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Moderna on Wednesday said its combination vaccine to protect against both COVID-19 and influenza generated a strong immune response compared to individual shots for the viruses in an early-stage study.

Britain’s AstraZeneca said it will pay $425 million to settle lawsuits in the United States that claimed its heartburn drugs Nexium and Prilosec caused chronic kidney disease.

Today the company lifted its medium-term growth forecast for its HIV drugs business ViiV, encouraged by strong sales of long-acting injections that aim to replace daily pills for preventing and treating the infection.

Drugmaker Scynexis said on Monday it would voluntarily recall its antifungal drug Brexafemme from the market and put a temporary hold on studies of the therapy due to the potential risk of cross contamination with another compound.

The company’s HIV-focused unit ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir long-acting injectable and tablets received the authorization.

Following a regulatory victory for Jemperli in endometrial cancer last month, GSK continues its oncology winning streak with an FDA approval for momelotinib in myelofibrosis with anemia.

Last November Blenrep failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study that was designed to show it was better than an existing treatment on the market, leading GSK to stop selling the drug in the United States.

This week, GSK is expecting a verdict for its myelofibrosis candidate momelotinib and Alnylam will make the case for patisiran in cardiomyopathy of ATTR amyloidosis.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer’s (PFE.N) respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in women during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their babies.

British biopharmaceutical giant GSK sued Pfizer in Delaware federal court on Wednesday, accusing Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Abrysvo of violating GSK’s patent rights in its rival RSV shot Arexvy.