Vanessa Doctor, RN

Merck strengthened its HPV vaccines manufacturing capacity with the expansion of its facility in Elkton, Virginia. Also, an additional 150 new jobs are created.
The landmark Human Challenge Programme deliberately exposed 36 young and healthy participants ages 18 to 30 with no immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus for 14 days.
Silverback is halting its clinical oncology programs and letting go of about 27% of its workforce as part of a restructuring initiative that would leave it with more cash reserves.
Myeloid Therapeutics has signed an exclusive collaboration deal with Prime Medicine to leverage both companies’ technologies and discover cancer and autoimmune diseases treatments.
It’s a promising day for advanced ovarian cancer research as two biopharma companies achieved positive results. Here’s what you need to know about research.
Several employees at three biopharma firms are not having a very good week, as Zealand Pharma, Merck and Orchard Therapeutics all announced job cuts.
Interim data from Genentech’s first randomized study on a candidate treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer failed to meet its co-primary endpoint.
UCB’s oral drug for seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is now approved in the U.S. for patients ages two years and older.
The 2022 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting saw several milestones for treatment explorations for inflammatory diseases. Here is some of the major news:
Roche has partnered with BMS to utilize two digital pathology platforms that would advance research into solid tumor treatment options for patients.
Janssen Pharmaceutical’s treatment for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) has received a label update to now include injectable administration.
AstraZeneca shared that using imfinzi alongside chemoradiotherapy did not meet statistical significance in improving progression-free survival versus using CRT alone.
The FDA approved Pluvicto (targeted radioligand therapy) for use in adults with PSMA-positive mCRPC that has already metastasized to other body parts.
Data from the Phase III study showed that efgartigimod achieved the primary endpoint of total IgG reduction from the baseline on the 29th day of observation.
Shenandoah Biotechnology is a Warminster, Pennsylvania-based firm that manufactures recombinant proteins, including growth factors and cytokines.