CEO Mitchell Steiner said Veru Inc. at first downplayed the prospects of oncology candidate VERU-111 in COVID-19 treatment but now, with positive phase II data in hand, the company has a moral obligation to push onward to late-stage research.
HONG KONG – Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s COVID-19 vaccine, Coronavac, received conditional approval for use by the general public from China’s National Medical Productions Administration, two days after filing for conditional market authorization.
LONDON – South Africa has decided against using the 1 million doses of Astrazeneca plc’s COVID-19 vaccine already in the country to start the rollout of its national vaccination program, in favor of opening a phase IIIb study of Johnson & Johnson’s single shot product. “Over the next few days, we expect to announce a plan to expedite vaccination using [J&J’s] investigational vaccine in health care professionals in South Africa,” said Glenda Gray, CEO of the South African Medical Research Council and chair of the country’s research committee on COVID-19.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Anpac, Astrazeneca, Catapult, Elevar, Ellodi, Ideaya, Janssen, Passage, RDIF, Sinovac, Supernus, Viiv.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: AC Immune, Avrobio, Cassava, Covaxx, Cue, Dong-A, Eiger, Erytech, Freeline, Jasper, Magenta, Sinovac, Uniqure, Veru.
Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: Argenx, Artelo, Decibel, Equillium, Gemini, Neximmune, Ocugen, Pan Cancer, Tonix, Xortx.
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