Researchers in China and the United States have called for more research into the potential prophylactic effects of natural products and herbal medicines on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and subsequent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In an article recently published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology, the team discussed natural products that have exhibited an inhibitory effect on SARS-CoV-2 and herbal medicines that have been tested as potential therapies for COVID-19. “In this review, we aimed to provide a new perspective regarding COVID-19 prevention,” writes Jia-xu Chen from Jinan University in Guangzhou, and colleagues from the University of Houston, and the University of California. The researchers suggest that while the world awaits effective treatments and a commercially available vaccine, the repurposing of natural products and herbal medicines as prophylactics represents a promising approach to at least slow the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. “In the interest of public health, this ...
Annovera (segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol vaginal system), a multi-use donut-shaped ring, was recently approved and presented to the Population Council by the FDA.
The US-FDA has warned against medical device manufacturers for developing cosmetic vaginal rejuvenation procedures to treat vaginal atrophy, laxity, itching/dryness, pain during sex or urination and reduced sexual sensation.
Recent news regarding pharma companies in Asia
On Sunday, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, Novartis revealed the final outcome, showing that among patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, adding Kisqali to fulvestrant kept the disease away for eight months longer than fulvestrant alone.
The IVD sector in the country is chiefly characterized by 70 percent laboratories offering pathology services and 30 percent entities doling out radiology and imaging services. Though domestic players are flexing their muscles and are gearing to provide new-age diagnostic services with path-breaking innovations and strategic investments, multinational companies continue to hold sway over 60% of the domestic IVD market which is expected to grow by leaps and bounds in coming times.
Cost regulators for NHS treatments in England and Wales are sticking with their position that Eisai’s Halaven should not be funded by the NHS as a second-line of attack against a certain form of breast cancer.
Pharma giant AstraZeneca has seen a fourfold increase in research productivity following a narrowing of disease focus and cuts in laboratory and staff over the past seven years, Reutersreported Thursday.
AstraZeneca AZN and partner Merck MRK announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted approval to its PARP inhibitor, Lynparza, as a maintenance therapy for relapsed ovarian cancer, irrespective of BRCA mutation status in patients who have responded to their last platinum-based chemotherapy.
Two months after expanding a licensing deal with Genentech, privately-held Arvinas LLC struck another lucrative deal with a major pharmaceutical company. Connecticut-based Arvinas inked a deal with Pfizer worth up to $830 million to develop small molecules that can degrade proteins.
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