Healthcare Roundup – Pfizer (PFE), BioNTech (BNTX) vaccine is 95% effective in final analysis; FDA authorizes first at-home rapid COVID-19 test November 18, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Sorrento files IND for antibody nasal spray for COVID-19; EU next to reach deal for Pfizer, BioNTech vaccine November 12, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Futures add to big gains on vaccine hopes after Pfizer interim data, China vaccine trial suspended after ‘severe adverse event’ November 9, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – CytoDyn to file marketing application for leronlimab, Takeda submits supplemental application for Cabometyx October 27, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – CytoDyn study of leronlimab for COVID-19 passes first interim tollgate, Novavax to present COVID-19 vaccine data October 21, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Lilly/Innovent rituximab injection OK’d in China; BioNTech, Pfizer announce rolling submission for COVID-19 vaccine candidate October 9, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Regeneron +2.3% after Trump praises drug, Aprea on go with early-stage study with APR-548 October 8, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Trump taking Regeneron antibody cocktail, Study of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine resumes in Japan October 2, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Analysts move to sidelines on Inovio on delay in pivotal COVID-19 vaccine study, JD.com’s Health-Care Business to go public in Hong Kong September 29, 2020 Life Science
AI Drug R&D Startup XtalPi Announces Over 300 Million Series C Investment Led by SoftBank Vision Fund, PICC Capital, and Morningside September 28, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – White House may overrule tightening of FDA vaccine rules, Novavax initiates pivotal study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate September 25, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – NeuroRx requests emergency use of RLF-100 in COVID-19, AstraZeneca’s late-stage U.S. study of COVID-19 vaccine still on hold September 24, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Stricter FDA standards make COVID-19 vaccine approval unlikely before election day, Adial commence sale of COVID-19 test kits September 23, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Medicare coverage of COVID-19 vaccine not there, Teva launches two digital inhalers in U.S. for asthma September 22, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Moderna expands cystic fibrosis partnership with Vertex Pharma, Moderna teams up with Chiesi Group September 16, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials resume in U.K., Seattle Genetics teams up with Merck in cancer September 15, 2020 Life Science
Healthcare Roundup – Zai Lab’s Zejula OK’d in China, FDA OKs expanded use of Glaxo’s Trelegy Ellipta in asthma September 10, 2020 Life Science
