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Drug discovery hotspots: What is the secret to Switzerland’s success? (p1)

Drug Discovery World

Superlab Suisse, a provider of laboratory and research spaces, is a great example of this mix of regionality and reproducibility. This also means there is no shortage of skilled workers thanks to the universities and the well-established apprenticeship system, for example, in the field of biology laboratory technicians.

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FDA Approves Zokinvy (lonafarnib) for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Processing-Deficient Progeroid Laminopathies

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FDA Approves Zokinvy (lonafarnib) for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Processing-Deficient Progeroid Laminopathies. The increase in survival observed with Zokinvy was derived from two open-label clinical trials (N=62) conducted at Boston Children’s Hospital. PALO ALTO, Calif.,

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Where is the promise for plant-based medicines? Part 1: Cannabis  

Drug Discovery World

Even still, these approved drug products require a licensed healthcare provider’s prescription. With these exceptions, no other cannabis, cannabis-derived, or cannabidiol (CBD) products are FDA-approved and therefore on the market 1.

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Lilly accelerating baricitinib’s availability in India following receipt of permission for restricted emergency use as a COVID-19 therapy via donations and licensing agreements | Eli Lilly and Company

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Lilly is offering donations of baricitinib to the Indian government through Direct Relief while simultaneously working with local Indian pharmaceutical companies to execute royalty-free voluntary licensing agreements to accelerate the manufacturing and distribution of the medicine in India during the pandemic.

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Biopharma Update on the Novel Coronavirus: October 27

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FDA Actions. FDA Approval: Last week the FDA approved Veklury (remdesivir) for the treatment of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older). Food and Drug Administration greenlit the restart of AstraZeneca’s Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trial, the U.K.-based

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GSK receives FDA accelerated approval for JEMPERLI (dostarlimab-gxly) for adult patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced solid tumours

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Second FDA approved indication for dostarlimab in 2021 GARNET study demonstrated objective response rate of 41.6% This indication received accelerated approval based on tumour response rate and durability of response. The GARNET trial is a multicentre, non-randomised, multiple parallel-cohort, open-label study.

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Regeneron Announces Encouraging Initial Data from COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Trial in Hospitalized Patients on Low-flow Oxygen

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As in earlier outpatient trial, immune status when patients entered the trial was a strong predictor of viral load and clinical outcomes. The primary clinical objective of this initial analysis was to determine if there was sufficient efficacy in these patients to warrant continuing the trial (i.e., futility analysis).