Merck/Ridgeback’s ribonucleoside analog shows nearly 50% reduction of risk for hospitalization or death in Phase III study. Firms will seek EUA in US; a contract is in place for 1.7 million courses of therapy.
Phase III data on Merck & Co., Inc. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP's oral ribonucleoside analog molnupiravir are being hailed as a transformative event for the COVID-19 pandemic, since an oral antiviral therapy that can lessen disease severity could have more impact than the injectable/infused therapies that have come before it.
The partners released interim data on 1 October showing molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death in COVID-19-infected people...
Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna rapidly adapted Comirnaty and Spikevax for the 2024-2025 season to address the KP.2 variant after the US FDA had advised them to target JN.1 in June.
The companies said their combination mRNA vaccine showed protection against SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A, but not influenza B.
The UK giant’s COVID-19 prophylactic sipavibart could soon reach Europe and competition is sparse.
When life hands a biotech company the equivalent of good grapes, the expectations are for its products to be the equivalent of fine wine. Before that Moderna looks likely to make lemonade.
Lilly's first Phase III triplet win opens the door to a label expansion in BTK-pretreated CLL, with analysts suggesting Jaypica could attain blockbuster status. However, the window to capitalize may be brief as next-generation BTK degraders close in with head-to-head trials.
Lilly's first Phase III triplet win opens the door to a label expansion in BTK-pretreated CLL, with analysts suggesting Jaypica could attain blockbuster status. However, the window to capitalize may be brief as next-generation BTK degraders close in with head-to-head trials.
