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Pfizer is conducting a U.S. phase 1 trial of an oral COVID-19 antiviral, PF-07321332, a protease inhibitor that can stop the virus from replicating. An oral drug would be much easier to administer than an intravenous formulation — a significant advantage during the pandemic. Read More
The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has only limited efficacy against the variant SARS-CoV-2 strain first identified in South Africa, a new study from Israel suggests. Read More
In yet another setback for AstraZeneca, U.S. health officials raised concerns that the company included outdated information in its interim analysis of data from its U.S. phase 3 vaccine trial, prompting AZ to say it will release the results of its primary analysis by Thursday. Read More
Roche is stopping its phase 3 trial of tominersen, its investigational drug to treat Huntington’s disease, a rare neurodegenerative condition for which there is no known cure. Read More
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ and Roche’s antibody cocktail, REGEN-COV (casirivimab/imdevimab), reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 70 percent in high-risk nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients in a late-stage trial, the companies have said. Read More
Roche’s blockbuster oncology drug Tecentriq (atezolizumab) met its primary endpoint of disease-free survival in its phase 3 lung cancer study evaluating the drug as an adjuvant therapy, according to an interim analysis. Read More
AstraZeneca’s (AZ) COVID-19 vaccine clocked in at 79 percent efficacy in preventing symptomatic infection and fully shielded against severe disease and hospitalization in the company’s phase 3 U.S. trial, opening the door for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) filing with the FDA in a matter of weeks. Read More
Merck’s blockbuster oncology drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) significantly improved survival for women suffering from endometrial cancer when combined with Eisai’s Lenvima (lenvatinib) in a late-stage clinical trial, the companies announced Friday. Read More