Tocilizumab cuts mortality risk in severely ill COVID-19 patients finds new trial conducted in India

Tocilizumab, an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, improves outcomes in severely ill COVID-19 patients, finds the results of a new trial conducted in hospitals across India — one of the world’s most ethnically diverse countries. Researchers from the University of Bristol and Medanta Institute of Education and Research in India who led the…

The Lundquist Institute out-licenses development of a synthetic lung surfactant formulation

-AGREEMENT ADVANCES EVOLUTION OF SYNTHETIC LUNG SURFACTANTS TO TREAT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME IN PREMATURE INFANTS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES- LOS ANGELES (March 8, 2021) — The Lundquist Institute (TLI) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (Gates MRI) executed a license agreement for TLI intellectual property covering a synthetic lung surfactant formulation…