Merck’s cough success highlights pipeline hopes
Good news for patients whose cough is not caused by Covid-19: Merck’s chronic cough pill is a step closer to market. But tolerability questions remain.
Biotech’s balancing act amid Covid-19 delays
A Vantage analysis suggests which small biotechs might seriously have to rethink R&D spending plans in the wake of Covid-19.
Clinical trial delays become reality as Covid-19 risk spreads
A Vantage analysis identifies 315 pivotal trials that, like Lexicon’s Scored and Soloist studies, risk never being completed.
Rubius confirms the worst
The collapse of Rubius’s first attempt to demonstrate the worth of its red blood cell platform proves that this company should never have gone public.
Covid-19: Daily Update – 10 March
Introducing Evaluate's Covid-19 daily roundup, a data-driven analysis of new Covid-19 cases in the world's top 20 economies.
Biopharma’s role in tackling coronavirus
The industry has a duty to develop Covid-19 antivirals and vaccines, but the nature of clinical trials means that lower-profile measures must take precedence.
Roche move endorses Iteos’s Tigit widget
A private Belgian biotech reckons Tigit is the new PD-1, a view Roche’s progress could validate.
Coronavirus stock hype proves infectious
Coronavirus-focused investors have willingly backed bona fide development and egregious publicity stunts alike.
Crunch time for the new Parkinson’s hopes
Clinical results this year from companies including Roche, Biogen and Sanofi should show whether new drug classes can arrest the development of Parkinson’s disease.
