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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Ampio Falls On Knee Osteoarthritis Trial Update, AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Antibody Data, CureVac-GSK's Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Data

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.

Benzinga

Sierra Oncology Stock Is Soaring: Here's Why

Sierra Oncology Inc (NASDAQ: SRRA) shares are trading significantly higher Wednesday after the company announced it will be acquired by GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) for $55 per share in cash, representing an a

Benzinga

GSK buys US-based cancer specialist Sierra Oncology for $1.9 billion

Deal is in step with GSK’s strategy of building a strong portfolio of new specialty medicines and vaccines

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GlaxoSmithKline Scoops Up Rare Cancer-Focused Sierra Oncology In $1.9B Cash Deal

GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK) has agreed to acquire Sierra Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:SRRA) for $55 per share in cash, representing an approximate total equity value of $1.9 billion (£1.5 billion). Sierra's momelotinib complements GSK's Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin), building on GSK's commercial and medical expertise in hematology. If momelotinib is approved, GSK expects momelotinib will contribute to GSK's growing…

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Germany Inks COVID-19 Vaccine Deal With CureVac, GSK Until 2029

Germany has signed a contract with CureVac BV (NASDAQ:CVAC) and its partner GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK) for domestically produced mRNA vaccines to bolster supplies for pandemic preparedness. The five-year contract allows for the production of up to 80 million doses at short notice until 2029, CureVac said, adding that those doses could be for the remainder of…

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Highly Rated GlaxoSmithKline Eyes Breakout After Racking Up Series Of Wins

GlaxoSmithKline has racked up a series of recent HIV treatment wins and, on Monday, GSK stock flirted with a breakout.

Investors Business Daily

Edinburgh University spin-out bags £9 million financing

Money includes a £2.5m Innovate UK grant to fund human clinical trials of its technology

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Why Did FDA Pull Authorization For GSK-Vir's COVID-19 Therapy? Read Here

The U.S. health regulator said GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE:GSK) and Vir Biotechnology Inc's (NASDAQ:VIR) antibody therapy was no longer authorized as a COVID-19 treatment. The decision was made as the CDC now estimates that the proportion of Covid-19 cases caused by BA.2 is above 50% nationwide. "Sotrovimab is no longer authorized to treat COVID-19 in any…

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Governments want COVID vaccine developers to aim higher in hunt for better shots

As governments prepare to live with COVID-19, some are questioning how much to rely on drugmakers to adapt vaccines to ward off future virus variants amid signs of tension between companies and regulators over the best approach, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Reuters

CureVac - GSK Start Dosing In Next-Gen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Trial

CureVac N.V. (NASDAQ:CVAC) dosed the first participant in a Phase 1 study of COVID-19 second-generation mRNA vaccine candidate, CV2CoV, developed with GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK). The clinical trial is expected to provide valuable data to evaluate further the performance of CureVac’s second-generation mRNA backbone, which has the potential to be applied broadly in future vaccines against…

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EMA Starts Review Of Sanofi-GlaxoSmithKline's COVID-19 Vaccine

The European Medicines Agency has started reviewing Sanofi SA (NASDAQ:SNY) and its partner GlaxoSmithKline Plc's (NYSE:GSK) application seeking conditional authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate, Vidprevtyn, was already being evaluated under a rolling review by EMA. The drugmakers had earlier said that they would seek regulatory approval for their COVID-19 vaccine to be…

Benzinga

FDA Approves ViiV Healthcare's Cabenuva For Virologically Suppressed Adolescents With HIV

The FDA has approved ViiV Healthcare's Cabenuva (cabotegravir, rilpivirine) for HIV-1 in virologically suppressed adolescents. The approval covers patients aged 12 years or older and weighing at least 35kg on a stable antiretroviral regimen, with no history of treatment failure and no known or suspected resistance to either cabotegravir or rilpivirine. The regimen…

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FDA Says Current Dose Of GSK-Vir's COVID-19 Therapy Unlikely To Work Against Omicron Subvariant

The FDA said that the currently authorized 500mg dose of GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE:GSK) and Vir Biotechnology Inc's (NASDAQ:VIR) COVID-19 antibody therapy is unlikely to be effective against the omicron BA.2 variant. The agency updated its website to exclude sotrovimab use in geographic regions where the infection is likely caused by the omicron BA.2 variant. GSK…

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KTR showcases Telangana to pharma majors

Meets top leadership of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and GSK as part of his official tour to the US

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LifeMine Therapeutics, GSK Ink $70M Drug Discovery, Development Pact

LifeMine Therapeutics Inc, a drug discovery startup that uses genetically-encoded small molecules, has partnered with GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK) to discover and develop drugs from fungal genomes. GSK will bring three targets for LifeMine to run through its proprietary drug discovery platform, which scans for fungi that could be a match to create a…

Birmingham Post

Workers at GSK to vote on possible strike action over pay offer

Around 150 workers at the company's plant in Barnard Castle have rejected a 4% pay offer

The Guardian - UK

GlaxoSmithKline says it will not start any new clinical trials in Russia

Pharma firm joins AstraZeneca and Pfizer in saying it will not enrol new patients into studies

The Independent UK

GSK halts new clinical trials in Russia but continues supply of medicines

The company is the latest drug-maker to take such steps, although the healthcare sector has not pulled out of the region entirely.

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Europe Kickstarts Reviewing AstraZeneca Application For Its COVID Antibody

European Medicines Agency has started reviewing AstraZeneca Plc's (NASDAQ:AZN) application for antibody-based COVID-19 therapy but gave no timeline for a conclusion. Infections from COVID-19 are still rising in parts of the world, including Europe. On Tuesday, China posted a steep jump in daily COVID-19 infections, with new cases more than doubling from a…

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GSK/Vir Biotech's COVID-19 Antibody Associated With Resistance Mutations, New Research Shows

According to new research in Australia, some people have developed sotrovimab-resistant mutations following infusions with the GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE:GSK) and Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR) monoclonal antibody with COVID-19 infection. Data shows that the mutations have been associated with a reduction by a factor of 100 to 297 in neutralization by sotrovimab. "These data show the persistence…

The Guardian - UK

BP and Shell lead rush to exit Russia. There can be no going back

Oil is always a political business, and there’s no point pretending otherwise

The Guardian - UK

GSK boss upbeat over spin-off of consumer healthcare unit

Expected to be the biggest London listing in a decade, the Haleon demerger is scheduled for July

Benzinga

GSK Stops Additional Three Respiratory Virus Vaccine Trials In Pregnant Women

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE: GSK) has halte

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GSK Halts 3 Trials of Respiratory Virus Vaccine in Pregnant Women

Britain's GSK said on Monday it had halted enrollment and vaccination in three trials of its experimental vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in pregnant women, the latest setback in developing a vaccine for the microbe. GSK said on Feb.

The Guardian - UK

Russian central bank hikes rates and closes stock market as rouble crashes; oil and gas soar – as it happened

Commodities including wheat and aluminium surge and European stocks slide as markets respond to wider sanctions on Russia

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