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Valneva will supply the UK government with an initial 60 million doses of the vaccine in the second half of 2021, if successful, and will provide more doses thereafter.

The White House issued an executive order Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 implementing a policy to link payments for medicines provided through Medicare to prices charged in other industrial countries.

The acquisition will give Gilead access to an anti-cancer antibody drug conjugate in clinical development for treating breast and bladder cancers.

In an opinion article, FDA leaders commit to applying “the best science” to approval decisions.

As public confidence in the drug development process waivers, leading vaccine developers promise to adhere to scientific and regulatory principles.

The acquisition will expand Nestlé’s portfolio with access to Aimmune’s Palforzia, the first and only FDA-approved treatment to help reduce the frequency and severity of allergic reactions to peanuts in children.

The transaction will give Ionis access to Akcea's pipeline and commercial products, as well as its cash on hand of approximately $390 million.

FDA issued an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 convalescent plasma treatments following a report on NIH concerns about insufficient studies and data.

BioMarin received the complete response letter for valoctocogene roxaparvovec, its gene therapy intended for treating severe hemophilia A.

A new FDA guidance provides answers to such questions about when the agency will seek to visit a site during the COVID-19 pandemic and how it will respond when a needed inspection cannot be conducted safely.

Bristol Myers Squibb will handle the development and commercialization of DF6002 and its related products worldwide, including strategic decisions, regulatory responsibilities, funding, and manufacturing.

The deal is expected to close during the second half of 2020.

The acquisition will give Sanofi access to Principia’s Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors to add to its portfolio of next-generation transformative treatments for autoimmune diseases.

In combination with BARDA’s previous award, the commitment for early access to Moderna’s vaccine candidate has now reached to up to $2.48 billion.

The company will use the acquisition to further its drug development pipeline in women’s healthcare.

Questions about safety and efficacy surround Putin’s announced approval of a COVID-19 vaccine with no supporting clinical trial results.

The companies have agreements to supply its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine to Japan and Canada, pending regulatory approvals in those countries.

The company is working to ensure broad global access to its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, following approval from regulators.

Sangamo will receive a $75 million upfront license fee payment and will be eligible to earn up to $720 million in other development and commercial milestone payments, including up to $420 million in development milestones and up to $300 million in commercial milestones.

Strong immune response by patients receiving two doses of vaccine suggests a possible treatment strategy.

Udit Batra, PhD has been named Waters’ new president and CEO, effective September 1, 2020.

Through the deal, Roche will gain co-commercialization rights to pralsetinib, Blueprint Medicine’s investigational, once-daily oral precision therapy for the treatment of RET-altered non-small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, and other types of thyroid cancer

BARDA and DOD have awarded a $450-million contract to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to manufacture and supply an investigational double antibody cocktail in development for treating COVID-19.

The agreement will fund the late-stage clinical development, a Phase III clinical trial, large-scale manufacturing, and the delivery of 100 million doses of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX‑CoV2373.

Emergent is entering into a five-year agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals for the large-scale drug substance manufacturing of Johnson & Johnson’s investigational COVID-19 vaccine, Ad26.COV2-S.

The companies are entering into a license agreement to provide CSL Behring with exclusive global rights to etranacogene dezaparvovec, uniQure’s investigational gene therapy for patients with hemophilia B.

The companies are expanding their existing collaboration and license agreement to develop mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases.

The company will invest EUR 610 million (USD$682 million) into a new vaccine production site and research center in France.

Neurocrine will develop and commercialize seven of Takeda’s pipeline programs, including three clinical-stage assets for schizophrenia, treatment-resistant depression, and anhedonia.

Citing clinical trial data that hydroxychloroquine did not show benefits for COVID-19 patients, FDA removes emergency use authorization for the drug as a treatment for the novel coronavirus.