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Top Stories By Kyle LaHucik After not-so-promising results from a phase 1 trial, Altimmune is scrapping its COVID-19 vaccine nasal spray candidate and stopping further enrollment in a COVID-19 therapeutic program. The news comes just as the Delta variant picks up steam around the world. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Cerevel Therapeutics’ schizophrenia prospect has impressed in a phase 1b clinical trial, triggering a 136% surge in the stock price. The Pfizer spinout is now preparing to move into phase 2 and looking into additional indications including dementia-related psychosis. read more Sponsored by: Alexion An experiential learning program where Alexion employees “walk in the shoes” of patients to deepen understanding of the rare disease journey and develop impactful solutions. Learn more about LEAP. read more By Amirah Al Idrus As Gilead works with Merck to combine their long-acting HIV drugs, the antiviral giant is hustling its prospect as a single therapy to the FDA. The treatment, lenacapavir, could become a new hope for patients whose infection has evaded current treatments and who have few options. read more By Ben Adams Infectious disease biotech and Fierce 15 winner Atea Pharmaceuticals alongside partner Roche have shown their antiviral can cut the viral load of SARS-CoV-02 in ill patients, though more data from a bigger trial will be needed to detail the level of success. read more By Nick Paul Taylor ArriVent Biopharma has raised up to $150 million to in-license assets from China and other emerging biotech hubs and develop them for use in other markets. The biotech has already picked up ex-China rights to an EGFR TKI that it plans to study in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in the U.S. read more By Beth Snyder Bulik Moderna has officially earned European Medicine Association approval for Spikevax as its COVID-19 vaccine brand name. Now, it joins Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty and AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria, all with European name approvals, in awaiting a U.S. nod. read more By Dave Muoio A new watchdog report commended CMS' design of preparedness requirements for emergencies like COVID-19, but found that enforcement requires the agency to have more authority over the private accreditation organizations that survey hospitals. read more By Andrea Park With the COVID-19 pandemic still making it difficult to initiate studies in research centers, virtual clinical studies have become all the rage—and Medtronic is hopping on the bandwagon. read more |  | Health Care Is Home Care From study drug administration to blood draws, Marken’s fully integrated home healthcare solutions make participation in clinical research as simple as possible for patients. Learn more. |
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