Biopharma startup Telix begins Phase III prostate cancer therapy trial

Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., an Australia-based pharmaceutical company, has reportedly received Human Research Ethics Committee approval as well as Clinical Trial Notification (CTN) clearance by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administratio....

Health Canada reduces age eligibility of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot to 12

Reportedly, Health Canada has authorized the use of COVID-19 vaccine which is manufactured by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for adolescents aged 12 to 15 years. The move will allow Canada to become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vacc....

Amazon’s Rivian electric delivery vans hit the streets of Colorado

Denver, Colorado is now the third major city, after Los Angeles and San Francisco, to see Amazon packages being delivered by Rivian electric vans. The largest online retailer has been using Rivian electric vans for delivery services across ....

Bajaj Healthcare introduces generic Favipiravir for treating COVID-19

Bajaj Healthcare has successfully produced the API and Favipiravir using its in-house R&D team. Favijaj will be available across India in recommended doses through a prescription-based medication. Indian pharmaceutical company Baj....

Bibit raises USD 65 Mn in funding round led by Sequoia Capital India

Indonesian mutual fund investing application Bibit has reportedly raised USD 65 million in another growth funding round led by Sequoia Capital India, which led a USD 30 million growth round in the app four months back. The latest round inc....

AstraZeneca’s Farxiga obtains regulatory nod for CKD treatment in U.S.

AstraZeneca plc, British-Swedish biotech and pharmaceutical company has reportedly received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Farxiga medicine (dapagliflozin), a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibi....

Google Assistant will soon be able to accurately pronounce names

California-based multinational technology company Google LLC has announced an update for the Google Assistant, the popular artificial intelligence-powered virtual voice assistant. By launching this update, the company aims to improve contex....

U.K. to become the first nation to allow self-driving cars on motorways

The U.K. government recently announced that it will regulate the use of self-driving vehicles on highways at low speeds, with the first of such vehicles hitting the public roads by the end of this year. In slow-moving traffic, drivers may ....

WHO lends helping hand to India to curb the spike in COVID-19 cases

The World Health Organization (WHO) is showing signs of leaving no stone unturned in assisting India contain the massive surge in coronavirus cases after it recently announced its plans for supplying oxygen and other critical supplies for t....

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to be evaluated for WHO emergency listing

Moderna Inc., an American biotech and pharmaceutical company, will reportedly have its COVID-19 vaccine tested by technical experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency-use listing on April 30th. WHO spokesperson Christia....

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