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AbbVie begins trials of COVID-19 antibody therapy

AbbVie is to begin clinical development of an antibody designed to neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after licensing the therapy in from Harbour BioMed and Utrecht University.<

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Family doctors begin COVID-19 immunisation drive in UK

The roll-out of the biggest vaccination programme in the history of the UK’s NHS is gathering pace, as family doctors and their teams begin taking delivery of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 sho

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Novartis/Incyte draw blank with Jakafi in COVID-19

Novartis/Incyte’s Jakafi (ruxolitinib) looks unlikely to be added to the list of therapies that can be used against COVID-19, after it failed to cut complications or death in a phase 3 tria

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FDA advisers vote in favour of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shot

Advisers to the FDA have voted in favour of approving Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, with a near-unanimous backing from an expert committee.

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Will Gottlieb follow up on Trump's promise of a bonfire of regulations?

FDA reviewers back Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ahead of...

Reviewers from the FDA have given their blessing to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ahead of a key meeting tomorrow – but the regulator noted that there are still uncertainties about w

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