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Janssen acquires rights to novel AMD gene therapy

Janssen acquires rights to novel AMD gene therapy

By Rachel Arthur

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has acquired the rights to Hemera Biosciences’ investigational gene therapy HMR59: which has been designed to help preserve vision in patients with severe age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

UK rolls out COVID-19 vaccine: Who gets the first doses?

UK rolls out COVID-19 vaccine: Who gets the first doses?

By Rachel Arthur

With the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the UK yesterday, the roll out of the first 800,000 doses will begin next week. 'We have spent months preparing for this day, so that as soon as we got the green light we would be ready to go,' says...