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Novartis announces broad range of initiatives to respond to COVID-19 Pandemic; Creates USD 20 million global fund to support impacted communities
Novartis today announced a broad set of measures to support the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures include the creation of a global fund to support communities around the world impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the company's decision to join two key cross-industry R&D initiatives. Roche's cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test to detect novel coronavirus receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the cobas® SARS-CoV-2 Test. It is intended for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, in nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab samples from patients who meet COVID-19 clinical and/or epidemiological criteria for testing. U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Opdivo® (nivolumab) + Yervoy® (ipilimumab) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) previously treated with sorafenib
Bristol Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) 1 mg/kg plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) 3 mg/kg (injections for intravenous use) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients who have been previously treated with sorafenib.1,2 Approval for this indication has been granted under accelerated approval based on Voluntis and Bristol-Myers Squibb to co-develop digital therapeutics for oncology
Voluntis (Euronext Paris, Ticker: VTX - ISIN: FR0004183960), a leader in digital therapeutics, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced a collaboration agreement to create and investigate digital therapeutic solutions that will support cancer patients. Leveraging Theraxium Oncology, Voluntis' core platform for digital therapeutics in oncology, International research partnership and EDCTP to invest €44m in next-generation antimalarials to combat drug-resistant malaria in Africa
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) awarded a new grant to the new PAMAfrica research consortium led by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). The consortium will support the development of new treatments for malaria in the most-at-risk populations, including babies, patients with severe malaria, and those with drug-resistant infections. First-of-its-kind global collaboration launched to develop transformative treatment regimens for tuberculosis
The consortium of philanthropic, non-profit and private sector organisations launched a collaboration that aims to accelerate the development of novel "pan-TB" drug regimens for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) that are ready for phase 3 development. The regimens will be designed to have little to no drug resistance and an acceptable safety profile, and be better-tolerated, shorter in duration and simpler to use than existing options. More Pharma News ...
Business & Industry
- Consignment of 30 million hydroxychloroquine tablets ships to US Department of Health and Human Services
- Novartis and life sciences companies commit expertise and assets to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic alongside Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Amgen and the Amgen Foundation commit up to $12.5 million to support COVID-19 relief efforts
- Roche response to COVID-19 pandemic
- AstraZeneca to donate 9 million face masks to support healthcare workers around the world in the fight against COVID-19
Research & Development
- FDA approves first plasma therapy for Houston Methodist COVID-19 patient
- Experimental AI tool predicts which COVID-19 patients develop respiratory disease
- Nafamostat is expected to prevent the transmission of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)
- Singapore modelling study estimates impact of physical distancing on reducing spread of COVID-19
- CAR macrophages go beyond T cells to fight solid tumors
- Vivli to launch a portal for sharing data from COVID-19 trials
- Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic
Conferences & Events
- Pre-Filled Syringes West Coast 2021
- Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast Conference 2020
- SMi's 4th Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology West Coast
- SMi's 20th Annual Pain Therapeutics Conference 2020
- SMi's 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast
- SMi's 22nd Annual Superbugs & Superdrugs Conference 2020
- SMi Presents the 3rd Annual Conference: Injectable Drug Delivery 2020
Regulatory Affairs
- The FDA is facilitating access to convalescent plasma collected from recovered COVID-19 patients
- FDA continues to facilitate development of COVID-19 treatments
- FDA and FTC warn seven companies selling fraudulent products that claim to treat or prevent COVID-19
- FDA approves new treatment for adults with Cushing's disease
- FDA approves first generic of Daraprim