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Moderna Secures Deal to Provide 12.5 Million COVID-19 Vaccines for Brazil’s National Vaccination Drive

Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) has announced a significant milestone in its global efforts to combat COVID-19 by securing a contract with Brazil’s Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde). The contract entails supplying Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine as a crucial component…

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Vertex Announces Advancements of Suzetrigine (VX-548) in Acute and Neuropathic Pain

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) has unveiled significant progress in its suzetrigine pain program, potentially introducing the first new class of medication for acute and neuropathic pain in over twenty years. Suzetrigine, an oral selective NaV1.8 pain signal inhibitor (previously…

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Six-Year Efficacy of Novartis Kesimpta® in Relapsing MS Treatment-Naïve Patients

Novartis has revealed findings from the ALITHIOS open-label extension study, demonstrating the sustained efficacy of continuous Kesimpta® (ofatumumab) treatment for up to six years in individuals recently diagnosed with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS). These individuals, termed “treatment-naïve,” initiated treatment within…

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Zatolmilast Receives Orphan Medicinal Product Designation from the European Commission: Promising First-in-Class Therapy for Fragile X Syndrome

Shionogi B.V., the European arm of Shionogi & Co., Ltd., has revealed that the European Commission has granted Orphan Medicinal Product designation to zatolmilast (BPN14770), an investigational treatment for Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a prominent cause of inherited intellectual disability…

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AbbVie’s New Data Confirms Atogepant (QULIPTA®) for Long-Term Migraine Prevention

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has revealed interim findings from an ongoing Phase 3 extension study, spanning 156 weeks, investigating the sustained safety and tolerability of oral atogepant for migraine prevention in individuals with chronic or episodic migraine. The analysis indicates that…

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WHO to Release New Guidelines for Simultaneous Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Hepatitis C

In a recent announcement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has provided updates regarding the simultaneous treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis C (HCV). The latest evidence suggests that administering treatment for HCV alongside multi-drug resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB)…

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