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Head Start Gives Merck's Victrelis Little Advantage

May 17, 2011

News of Friday's FDA approval of Merck & Co. Inc.'s Victrelis as the first new hepatitis C drug in more than a decade is being overshadowed by the impending approval of the next in line, Vertex Pharmaceutical Inc.'s Incivek.

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The articles in this collection are from BioWorld’s ongoing coverage of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Note that we have added three critical tables which are...

Vaxart shares shaken despite apparently positive early data for oral COVID-19 vaccine

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Vaxart Inc. investors who stuck by company shares Feb. 3 had to swallow a bitter pill – watching shares of the oral vaccine developer (NASDAQ:VXRT) fall 57.8% to...

Lucira Health launches $153M IPO

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Infectious diseases diagnostics company Lucira Health Inc. launched an IPO of 9 million shares of common stock at $17 per share, for expected gross proceeds of...

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COVID-19 test makers are adapting for variants

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As COVID-19 variants have emerged, so have questions about the effectiveness of tests for infection. While the risk of mutations significantly limiting their...