GSK's ViiV gets EU approval for long-acting HIV injectable Codagenix, Serum Institute take nasal COVID-19 vaccine into clinic 2021 forecast: Targeted delivery, oral vaccines and mRNA 2.0: The next generation of drugs and prophylactics in the fight against COVID-19 BARDA backs Opiant push to develop nasal opioid overdose drug MedinCell advances long-acting COVID-19 injectable program Yea, Verily: Google's health-focused sibling secures $700M to rapidly scale up commercial work The top 10 M&A targets in medtech Pharma's edition of the 2020 story, as told by Fierce readers Featured Story | By Nick Paul Taylor ViiV Healthcare has won approval for its long-acting injectable HIV treatment Vocabria in Europe. The authorization clears ViiV to sell a drug that could reduce the number of doses patients need to take a year from 365 to six. read more |
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Top Stories By Nick Paul Taylor Codagenix and the Serum Institute of India have begun a first-in-human clinical trial of their single-dose intranasal COVID-19 vaccine. The partners are assessing the live attenuated candidate, COVI-VAC, in a 48-subject phase 1 clinical trial in the U.K. read more By Fraiser Kansteiner As the chapter closes on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, drugmakers are hard at work bolstering the defenses mounted in 2020—and they're looking at new formulations and delivery methods to bring vaccines and therapies to more people around the world. read more By Nick Paul Taylor Opiant Pharmaceuticals has secured up to $3.5 million from the U.S. government to advance clinical development of its nasal opioid overdose drug OPNT003. The nasal drug delivery specialist is taking the candidate forward in the belief nalmefene has advantages over the currently used naloxone. read more By Nick Paul Taylor MedinCell has shared phase 1 data on the continuous daily administration of ivermectin. The results are an early step in a program that could lead to the use of a long-acting injectable formulation of the molecule. read more By Conor Hale Google’s life science-focused sibling company Verily has raised a mammoth $700 million investment round to help rapidly expand its commercial reach. read more By Conor Hale Many of our top M&A targets offer unique solutions through AI, sensors and the cloud to make medical technologies more portable, so providers can go to where the patients are and not the other way around—which may be essential as COVID-19 continues to change the landscape. read more By Tracy Staton To look back at Fierce Pharma’s top stories of 2020 is to see the COVID-19 pandemic in miniature. The early desperation for treatments that spawned hydroxychloroquine hype. The first authorized antiviral—and the debate about its price. And the vaccine journey, from preliminary hints through the autumn's vaccine politics and beyond. read more | | Survey: Cell & Gene Clinical Supply Needs Market Research Cell and gene therapies hold the promise to offer novel therapeutic avenues for individuals facing serious medical conditions, but bringing them through the clinical trial process introduces a level of supply chain risk and complexity. This survey focuses on unique clinical supply challenges and needs associated with cell and gene therapies. Take the survey now. |
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