PERTH, Australia – Australian stem cell company Mesoblast Ltd.’s shares were up nearly 39% on the news that its allogeneic cell therapy showed an 83% survival rate in ventilator-dependent COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. Read More
LONDON – The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global collaboration to accelerate development and production of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, with leaders of countries around the world appearing live to pledge their support. Read More
BEIJING – Pre-revenue Chinese biotech Akeso Inc., of Zhongshan, Guangdong province, launched a high-profile IPO on April 24 in Hong Kong to reap HK$2.4 billion (US$314 million), even though the economy is taking a hard hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Oric Pharmaceuticals Inc. stepped into a tough economic climate on Friday when it priced its IPO of 7.5 million shares of common stock at $16 each and won the day as shares (NASDAQ:ORIC) closed at $25.77 each, 61.06% higher than they started. Read More
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) said that they will offer enforcement discretion for their respective final rules for electronic health records (EHRs), a nod to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
BioWorld looks at translational medicine, including: Edited stem cells reverse mouse diabetes; Noncoding TET2 variants affect neurodegeneration risk; Pancreatic cancer uses autophagy to hide from immune system; Heart failure hormone has role in sepsis; NRF2 wakes sleeping tumor cells; Oral drug can wake up telomerase; Cheating cell death improves infarct outcomes; Older siblings’ example turns stem cells into heart cells; Lung changes from PD drug hopeful are reversible; Platelets play role in Tylenol toxicity. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Astrazeneca, Bellicum, Boehringer, Chugai, GSK, Janssen, Kiromic, Merck, Novartis, Novocure, Noxxon, Sanofi, TC Biopharma, Tonix, UCB. Read More
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Adaptvac, AGC, Agastiya, Axovant, Emergent, Johnson & Johnson, Epimab, Hoth, Voltron, Nexstim, Sanofi, Scancell, Sumitomo Dainippon, Takeda, Orifarm, Tracon. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Arch, Biosig, Innovent, Janssen, Lilly, Oryzon, Sanofi, Viralclear. Read More
