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Novo Nordisk’s gene silencing alliance with Dicerna bears first fruit

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million – including $175 million upfront and an equity investment of $50 million – to find multiple RNA interference (RNAi) candidates for diseases like non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and type 2 diabetes. In 2019 the Danish company also licensed a preclinical-stage, small-molecule candidate for NASH from Japan’s UBE.

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BioSig abandons COVID-19 drug trial on safety concerns

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Things were looking promising for the project as recently as last month, when BioSig said it was doubling the size of the study from 40 to 80 patients and hiring a contract manufacturer to produce supplies for a phase 3 trials programme. BioSig has previously said it was considering a spin-out of ViralClear.

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Bayer joins the COVID-19 vaccine push, backing CureVac shot

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The biotech would likely struggle to supply without the help of its new big pharma partner, although it has been expanding its production capacity in the last few weeks with the help of contract manufacturers like Wacker and Fareva.

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PFIZER SEEKS EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FOR NOVEL COVID-19 ORAL ANTIVIRAL CANDIDATE

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Pfizer has begun and will continue to invest up to roughly$ 1 billion of its own finances to support the manufacturing and distribution of this investigational treatment seeker. PF-07321332 inhibits viral replication at a stage known as proteolysis, which occurs before viral RNA replication.

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Pfizer to provide U.S. government with 10 million treatment courses of investigational oral antiviral candidate to help combat COVID-19

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.” PF-07321332 is designed to block the exertion of the SARS-CoV-2-3CL protease, an enzyme that the coronavirus needs to replicate, at a stage known as proteolysis-which occurs before viral RNA replication.

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Pfizer to supply UNICEF up to 4 million treatment courses of novel COVID-19 oral treatment for low- and middle-income countries

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Pfizer continues to invest to support the manufacturing and distribution of PAXLOVID, including exploring potential contract manufacturing options. Nirmatrelvir is designed to inhibit viral replication at a stage known as proteolysis, which occurs before viral RNA replication.

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Shot of a Lifetime: How Two Pfizer Manufacturing Plants Upscaled to Produce the COVID-19 Vaccine in Record Time

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1 They collaborated on methods to purify the RNA using a process called tangential flow filtration, which removes unneeded materials. All the while, they've continued partnering with contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) to further increase production as they work toward their goal of 3 billion doses in 2021.