CanSino taps partner for inhaled COVID vaccine

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Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral is expected to work against the omicron variant

Pfizer said it expects its antiviral pill Paxlovid to provide protection against the omicron variant of the coronavirus, amid worldwide concern that existing medications and vaccines would not work against the newly mutated version.

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Viatris gets shot to shed infringement claims in long-running patent kerfuffle on AstraZeneca's Symbicort

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has vacated a judgement of infringement against Mylan and its partner Kindeva Drug Delivery after it determined that a federal court in West Virginia misinterpreted part of Symbicort's patents. At the same time, the appeals court upheld the lower court's decision not to invalidate the three AZ patents in question, effectively upholding the IP barrier for Symbicort.

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CanSino taps Aerogen for development, commercial supply of inhaled COVID-19 vaccine hopeful

CanSino and Aerogen are teaming up to develop and market an inhaled version of CanSino's recombinant COVID-19 shot Convidecia, which is already approved in China as a one-and-done injectable. Because aerosol delivery requires a "considerably smaller volume of vaccine," the partners' inhaled prospect could help stretch capacity and enable more patients to access the inoculation, the companies said.

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Aerami Therapeutics, eager to breeze into smart inhaler market, unveils $250M SPAC deal

Biopharma is no stranger to the special purpose acquisition company dealmaking spree of 2020 and 2021. Now, inhaled therapy specialist Aerami Therapeutics is getting in on the action, just in time to ride the SPAC train into the new year. 

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Former Iterum VP returns as medical chief to give ex-Pfizer antibiotic another shot at approval

Iterum Therapeutics is hoping it can secure an FDA approval after getting rejected by the agency in July, but first it needs a medical leader in place. The biotech rehired Sailaja Puttagunta, M.D., a former vice president, to get its oral antibiotic through another trial in hopes of scoring an approval.

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