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Pfizer receives EC approval for XEIJANZ
Biotech | August 23, 2021

Pfizer receives EC approval for XEIJANZ

XELJANZ is the first and only Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor approved in Europe for the treatment of polyarticular JIA and juvenile PsA and has received regulatory approval in four indications in the European Union, the most of any JAK inhibitor


Covid-19 severity screening method developed
Digitisation | August 23, 2021

Covid-19 severity screening method developed

Researchers from IIT Bombay and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia have developed this method, based on the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer


Enzene Biosciences obtains DCGI approval for Romiplostim biosimilar
Biotech | August 20, 2021

Enzene Biosciences obtains DCGI approval for Romiplostim biosimilar

It is the only biopharmaceutical company in India to offer all three dosage strengths of the drug (125mcg, 250mcg, and 500mcg)


Zydus Cadila receives Emergency Use Authorisation for 3-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine
Biotech | August 20, 2021

Zydus Cadila receives Emergency Use Authorisation for 3-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine

This is the world’s first Covid=19 DNA vaccine developed in partnership with DBT-BIRAC


Second-Gen mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate CV2CoV show positive signs in preclinical study
Biotech | August 19, 2021

Second-Gen mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate CV2CoV show positive signs in preclinical study

The preclinical study provides evidence for strongly improved immune responses with second-generation mRNA backbone jointly developed by CureVac and GSK compared to CureVac’s first-generation mRNA backbone


MedAlliance enrols patients for ED study with Sirolimus Drug-Eluting Balloon
Drug Approval | August 19, 2021

MedAlliance enrols patients for ED study with Sirolimus Drug-Eluting Balloon

It is estimated that 300 million men worldwide were affected by ED in 2020, a figure projected to increase to 322 million by 2025. Nearly 30% of these were aged between 40 and 70


FDA grants breakthrough device designation to Impella ECP, the world’s smallest heart pump
Drug Approval | August 19, 2021

FDA grants breakthrough device designation to Impella ECP, the world’s smallest heart pump

It measures 9 French (3 millimetres) in diameter upon insertion and removal from the body. While in the heart, it expands to support the heart’s pumping function, providing flow greater than 3.5 L/min


Finding a cure for HIV
Drug Approval | August 19, 2021

Finding a cure for HIV

The group, known as the HIV Obstruction by Programmed Epigenetics (HOPE) Collaboratory, will be led by researchers at Gladstone Institutes, Scripps Research Florida, and Weill Cornell Medicine. Their approach, which aims to both silence and permanently remove HIV from the body, takes advantage of knowledge about how other viruses have become naturally inactivated over time.


EpiEndo Pharma secures  EUR 20 Million Series A funding for Macrolide
Biotech | August 18, 2021

EpiEndo Pharma secures EUR 20 Million Series A funding for Macrolide

The financing secures funds to advance the clinical development of EpiEndo’s lead compound EP395, which entered phase I clinical trials in April, through Phase IIa, targeting COPD as a primary indication


Novartis secures new approval in China for Cosentyx in pediatric psoriasis
Drug Approval | August 18, 2021

Novartis secures new approval in China for Cosentyx in pediatric psoriasis

Cosentyx is a proven treatment, supported by long-term five-year sustained efficacy and safety data across several inflammatory conditions and with more than 500,000 patients treated worldwide since launch