FDA grants emergency use of malaria drugs against COVID-19

The FDA has approved emergency use of malaria drugs championed by president Donald Trump for use in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, after warning against the potentially lethal consequ

Sanofi inks COVID-19 mRNA vaccine deal with Translate Bio

Sanofi’s Pasteur vaccines unit has joined with the US biotech Translate Bio to announce a partnership to develop an mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 pandemic.

Takeda signs $882m rare disease alliance with Oxford biotech...

Pharma giants including Novartis collaborate on COVID-19 the...

A consortium of life sciences companies including pharma giants such as Novartis and Johnson & Johnson, are to collaborate to develop and manufacture vaccines, diagnostics and treatment

AZ adds gene silencing tech to pipeline with Silence Therape...

AstraZeneca has announced a collaboration with UK biotech Silence Therapeutics to develop gene silencing drugs for cardiovascular, renal, metabolic and respiratory diseases.

Celltrion to develop coronavirus antibody and fast test

South Korea’s Celltrion has joined the many pharma companies fighting the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, saying it is working on an antibody-based antiviral and a self-testing diagnosis kit