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Merck Announces Retirement of Dr. Roy D. Baynes; Dr. Eliav Barr Appointed Head of Global Clinical Development and Chief Medical Officer

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Baynes, head of Global Clinical Development (GCD) and Chief Medical Officer, Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), will be retiring from Merck in July. He also led the expansion of Merck’s research and development in China and Japan. “It Baynes will be succeeded by Dr. Eliav Barr, senior vice president, Global Clinical Development.

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Partners collaborate on new broad-spectrum antibiotic

Drug Discovery World

.” The announcement follows a report by University of Queensland researchers, which warned a global crisis of antibiotic resistance is inevitable , despite promising developments in new antibiotics.

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

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These risks and uncertainties include those identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Novavax Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Next-generation pipeline for treating mast cell driven diseases 

Drug Discovery World

Granular Therapeutics, a UK-based biotech company specialising in precision biologic therapies for treating mast cell driven disorders, announced clinical candidate selection for its lead programme which has demonstrated promising results in initial preclinical studies. It has developed a pipeline that selectively targets mast cells.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

She has previously been named an MIT Technology Review Top Innovator Under 35, a Forbes 50 Top Women In Tech, a Deloitte Fast 50 Women in Leadership, and has won several prizes, including CEO of Year 2019 at the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards and Best Female-Led Startup at the StartUp Europe Awards in 2019.

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ViiV Healthcare Announces Analysis Showing no Antiretroviral Therapy Interruptions Due to COVID-19 Across its Clinical Development Programme for Investigational, Long-Acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine

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and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today announced the positive findings of a pooled analysis of COVID-19-related impacts across the investigational long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine clinical development programme. Such factors include, but are not limited to, those described under Item 3.D Source: GSK .

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Discovery and development of COVID?19 vaccine from laboratory to clinic

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) which is one of the most widespread and powerful infections affecting human lungs. The requirement of long-term immunity development, safety, efficacy, stability, vaccine allocation, distribution, and finally, its cost is discussed in detail.

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