MHRA approves Pluvicto® and Locametz® for prostate cancer
The UK’s regulator approved Novartis’ radioligand therapy Pluvicto®▼ and radioactive diagnostic agent Locametz® for use in advanced prostate cancer.
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Queen’s Award for Enterprise goes to SGS’s Quay Pharma
SGS’s CDMO Quay Pharma awarded UK’s highest accolade for business success in overseas sales, Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade.
UK approves Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
MHRA approves Moderna’s adapted COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron, for use as a booster.
Phase III trial shows tislelizumab improves outcomes for liver cancer patients
Phase III trial results indicate BeiGene’s tislelizumab improved overall survival in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) versus sorafenib.
4mn dose shortage of GSK’s childhood rotavirus vaccine expected
With vaccination programmes fighting to recover after the pandemic fuelled the “largest backslide” in three decades, GSK says manufacturing challenges will leave a shortage of rotavirus vaccines.
Copper coated surfaces found to reduce COVID-19 transmission
While thin coatings of copper were found to reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral titers on surfaces, silver had a very limited effect.
Is albumin the key to successful nasal vaccines?
A new method of mucosal vaccine delivery that uses albumin to help transport vaccine antigens could lead to better vaccines for HIV and COVID-19.
49 percent ORR for Tagrisso plus savolitinib in lung cancer
Almost half of patients with EGFR-mutated lung cancer with high MET overexpression who had progressed on Tagrisso alone responded to treatment with the addition of savolitinib.
Does terminal sterilisation affect the quality of ophthalmic APIs?
EPR summarises research into the impact of gamma irradiation and ethylene oxide sterilisation treatments on European Pharmacopoeial compliance of common ophthalmic APIs.
Samsung Biologics recognised for sustainable growth
The Frost & Sullivan Institute to present CDMO Samsung Biologics with a Global Enlightened Growth Leadership Award for its commitment to sustainable growth and protecting and prolonging human lives.
Trio of therapies reduces risk of death in patients with severe COVID-19
A combination of dexamethasone, remdesivir, and baricitinib was associated with a ‘significant survival benefit’ when compared with dual therapy of dexamethasone with remdesivir, according to a retrospective study.
Gilead to acquire MiroBio for $405 million
The acquisition will boost Gilead’s capabilities in exploring checkpoint agonist antibodies for treating patients with autoimmune disease, complementing its inflammation research and development strategy.
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Amgen to acquire ChemoCentryx for $3.7bn
The nearly $4bn ChemoCentryx acquisition will expand Amgen’s inflammation and nephrology portfolio and pipeline.
ADC shrinks brain metastases in HER2+ breast cancer patients
Phase II results show a high intracranial response rate in breast cancer patients with active brain metastases treated with trastzumab deruxtecan (T-Dxd), an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC).
How does irradiation sterilisation impact herbal medicines?
EPR discusses the findings of a recent study exploring whether microbicidal treatments using radiation cause the degradation of crude herbal medicinal components.
