race to develop a test for COVID-19 antibodies in people who have been exposed to the disease.
A million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by British scientists are already being manufactured and will be available by September 2020, even before trials prove whether the shot is effective, the team said.
Gilead Sciences Inc.’s shares surged 16 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday following a media report detailing encouraging partial data from trials of the U.S. company’s experimental drug remdesivir in severe COVID-19 patients.
Moderna Inc. announced an agreement for a commitment of up to $483 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to accelerate development of the company’s mRNA vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
Ligandal is reportedly the only company developing a prospective “antidote” and vaccine in a single platform for COVID-19, with an approach that could actually help eliminate the virus from an already-infected host, while also bolstering the immune response.
In a controlled laboratory test, Eagle Pharmaceuticals’ malignant hyperthermia treatment Ryanodex (dantrolene sodium) inhibited the growth of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. The company hopes to launch a clinical trial testing the efficacy of the drug in patients.
California-based Dynavax Technologies entered the race alongside Sinovac Biotech to develop a vaccine candidate against COVID-19.
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that results of a four-week pivotal study (SEP361-201) evaluating the safety and efficacy of SEP-363856 in patients with schizophrenia were published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A drug used to treat head lice in humans and parasites in animals demonstrated efficacy against COVID-19 in laboratory tests, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is already warning people to not attempt to self-medicate with the drug to treat the novel coronavirus.
