Lonza and Moderna enter new agreement to double drug substance production for COVID-19 vaccine

New agreement for three further production lines at Lonza’s site in Visp, Switzerland

COVID-19 drug Remdesivir now priced at Rs. 899

Zydus has made its brand of Remdesivir, Remdac more affordable at Rs. 899 for a 100 mg lyophilized injection.

Government allocates over Rs. 10,000 Cr in PLI scheme for bulk drugs and medical devices: Gowda

The Govt. launched the PLI scheme for bulk drugs with a financial outlay of Rs 6,940 crores across 53 APIs over 6 years.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals gets USFDA nod for generic Parkinson's disease treatment tablets

The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD), Stalevo Tablets

Zydus receives USFDA ODD for Desidustat for the treatment of sickle cell disease

This Orphan Drug Designation from the USFDA underlines the urgent medical need to develop a therapy for sickle cell disease

Bayer’s asundexian demonstrated 26% reduction in stroke after a non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke

These results were consistent across all clinically relevant patient subgroups regardless of key patient characteristics like age or sex, the cause of stroke or the severity of the stroke

Novo Nordisk threatens legal action over Hims & Hers ‘knockoff’ semaglutide pill

The pharmaceutical giant said it would pursue legal and regulatory action following Hims & Hers

Pfizer’s HYMPAVZI bags FDA priority review, targeting younger & hard-to-treat hemophilia patients

HYMPAVZI is already approved in the US for patients 12 and older with hemophilia A without factor VIII inhibitors or hemophilia B without factor IX inhibitors

Aicuris’ Pritelivir delivers Phase 3 win in hard-to-treat herpes patients

The PRIOH-1 study met its primary endpoint, delivering statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in lesion healing

Fitch upgrades Biocon Biologics outlook to positive, affirms ‘BB-’ rating