DUBLIN – Grifols SA is acquiring Gigagen Inc. outright by paying $80 million for the remaining 56% of the company’s equity it does not already own. Its total outlay comes to $115 million, as it had previously acquired a 35% stake in South San Francisco-based Gigagen back in 2017.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: FDA stands by plasma EUA; Benzodiazepines to get added warnings; EMA posts draft guidance for registry-based studies; SEC finalizes whistleblower changes; Gilead to pay $97M; Plandai, CEO settle with SEC.
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.
A new randomized controlled trial (RCT) of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) treatment for moderately ill COVID-19 patients run at 39 Indian hospitals found no association between CCP therapy and reduced mortality or progression to severe disease.
A new randomized controlled trial (RCT) of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) treatment for moderately ill COVID-19 patients run at 39 Indian hospitals found no association between CCP therapy and reduced mortality or progression to severe disease.
While the emergency use authorization (EUA) the FDA granted Aug. 23 for convalescent plasma remains a political talking point, the agency moved ahead Sept. 2, issuing an updated, immediately effective guidance on the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients in ongoing clinical trials, on an expanded access basis or under the EUA.
The U.S. does not have a universal health care system, which means that it fails to provide a consistent level of minimum care across its population. That means that basic and preventative care often falls through the cracks, even as the U.S. continues to excel at medical innovation and offer the most highly regarded health care in the world to those who can afford it.
Cerus Corp., of Concord, Calif., is teaming up with several collaborators in its home state, with an eye toward optimizing convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients.