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Aurobindo Pharma Limited announced that its subsidiary CuraTeQ Biologics Pvt Ltd. has expanded the scope of its marketing and distribution agreement with Orion Corporation (Orion) to commercialize its biosimilars pipeline to include the Baltic states in Europe. Earlier in 2020, CuraTeQ and Orion had entered into a licensing agreement, granting marketing and distribution rights for CuraTeQ’s biosimilar products under development in the Nordic states, Austria, Hungary and Slovenia.

Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered a new, more effective method of preventing the body’s own proteins from treating nanomedicines like foreign invaders, by covering the nanoparticles with a coating to suppress the immune response that dampens the therapy’s effectiveness.

A new study reveals the existence of a powerful ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease, a protective subset of vascular macrophages expressing the C-type lectin receptor CLEC4A2, a molecule which fosters "good" macrophage behaviour within the vessel wall.

IIHMR University a premier Health Care Research institution with a prime focus on delivering skill-based knowledge and about the future of healthcare organised a Webinar – Meeting India’s Target of Eradication of TB by 2025 by Testing and Treating the Missing Millions with Tuberculosis.

Amgen announced that the European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization for LUMYKRAS® (sotorasib), a first-in-class KRASG12C inhibitor, for the treatment of adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with KRAS G12C mutation and who have progressed after at least one prior line of systemic therapy. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).

Moderna Inc a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and Carisma Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical pioneer in engineered macrophage-based therapeutics, announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to discover, develop and commercialize in vivo engineered chimeric antigen receptor monocyte (CAR-M) therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd a leading innovation-driven international healthcare group in China and Insilico Medicine an end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery and development company, entered into a collaboration agreement to advance the discovery and development of drugs targeting a number of different targets globally through the use of AI technology.

Antiviral medicine molnupiravir which recently got approval from the CDSCO in India and is being manufactured by many pharma companies, has serious safety concerns, and thus has not been included in the national COVID-19 clinical protocol recommended by the health ministry, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Balram Bhargava said.

Bhargava said the COVID-19 task force has debated twice whether to include the Molnupiravir in the COVID-19 treatment protocol but decided against it because of concerns.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (Alembic) announced that it has received tentative approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Vortioxetine Tablets 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, and 20 mg. The tentatively approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) Trintellix Tablets 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, and 20 mg, of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc. (Takeda). Vortioxetine Tablets are indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD).