First single-dose medicine for P. vivax malaria prequalified by WHO and included in WHO Guidelines
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GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded prequalification to tafenoquine, the first single-dose medicine for the prevention of relapse of Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria. Tafenoquine, co-administered with chloroquine, is now also included in WHO's updated Guidelines for malaria, in South America, marking the first time the medicine has been recommended by WHO. This milestone is a significant step toward closing the treatment gap for P. vivax malaria.
Pfizer announces new Chief Scientific Officer and President, Research & Development
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that after a comprehensive internal and external selection process, the company is appointing Chris Boshoff, M.D., PhD, as Chief Scientific Officer and President, Research & Development effective January 1, 2025. Dr. Boshoff, who most recently served as Chief Oncology Officer and Executive Vice President, will succeed Dr. Mikael Dolsten whose departure from Pfizer was announced earlier this year. In his new role, Dr. Boshoff will remain a member of Pfizer's Executive Leadership Team reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Albert Bourla, and he will oversee all functions of Research & Development across all therapeutic areas.
AstraZeneca invests $3.5 billion in R&D and manufacturing in the United States
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AstraZeneca has announced $3.5 billion of capital investment in the United States focused on expanding the Company's research and manufacturing footprint by the end of 2026. This includes $2 billion of new investment creating more than a thousand new, high-skilled jobs contributing to the growth of the US economy.
Bayer Foundation announces Science Awards winners of 2024
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Professor Meritxell Huch receives this year's Otto Bayer Award. The Otto Bayer Award is presented alternating with the Hansen Family Award every second year. The award recognizes leading scientists working in German-speaking countries for ground-breaking research in chemistry or biochemistry. The award with a prize money of EUR 75,000 was generously established in 1984 by a provision in the will of Professor Otto Bayer, a former Director of Research at Bayer AG.
GSK enters agreement to acquire CMG1A46 from Chimagen Biosciences to expand immunology pipeline
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GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) and Chimagen Biosciences (Chimagen), a privately held biotechnology company, announced an agreement for GSK to acquire CMG1A46, a clinical-stage dual CD19 and CD20-targeted T cell-engager (TCE), from Chimagen for $300 million upfront. GSK plans to develop and commercialise CMG1A46 with a focus on B cell-driven autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN), with potential to expand into related autoimmune diseases.
Bayer and Dewpoint Therapeutics sign licensing agreement for heart disease program
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Bayer has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc. for a heart disease program to treat dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients, who are characterized through carrying specific mutations. This is the first option exercise under the research collaboration between Bayer and Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc., which began in November 2019. It leverages Dewpoint's proprietary platform for biomolecular condensates and Bayer's small molecule R&D capabilities to develop new treatments for cardiovascular and renal diseases.
U.S. FDA approves Pfizer's RSV vaccine ABRYSVO® for adults aged 18 to 59 at increased risk for disease
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ABRYSVO ® (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine), the company's bivalent RSV prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine, for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in individuals 18 through 59 years of age who are at increased risk for LRTD caused by RSV. ABRYSVO now offers the broadest RSV vaccine indication for adults, which previously included those 60 years and older.
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