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BioSpace: | February 27, 2020

Gilead Sciences, based in Foster City, California, announced it will launch two Phase III clinical trials of its investigational antiviral drug remdesivir in adults diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The outbreak began in China in December and has since spread through much of the rest of the world, with most cases concentrated in Asia. The current number of confirmed cases worldwide is greater than 81,400 with a total death count of 2,770. The first cases of co...

DCAT Value Chain Insights | February 05, 2020

Small molecules still lead over biologics in recent drug approvals, accounting for nearly three-fourths of drug approvals over the past several years, but will small molecules' dominance continue? DCAT Value Chain Insights takes an inside look. One measure to evaluate the role of small molecules versus biologics is to look how they have fared in recent approvals of new molecular entities (NMEs) by the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Between 20...

Moderna | August 13, 2020

Through its COVID-19 vaccine partnership with the U.S. government, Moderna picked up nearly $1 billion in research aid. Now, it's joining a list of other companies to take a supply order from the federal government. Under a deal worth up to $1.525 billion, Moderna agreed to deliver 100 million doses of its mRNA vaccine candidate if it succeeds in late-stage testing. The deal doesn’t stipulate a timeline for vaccine shipments, at least publicly, but does include “incentive payment...

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INNOTECH and OSARO | January 12, 2022

OSARO Inc. a global leader in the development and provision of advanced robotics automation, and INNOTECH CORPORATION, which provides advanced products for electronics and consumer industries, have announced a collaboration to create an innovative demonstration for Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. using AI piece-picking robots. The two companies are jointly providing picking robots and jointly building a system for their introduction into a new factory production line, scheduled for completion in ...