Category: Pharmaceuticals
Malaria vaccine developed by Australian scientists passes early human trials
A new malaria vaccine developed by Australian scientists has passed early human trials, marking a world-first breakthrough in vaccine development for the mosquito-borne disease that kills up to half a million people each year. The vaccine, called PlasProtecT, developed by […]
New evolocumab drug more effective than statins in cutting cholesterol levels
A new innovative drug, called evolocumab, has been found to be more effective than the often-prescribed statins in cutting down the levels of bad cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The positive results of the international […]
Two-part vaccine shows potential for long-lasting protection against Ebola
A two-part vaccine from Johnson & Johnson and Danish partner Bavarian Nordic has shown promising results in offering long-lasting protection against the deadly Ebola virus. The vaccine induced a durable immune response lasting a full year in 100% of healthy […]
HIV vaccine leaves five patients without need for daily drugs in early trials
A new development in the search for a functional HIV cure has been made in the early trials of a vaccine-based treatment that combines two new HIV vaccines with a drug usually used to treat cancer. The new treatment proved […]
CEPI urges fast-tracking of vaccines for three potential disease outbreaks
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a public-private coalition that aims to derail epidemics by speeding development of vaccines, has committed US$460million to speed up vaccine development for MERS, Lassa fever and Nipah virus – three relatively little-known diseases […]
US CDC finds superbug resistant to all kinds of antibiotic
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report has confirmed that a 70-year-old woman from Nevada in the US has died after being infected with a superbug that is “resistant to all available antimicrobial drugs”. The victim broke […]
Guardant Health partners with top pharma companies to speed clinical trials
Guardant Health, an oncology-focused company based in California in the US, is partnering with leading international pharmaceutical companies to create a 500-plus-gene liquid biopsy panel that will help drug companies accelerate clinical trials and the development of targeted cancer drugs […]
Novartis invests in potential cardiovascular therapies from Ionis
Basel, Switzerland-based multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis International AG has entered into a collaboration and option agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its subsidiary Akcea Therapeutics Inc. to license two experimental cardiovascular treatments. The investigational antisense therapies – called AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx and […]
US judge favors Amgen Inc. in patent lawsuit against Sanofi, Regeneron
A federal judge in the state of Delaware in the US has favored California-based multinational biopharmaceutical company Amgen Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. over a cholesterol drug. U.S. District Judge Sue […]
Quetta, Pakistan launches five-day polio campaign as officials find rare strain
The southwestern city of Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province in Pakistan, has launched a new five-day polio immunization campaign for children under five years of age after sewage samples were found to contain a rare strain of the virus, […]
