Look back at pharma news in the week to November 20, 2020 – The Pharma Letter

Clinical trial results featured in last weeks news, some good and others not so good. Cytokinetics To continue reading The Pharma Letter please login,subscribeorclaim a 7 dayfree trial subscriptionand access exclusive features, interviews, round-ups and commentary from the sharpest minds in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space. Or, if you're only interested in reading the content about a specific topic (M&A, coronavirus/COVID-19, pricing, reimbursement and access, outsourcing, CRO and CMO, and regulation), then you can take our 10 per month channel subscription offer, which gives you access to all our news articles and in-depth content on this subject

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Novartis bags Mesoblast’s stem cell therapy for ARDS, including in Covid-19, in a deal worth up to $1.2B+ – Endpoints News

Novartis has licensed a new stem cell therapy from Mesoblast, just weeks after the FDA rejected the Australian biotechs pitch for an approval on a separate indication. The Swiss pharma announced Thursday afternoon it is partnering with Mesoblast $MESO to develop remestemcel-L for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome, including ARDS related to Covid-19.

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Ruxolitinib for Acute Graft-vs-Host Disease Improves Outcomes in the Second Line – Targeted Oncology

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event, Usama Gergis, MD, MBA, professor of Oncology, director, Bone Marrow Transplant and Immune Cellular Therapy at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discussed the case of a 48-year-old male patient with acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD). Targeted Oncology: For a patient such as this, what is the risk of developing acute (GVHD) following transplant

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