Two studies seek to answer the most pressing question for physicians examining a patient with COVID-19: What's this person's risk of death? Mount Sinai researchers presented their clinical prediction model in The Lancet Digital Health and a team from Johns Hopkins published their risk calculator in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Accenture, Angle, Ardigen, Bioclinica, Caresafely, Change Healthcare, Cpsi, Ebamed, GI Reviewers, Longitude Capital, Medtronic, Quadvantage Technologies, Royal Philips, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Think Surgical, Total Joint Orthopedics.
Before authorizing or licensing any COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. FDA will hold a public advisory committee meeting on that vaccine, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said at a Sept. 23 hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
As Johnson & Johnson (J&J) made public the launch of a phase III trial with its COVID-19 vaccine, officials from the company and others at the virtual Biopharm America meeting discussed modes of innovation in the pandemic era.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: Convalescent plasma trials expand; CBD public meeting, generics; ICER updates in CF in MM.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: American Cryosystem, Athenex, Athersys, Bluebird, Eagle, GW, Neurorx, Novartis, Pfizer, Sinovac, Symbio.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: AC Immune, Actinium, Afimmune, Bridge, Clearside, Cytokinetics, Dr. Reddy's, Durect, Enterome, Genentech, J&J, Macrogenics, Morphic, Neximmune, Nicox, Oncimmune, Selecta, Sobi, Takeda, Verona, Vtv.
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