Biogen has downbeat news about its gene therapy for the rare inherited eye disease, X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, announcing the shot failed to meet its target in a phase 2/3 study.
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline seem to be getting somewhere with their COVID-19 vaccine at last, announcing plans to move to phase 3 following supportive mid-stage trial results.
UK biotech Arecor Therapeutics has announced plans to float on the London stock market, to fund plans to develop novel formulations of insulins and other biological drugs with enhanced prop
China’s Kintor Pharmaceutical has begun late-stage US clinical development of its potential COVID drug proxalutamide – but there is scepticism over the company’s claims about its research.<
Concerns are emerging in the UK about the spread of the coronavirus variant that has caused a surge in cases in India, prompting warnings that lockdown easing plans may need a rethink.
Biogen has made a further push into RNA-based drug discovery via a collaboration with Envisagenics, which applies artificial intelligence RNA sequencing data to discover new drug targets an