Moderna announced the independent, NIH-appointed Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against COVID-19, has informed Moderna that the trial has met the statistical criteria pre-specified in the study protocol for efficacy, with a vaccine efficacy of 94.5%. Read more...
Novartis announced new data from an interim analysis for the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled CAN-COVID trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of canakinumab in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Read more...
Senhwa Biosciences announced its clinical partner, Center for Advanced Research and Education (CARE) in Gainesville, Georgia, has received a Study May Proceed letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a phase II investigator-initiated trial (IIT) evaluating Silmitasertib, a novel orally available casein kinase 2 inhibitor to treat moderate COVID-19 patients. Read more...
Mesa Biotech has been awarded a contract up to $13 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for development of its rapid molecular diagnostic test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/Flu B in a single sample. Read more...