Category: Pharmaceuticals
Personalized cancer vaccines show positive results in early trials
A new class of personalized cancer vaccines has showed positive results, keeping the disease in check, in two early-stage clinical trials. Scientists believe this could lead to new way to help the immune system fight back against the disease. Although […]
Pharma giants looking to AI to speed up drug discovery
The world’s leading pharmaceutical companies are looking into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost the speed of drug discovery, with Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) leading the pack with the signing of a new US$43 million deal in the […]
New antiviral drug candidate inhibits SARS, MERS, bat coronaviruses
A new antiviral drug candidate, called GS-5734, inhibits a broad range of coronaviruses, including the SARS and MERS coronaviruses, according to a report by a multi-institutional team of investigators. Further development of the drug candidate for the treatment and prevention […]
Simplified new-gen antibiotic effective against multi-drug resistant infections
Simplified forms of a new generation antibiotic called teixobactin produced by scientists have been found to be successful in defeating multi-drug resistant infections such as MRSA. The team, led by Dr. Ishwar Singh at the University of Lincoln in the […]
Global drug sale forecasts decline as industry pricing face scrutiny
Analysts’ worldwide drug sale forecasts fell down for the first time in 10 years – going down to US$1.06 trillion in 2022from last year’s US$1.12 trillion forecast – as industry pricing continues to face scrutiny and pressure, especially in the […]
Vaccine that could lower cholesterol starts phase I human trial
A new vaccine that could potentially help lower high levels of cholesterol is now starting a phase I trial in human patients following successful results in mice. The study is the first to show that it is possible to immunize […]
WHO releases new essential drug list to curb antimicrobial resistance
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new “essential medicines list” categorizing antibiotics into three groups in an attempt to fight antimicrobial resistance. The new classification list includes 39 antibiotics for 21 common syndromes classified into “Access”, “Watch” and […]
Prostate cancer drug improved patient survival in large clinical trial
A prostate cancer drug therapy targeting cancer that has already spread was found to improve patient survival in one of the largest clinical trials for the disease, UK researchers said. The drug, called abiraterone, was used in the trial as […]
Doctors, pharma execs worry over India’s generics-only plan
Doctors, health experts and pharmaceutical executives in India have expressed their worries over the country’s plan to enact a law that will ensure doctors will only prescribe medicines by their generic names as the move might increase the sale of […]
US FDA approves first ALS drug treatment in over 20 years
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug to treat the fatal neurological disorder ALS, becoming the first such regulatory approval in the US in more than 20 years. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes known as […]
