Sitemap - 2022 - The Kable
π Lilly widens RNA editing pact; Merck targets cancer; Merck too targets cancer
π Ready for the next pandemic? Nope; AstraZeneca to make novel drugs in the UAE
π Indian drugs under the scanner in Nepal; Treating depression with chatbots
π Lilly making insulin cheap in Africa; India says Maiden Pharma blameless
π Takeda splurges billions on psoriasis; Moderna+Merck share positive news from cancer trial
π Amgen bets really, really big on rare diseases; Aspen gets fresh funding to make in Africa
π The WHO says AMR is on the rise; Serum Institute says an Ebola vaccine is on the way
π Aster DM goes to Iraq; Sun Pharma goes nowhere; Bull sperm goes missing
π Sanofi goes big down under; PAHO launches an AI assistant for alcoholism
π Pfizer sets up a new biotech; Africa gets mpox vaccines; ViiV partners with Uber to end HIV
π AstraZeneca wins at Reuters Pharma Awards; Big Tech and the pharma landscape
π New hope for CCHF; Boston Scientific gets into gastro; Is Fosun selling Gland?
π CEPI bets on next-gen molecular clamps; Living long in Australia
π Lupin gets more love from the US FDA; GARDP tacks on two new antibiotic discovery pacts
π Novartis looks to (maybe) fire millions of mosquitoes; The age of measles
π Gates Foundation pledges $7b for Africa; The WHO says the worldβs teeth are in terrible shape
π Amazonβs virtual clinic takes off; Boomtime for biosimilars; GSKβs new TB treatment
π BioNTech buys Novartis plant in Singapore; Moderna looks to discover antibodies
π BioNTech plans a blockbuster 2023; Measuring the carbon footprint of digital Tx
π Obesity drug helps with weight loss; Climate change worse than cancer
π Pfizer+BioNTech combine on a combination vaccine; Moderna has to defend itself
π Tired? Have a protein war; Sad? Have mushroom; RSV? Get a vaccine
π J&J buys a new piece of a heart; Indonesia goes big on health transformation
π GSK drug meets a ban in China; A new malaria antibody works
π Covid is over. Has anyone told Covid?
π Nearly 11 million TB cases in 2021, says the WHO; T cells for anti-fungal vaccines
π Sanofi goes virtual for vaccine making; Moderna may make Ebola vaccines
π GSK trims its cell therapy pipeline; The Pan-Gulf CDC is launched; CEPI ties up with SK bio
π Merck βfindsβ an Ebola vaccine; Lupin finds an FDA notice
π Novartis licenses a cancer drug to MPP; Gates Foundation researchers a contraceptive with Bayer
π Moderna scraps Covax contract, signs new one; Serumβs making shots for Ebola
π Takedaβs dengue vaccine goes to Europe; Gates Foundation goes anti-polio
π Bayer says Marhaba to Egypt; The HHS puts in $110-mn for Sudan ebolavirus
π Shionigi licenses its Covid antiviral to MPP; GMO makes a comeback in Kenya
π Novo Nordisk moves further away from diabetes; The WHO says end all mosquitoes
π Sanofi bets on NK cells for cancer; Roche bets on solid tumours; Seagen bets on cancer too
π GSK breaks the glass ceiling again; Cuba gets a big biopharma boost
π The Global Fund rebounds with Pfizerβs Paxlovid; Japan gets ready for the next pandemic.
π Novartisβ goes America First; NASA wants to make an asteroid burst
π Flipkartβs e-pharmacy goes live in India; GSK wants to go green everywhere
π South Sudan gets a regulatory framework; Nigeriaβs Remedial seeks to cross borders
π Facebook makes depression worse; Patent abuse rigs up drug prices in the US
π The Lancet skewers the WHO; Politico skewers Gavi, CEPI and others
π Novo Nordisk and Microsoft in a new partnership; Novartis pumps in millions into biologics
π Verily bets $1 billion on precision medicine; Dolo didn't dole donations
π Covid is dead; long live Covid; Panacea and Glenmark get regulatory censure, Lupin gets a nod
π GSK's malaria vaccine gets the WHO nod; MSF calls for refocusing attention on HIV and TB
π Brazil's first bio CDMO in the works; Amazon's second healthcare buy fails
π Zydus and Lupin issue fresh recalls in the US; Polio, polio everywhere
π Aspen-SII in a vaccine deal for Africa; The US FDA loses in court
π A new biolab in Nigeria; AI-based home visits in Rwanda; Libya gets mobile clinics
π Bangladesh wants a TRIPS waiver till 2033; UAE boosts Senegalβs health infra
π Merck boosts its neuroscience pipeline; People in Brazil have had it with monkeys
π Cuba to make antibiotics locally; Africa gets a new fund for community health workers
π Roche bets $6 billion on CAR-T; Guatemala gets monkeypox too
π 2 to 3 Omanis flying overseas for treatment daily; Nigeriaβs UHC plan gets WHO backing
π Indian-approved drugs not effective says a study; Bangladesh to send drugs to Uzbekistan
π AIDS on the rise again; Wuhan in lockdown again; Covid takes over Tokyo again
π Sanofi out-licenses siRNA platform; A new malaria vector found; Monkeypox goes viral
π Monkeypox is finally declared an emergency; Ecuador moots a menstrual permit
π Valnevaβs vaccine vagaries; AbbVieβs optical investment; Junk DNA gives you cancer
π Roche bets a billion on eye treatments; AfDB pumps in $1.5 billion for food security
π Africa CDC gets more teeth; Bangladesh rolls out a vaccine; Brazil goes psychedelic
π Merck woos Asian startups; Marburg virus confirmed in Ghana; Pfizer sues Amgen
π Bayer offloads testosterone; Drugs shortage in Malaysia; Royalty Pharma buys a pharma royalty
π Sanofi on a selling spree, The WHO talks AMR and genomics; Amazonβs cancer vaccine
π Aspen to market Tamiflu; Vertex buys out a diabetes rival; Moderna trials a Nipah vaccine
π Afrigen ties up with the US NIH; Sinopharm to buy BBI; Save your gut microbiome
π Merck to buy Seagen; Cuba to build a vaccine plant in Nigeria; Medicine in Medellin
π Sanofi works on RNA expression; Lilly backs CRO funding; Mitsubishi gets into gene editing
π A new pain-relieving implant; Lotte sets up shop in the US; Superbugs on the rise in Bangladesh
π Pfizer ties up with Sirana; Novartis opens a new manufacturing unit; And Covid is overβ¦ NOT!
π India gets an mRNA vaccine; Merck wants to accelerate healthcare; Amgen makes a sale in Turkey
π Pfizerβs new biotech baby; Novartis says 8000 bye-byes; Astella says hi to Sutro
π Ipsen buys Epizyme; Cipla invests in GoApptiv; Sanofi partners with Health2Sync
π Saudi to make drugs locally; UAE ties up with J&J; Monkeypox not an emergency
π Another Covid patent lawsuit for Pfizer; Novartis pledges $250 million into NTD
π Novartisβ new gene-editing pact; Gaviβs new vaccine partnership; Drug-resistant typhoid
π A new name for monkeypox; Spies in Venezuelan hospitals; Dead penguins in New Zealand
π Karkinos has a new central lab; ADQ acquires BMG; The state of biotech 2022
π Reliance makes $8 bn bid for Boots; BioNTech to start Rwanda construction soon
π Amul loves plastic straws; BMS taps AI for clinical trials; Sanofi launches a new accelerator
π Novartis gets hacked; Yumanity says bye-bye; Bahrain says shalom to Israel
π BMS buys cancer drugs; No sex for hornbills; Kiwis go to jail
π Roche buys a cancer drug; Astellas Goes into glycoproteomics; Median Tech gets into AI imaging
π Pfizer no longer interested in Haleon; AI to treat hair; $600 million for cheaper genomics
π ViiV wants to make HIV meds available to all; Revital launches a new respirator
π Chemo Pharma goes to India; SII goes to Africa; Monkeypox goes everywhere
π Pfizer digs in on digital; Lilly votes for AI; Dr Reddyβs says privyet to Russia
π Warren Buffett breaks up with pharma; Mankind wants doctors to stream more; Pollution kills
π GSK becomes, well, GSK; Otsuka says sayonara to Akebia; GII buys into Almeswak
π Pfizer and BioNTech amend a vaccine deal, Valnevaβs vaccine deal stumbles
π BMS hands BridgeBio a lifeline; KPMG unveils a presentation; GE bets on ultrasound
π India asks Bharat Biotech to shape up; Moderna asks the US FDA to sign off
π Molecular running out of partners; Reliance wants some big Boots; Kinder joy no more
π GOQii plans an English expedition; Ghana gets a new pharma plant; GSK launches a new inhaler
π Pfizer gets a pat on the back from the WHO; The WHO gets a thumbs down from Indonesia
π UAEβs Julphar goes big; Navidea goes to India; Mystery hepatitis goes to Israel
π Lupin gets an FDA nod, and an FDA rebuke; Bharat Biotech plans a Mexican sojourn
π Novartis prepping job cuts worldwide; Kinder Joy brings salmonella across the Atlantic.
π Pfizer buys an app to check your cough; Google gets closer to your heart
π Cadila launches a new rabies vaccine; Glenmark to run trials for a cancer molecule
π Pfizer to reduce field staff in India; Lupin launches a contraceptive drug in the US
π J&Jβs vax gets an upgrade; Pfizer wants to INDovate; Modernaβs massive charity giving
π Bayerβs $1.4 billion Leap; Dr Reddyβs and German cannabis; Bharat Biotech to upgrade plants
π No TRIPS waiver for Covid vaccines? Altibbi gets money for an e-pharmacy
π A new TB vax for India? Maybe. A new lockdown in China? Depends on whom you ask
π The WHO says Covid cases on the rise again; A mental health pandemic in South Africa
π Eat keto, treat cancer. Novavax okayed for Indian teens. Pharma makers defer strike in Pakistan
π A new week; a new epidemic act for India; a new Covid drug; a new cannabis hub
π India goes all-in on medical tourism; 12- to 14-year olds in India prepare to get vaxxed.
π India working on Omicron vaccines; Indian hospitals unhappy; Smoking causes Covid
π India gets a new Covid drug; South Korea and Vietnam set new records; Vaccination works
π A new month, A new Kable; Mankind continues to buy; Moderna gets hit with a lawsuit
π Is BA.2 worse? Some say yes. Others say no; Moderna enters the RSV queue; the US FDA gets busy
π mRNA money spreads wings around the world; Biogen worries multiply; What about long Covid?
π The history of TB; Tracking wastewater; Shining the light on mental health
π US FDA approvals galore; An end for many partnerships; Thinking about Indiaβs Union budget