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The COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen has been given regulatory approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency . This is the fourth COVID-19 vaccine to be authorised by the UKs independent regulator and is the first to be approved for protection against COVID-19 with a single dose.

Bal Pharma Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of Favipiravir formulation into Indian market, under the brand name BALflu.

Medi-Tate is a medical device manufacturer engaged in the research and development, production, and sale of devices for the minimally invasive treatment of BPH. The company’s flagship product iTind has received U.S. FDA de Novo authorization and a European CE mark. With its initial Medi-Tate investment, Olympus has had the right of distribution since November 2018.

Experts deliberated on emerging issues in the various fields of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the fourth BRICS Working Group meeting on the subject area.

More than 60 participants, including researchers, academicians, and government officials participated from all five BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, participated in the online meeting organized from May 25 to May 26 2021.

Lupin Limited announced the achievement of key milestones for Lupins MEK inhibitor compound (LNP3794) that is planned for development by Boehringer Ingelheim in combination as potential targeted therapy for patients with difficult-to-treat cancers.

As part of the agreement, Lupin has received payment of USD 50 million from Boehringer Ingelheim
for achievement of key milestones.

Roche India and Cipla Limited announced that the first batch of the Antibody Cocktail (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) is now available in India while a second batch will be made available by mid-June. In total they can potentially benefit 200,000 patients as each of the 100,000 packs that will be available in India offers treatment for two patients. Cipla will distribute the product by leveraging its strong distribution strengths across the country. The drug will be available through leading hospitals and COVID treatment centers.

Zydus Cadila, a global innovation driven healthcare company, launched Trastuzumab Emtansine, the first Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) biosimilar and a highly effective drug for treating both Early and Advanced HER2 positive Breast Cancer, under the brand name Ujvira. HER2 positive Breast Cancer is considered an aggressive form and constitutes 20 to 25% of all Breast Cancers.