Pharma News, 2021

About 60 percent of the population is heading into the winter months with reduced protection against the  coronavirus, CDC data shows.

A recent discovery by scientists at the University of Nottingham has found that a plant-based antiviral treatment is effective at treating all variants of the virus SARS-CoV-2. ...

The MHRA has granted marketing authorisation for diroximel fumarate as oral treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track Designation for omaveloxolone for the treatment...

On November 17, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) for the adjuvant treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) at intermediate-high or high r...

Novo Nordisk entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dicerna Pharmaceuticals for $38.25 per share in cash, or a total equity value of around $3.3 billion, the companies said Thursday.  ...

BridgeBio Pharma executed a definitive credit facility agreement with a syndicate of lenders for up to $750M in financing which replaces its $100M debt facility with Hercules.

The U.S. government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators authorize it, the nation's largest purchase agreement yet...

Moderna filed an application Wednesday with the Food and Drug Administration seeking emergency use authorization of vaccine booster shots for all Americans ages 18 and up. ...

AstraZeneca has been granted Fast Track Designation in the United States (US) for the development of LOKELMA® (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate) to reduce arrhythmia-related cardiovascular outcomes ...

An AI-based diagnostic tool is being developed through a biotech startup.

Cellectar Biosciences, Inc., a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted drugs for the treatment of cancer, today announc...