Drug manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers oppose Buy American policies as likely to reduce reliable supplies and raise product costs.

Through the agreement, Arrakis will receive an upfront payment of $190 million in cash and will have the potential to receive preclinical, clinical, commercial, and sales milestone payments and royalties for any resulting products.

The companies announced they are entering into a strategic collaboration under which Blackstone will provide up to $2 billion to fund Alnylam’s RNAi drugs to treat a range of diseases.

The task force will assist in the developing, authorizing, and monitoring of treatments of COVID-19.

The guidance answers questions on changes made to the regulatory framework to address challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The platform is part of IMA’s remote factory acceptance testing (FAT) initiative that involves providing customers with virtual solutions to meet their machine and packaging testing needs.

The company is advancing its lung-selective nebulized Janus kinase inhibitor into clinical development to determine its ability to prevent acute lung injury in patients with COVID-19.

The partners have formed a joint venture to produce muscle-derived mesenchymal stem cells as a source of exosomes and other cellular products to develop related therapies and advance clinical trials.

Industry opportunities are increasing for biosimilars, but companies should pay close attention to delivery device design to facilitate success.

Horizon Discovery has announced that it has expanded its cell-based clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) screening services to include primary human B cells, which complements the T cell screening service.

Belgian biopharmaceutical company, UCB, has successfully completed its acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company.

The drug discovery platform was developed to rapidly predict blocking of COVID-19 pneumocyte cellular entry.

The agency has been tasked with coordinating efforts to mitigate shortages of medicines within Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The agency sent a warning letter to Genesis II Church for marketing fraudulent chlorine dioxide products the company claims treats and prevents COVID-19.

Second Genome will use its Microbiome Analytics Platform throughout the collaboration to identify novel biomarkers associated with clinical response to Gilead’s investigational medicines.

Characterizing and controlling protein aggregation is vital to ensure safety and efficacy of a biopharmaceutical product. In this interview, important aspects of protein aggregation and the tools available to address this issue are discussed.

The partnership, led by Takeda and CSL Behring, will focus on developing a hyperimmune immunoglobulin against COVID-19.

The digital event, called Bio Digital 2020, will now take place from June 8–12, 2020.

The companies will collaborate on research and development solutions for coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

The company closed two new funds, ARCH Venture Fund X and ARCH Venture Fund X Overage, for a total of $1.46 billion combined.

The medical service volunteer programs will allow their employees who are licensed medical professionals to help fight against COVID-19 while maintaining their base pay.

The acquisition will include PBMI’s trademarks, conference, website, education, and membership assets.

Mannitol has been shown to improve patient perceptions of tablet flavor and mouthfeel, but its use can add to tableting challenges. SPI Pharma has developed new grades of material designed to make it easier to manufacture in patient-centered formulations.

Biopharma companies responding to the COVID-19 outbreak think accelerating the development of vaccines is safe.

As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Pharma must practice science over hype.

Specialty pharmaceutical company, Diurnal, has announced that the marketing authorization application (MAA) for Chronocort has passed validation with the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

N4 Pharma will be undertaking a proof-of-concept research project using a COVID-19 DNA plasmid to demonstrate the ability of its delivery system, Nuvec, to collaborative partners developing DNA or RNA vaccines.

Regulatory emergency planning has been put to the test with the COVID-19 pandemic.