09:01 AM EST, 12/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Gilead Sciences ( GILD ) said Tuesday that its antibody-drug conjugate Trodelvy was granted US Food and Drug Administration breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed on or following platinum-based chemotherapy. The designation, which speeds up the FDA approval process, was based...

09:02 AM EST, 12/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Rocket Lab USA ( RKLB ) said Tuesday it delivered a second spacecraft to Vandenberg Space Force Base and completed production of a third for Varda Space Industries under a four-spacecraft contract supporting in-orbit pharmaceutical manufacturing and reentry operations. The company said the Pioneer spacecraft, built by Rocket Lab, supports Varda's capsule, which...

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A new long-acting preventive HIV drug could reach the world's poorest countries by the end of 2025 or early 2026, a global health official told Reuters on Tuesday. The ambition is to start deliveries of Gilead Sciences' ( GILD ) lenacapavir on that timeline, said Hui Yang, head of supply operations at the Global Fund...

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Silicon Valley-based Synopsys ( SNPS ) and startup firm SiMa.ai announced on Tuesday a partnership aimed at accelerating the development of new artificial intelligence chips for automakers and their suppliers. Synopsys ( SNPS ), among leading manufacturers of chip-design software, will collaborate with SiMa.ai, a company that has designed energy-efficient hardware and software capable of handling...