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'COVAXIN': India's first Covid vaccine gets DGCI's approval for clinical trials
Bharat Biotech, has successfully developed Covaxin, India's 1st vaccine candidate for COVID-19, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV). The SARS-CoV-2 strain was isolated in NIV, Pune and transferred to Bharat Biotech
Biotechnology | 30/06/2020 | By Darshana | 315
Hetero Healthcare set to supply 20,000 vials of generic remdesivir across country
Following the approval of "Covifor", the generic of remdesivir by DCGI, Hetero Healthcare Limited, a group company of Hetero is set to deliver the first set of 20,000 vials in two equal lots of 10,000 each
Biotechnology | 25/06/2020 | By Darshana | 411
Novartis discontinues hydroxychloroquine trial for COVID-19 due to acute enrollment challenges
Novartis has made the decision to stop and discontinue its sponsored hydroxychloroquine(HCQ) clinical trial for COVID-19 due to acute enrollment challenges that have made trial completion infeasible
Biotechnology | 22/06/2020 | By Darshana | 248
Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada, announced the completion of its acquisition of Quantified Ag, a leading data and analytics company that monitors cattle body temperature and movement in order to detect illness early
Biotechnology | 19/06/2020 | By Darshana | 312
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced a strategic collaboration to develop and commercialise compounds in Takeda's early-to-mid-stage psychiatry pipeline. Specifically, Takeda granted an exclusive license to Neurocrine Biosciences for seven pipeline programmes, including three clinical stage assets
Biotechnology | 18/06/2020 | By Darshana | 203
Bayer announced today the initiation of the FINEARTS-HF study, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of finerenone on morbidity and mortality in patients suffering from symptomatic heart failure
Biotechnology | 16/06/2020 | By Darshana | 575
Following National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) directive to address the demand of tocilizumab injection in government hospitals in Gujarat for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, the Mumbai-based pharmaceutical major Cipla Ltd has renewed its supply by releasing another batch of 700 tocilizumab injections to Gujarat
Biotechnology | 11/06/2020 | By Darshana | 949
Lupin: U.S. FDA Grants Mexiletine Orphan Drug Designation
Pharma major Lupin Limited (Lupin) is announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to mexiletine hydrochloride for the treatment of myotonic disorders
Biotechnology | 08/06/2020 | By Darshana | 663
FDA Takes Steps to Streamline Development of Tests With At-Home Sample Collection
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps to further support the development of COVID-19 tests for at-home self-collection by including a voluntary EUA template for at-home sample collection kits to its website
Biotechnology | 01/06/2020 | By Darshana | 156
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a new step to support the agency's evaluation of diagnostic tests for COVID-19, by providing a SARS-CoV-2 reference panel. Reference panels are an additional step to ensure the quality of the tests, validation of new assays, test calibration, and monitoring of assay performance
Biotechnology | 28/05/2020 | By Darshana | 161
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