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And Astellas’ latest drug discovery partner is… Sony?

Astellas Pharma has looked outside of the box for its latest cancer drug development partnership, joining forces with Sony on a project to find new antibody-drug conjugate

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GSK et al win another round in Zantac cancer litigation

GSK and other drugmakers fending off litigation claiming that gastrointestinal drug Zantac or a generic caused cancer have won a supreme court ruling in Canada, after also

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Caution urged as Pfizer’s maternal RSV shot adcomm nears

There have been calls for caution when it comes to the use of Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine in pregnant women, ahead of an FDA advisory committee meet

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Nerve damage-tracking pen to be used in CAR-T patients

Nerve damage is a recognised side effect of some CAR-T therapies for cancer, and one that could be spotted early using a pen device developed by UK company Manus Neurodyna

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Inquest says doctor died of COVID-19 jab complication

An inquest in the UK has concluded that the death of a UK doctor in January 2021 shortly after being immunised against COVID-19 was a “rare and unintended complication” of

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FDA slaps clinical hold on Merck’s MS drug evobrutinib

Germany’s Merck KGaA said this morning that the FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on its multiple sclerosis drug candidate evobrutinib, vying to become a new oral the