Today's Rundown Featured Story | | | Wednesday, May 13, 2020 U.S. Big Pharma Pfizer and German biotech partner BioNTech are looking to ramp up trials of its vaccines against COVID-19 with a major scaled-up test plotted for the fall. |
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Top Stories Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Sunovion Pharma is calling it quits on dasotraline, a dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor it was developing for binge eating disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It withdrew New Drug Applications for both indications and stopped development of the program. Tuesday, May 12, 2020 The U.K.’s Wellcome Trust has spun out a new nonprofit with a hefty seed fund and some big names to battle against “the most pressing global health challenges of our time.” Monday, May 11, 2020 Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Takeda leaders share five ways to adjust to protect people’s families, colleagues and community, while maintaining a commitment to the people who need Takeda’s medicines. Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Avrobio has provided interim data from a phase 2 trial of its Fabry disease gene therapy AVR-RD-01. The update shows the positive effects on biomarkers seen early in the trial have now persisted for up to 22 months, leading Avrobio to talk up the durability of its one-time treatment. Wednesday, May 13, 2020 QurAlis has officially launched under a $42 million series A round with a focus on new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and genetically related frontotemporal dementia. Tuesday, May 12, 2020 The U.S. clinical testing giants Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp are broadening the availability of their COVID-19 diagnostic tests, opening up their use nationwide. Tuesday, May 12, 2020 After scoring an early authorization for its COVID-19 therapy remdesivir, Gilead Sciences has been on the hunt for manufacturing partners to help boost production for the in-demand drug. Through a series of licensing agreements, Gilead has taken the first steps to build that network. |  | Experts in our field; with 20+ years’ experience in Viral Vector & plasmid DNA (R&D, High Quality and GMP) manufacture for pre-clinical, clinical & commercial supply. Take a virtual tour of our facilities & find out more about our expansion project. |
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