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Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Corelink, Fist Assist Devices, Onkos Surgical, Phase Scientific.
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About a year-and-a-half after the sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the onslaught of COVID-19 therapeutic and vaccine development that followed, the biopharma industry boldly tackles a slew of ongoing issues from vaccine hesitancy and supply inequities to the ramifications of a potential intellectual property waiver and the pressing need to prepare global systems for the next pandemic.
Diagnostics powerhouse Danaher Corp. has agreed to buy Aldevron LLC, a privately held biotech company that supplies a key ingredient for COVID-19 vaccines, from EQT VIII Fund for $9.6 billion in cash. Based in Fargo, N.D., with additional operations in Madison, Wis., Aldevron makes high-quality plasmid DNA, mRNA and recombinant proteins used in vaccines, gene and cell therapy, gene editing and diagnostic applications.
LONDON – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s antibody cocktail, Regen-Cov, has been shown to significantly reduce mortality in seriously ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients who have failed to mount their own immune response against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Among these seronegative patients, the casirivimab/imdevimab monoclonal antibody mixture reduced deaths by 20% (p=0.001) in the U.K. Recovery trial.
