Roche’s anti-inflammatory drug Actemra has failed in a phase 3 clinical trial that was testing to see if it improved the condition of patients with COVID-19 associated pneumonia.
Belgium’s ExeVir Bio is to accelerate development of a new treatment for COVID-19 based on llama antibodies, after a 23 million euro ($27 million) financing round.
Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug controversially used to fight COVID-19, was trending again after a string of retweets from president Donald Trump in favour of the medicine.
AstraZeneca's Farxiga could be on course for another use, after trial results showed it slowed the worsening of renal function and cut the risk of death in patients with chronic kidney dise
A US government agency is to give a further $472 million to biotech Moderna, after it announced plans to expand a phase 3 trial for its potential COVID-19 jab.
Belgian biopharma company UCB is bringing up the rear of the IL-17 inhibitor category with its bimekizumab drug, so is celebrating new late-stage data showing superiority to th