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Sanofi-GSK COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Effective Against Omicron
Positive news continues to roll out for COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution efforts, with Sanofi and GSK announcing the success of their vaccine candidate against the Omicron variant. Outcomes from Stage 2 of the Phase III study of VAT08 including over...
Endologix Reports 12 Month Data from DETOUR 2 Clinical Trial at 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting
Endologix Inc. LLC, a privately held global medical device company devoted to improving patients’ lives with innovative interventional treatments for vascular disease, recently announced the 12-month results from the DETOUR 2 clinical trial. DETOUR 2 was an...
FDA Approves Merck’s Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine for Infants and Children
Merck scored big with a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for an expanded indication of Vaxneuvance, a pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine. The new indication includes children 6 weeks through 17 years of age. The vaccine is now designated for active...
PTC Ready to Take Another Shot at FDA Approval of DMD Drug
In previous years, PTC Therapeutics has attempted to win regulatory approval for its Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy drug, Translarna (ataluren), but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected the attempts. The company believes it has data that will support...
Terminology Management for Medical Companies: Maintaining Consistency Throughout the Translation Process
With many medical companies working overseas and requiring high volumes of content to be translated, why is terminology management an important localization solution for saving costs and ensuring a high-quality and consistent translation? Translating medical content...
FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna COVID Vaccines for Children 6 Months to 4 Years
Friday morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization to two COVID-19 vaccines for use in children ages 6 months to 4 years old: one developed by Moderna, and the other developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The Pfizer vaccine for this...
Galecto Announces First Patient Enrolled in Phase 2 Trial of GB1211 in Combination with Atezolizumab for First-Line Treatment of NSCLCGB1211
Galecto Biotech, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel treatments for fibrosis and cancer, announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the Phase 2a GALLANT-1 trial (NCT05240131). GALLANT-1 is formulated to study the...
Quoin Pharmaceuticals Announces Licensing and Distribution Agreement with Leading Rare Disease Company for Greater China
Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rare and orphan diseases, announced it has obtained a license and distribution agreement with Hong Kong WinHealth Pharma Group Ltd. for its lead product candidate, QRX003 for Netherton Syndrome...
Researchers Link Mutations in Long Neglected Non-Coding Genome to Cancer
Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a way to examine more closely into a long-neglected, non-coding portion of the human genome, uncovering mechanisms that might drive or suppress cancer development. Since scientists at the Human Genome...
Rune Labs Secures FDA Clearance for Parkinson’s Disease Monitoring through StrivePD Ecosystem on Apple Watch
Rune Labs, a precision neurology company, announced its StrivePD software ecosystem for Parkinson's disease has been granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to gather patient symptom data through quantifications made by Apple Watch. By...
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