AstraZeneca has presented early results on three experimental weight-loss drugs at the ObesityWeek conference in San Antonio, showing encouraging signs for its obesity pipeline. 5 November 2024
CinFina Pharma, a CinRx portfolio developing a portfolio of treatment options for obesity, has presented positive top-line interim results from its Phase I single ascending dose (SAD) study of CIN-110 and final data from its multiple ascending dose (MAD) study of CIN-109. 4 November 2024
A Denmark-headquartered company that currently has a pipeline of three independent endocrinology rare disease product candidates in clinical development and is advancing oncology as its second therapeutic area of focus.
CinFina Pharma, a CinRx portfolio developing a portfolio of treatment options for obesity, has presented positive top-line interim results from its Phase I single ascending dose (SAD) study of CIN-110 and final data from its multiple ascending dose (MAD) study of CIN-109. 4 November 2024
Medicines for Europe has launched a study of market barriers faced by European generics and biosimilar pharmaceutical companies operating in 11 key third-country markets. 31 October 2024
Novartis late yesterday revealed that Scemblix (asciminib) was granted accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (Ph+ CML-CP). 30 October 2024
US Pharma major AbbVie has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Aliada Therapeutics, a biotech advancing therapies using a novel blood-brain barrier (BBB)-crossing technology to address challenging central nervous system (CNS) diseases. 29 October 2024
31 October 2024 Indian drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma has taken on the might of China in terms of Penicillin G pricing, and is doing so by leveraging a fully integrated production process at its new plant. Anticipating the price erosion of Penicillin G, the company has put up an integrated plant from scratch.
23 October 2024 Life science investors can be divided into two groups: those who bought Novo Nordisk stock before GLP-1s hit the big time, and those who wish they had.
21 October 2024 As India's bioeconomy soars to a remarkable valuation of $151 billion, the government's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has underscored the critical need for innovation and private sector investment to unlock further growth.
16 October 2024 Where once the state of play in the cell and gene therapy space was mostly limited to hope and hype around what might be to come, this is increasingly being replaced by action, on-market therapies and genuine expectation of reaching patients—provided companies can avoid some of the sector’s notorious pitfalls.
15 October 2024 Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a transformative class of cancer therapy that combine the targeting ability of antibodies with the cell-killing potential of cytotoxic drugs.
Danish biotech Gubra announces that Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim has decided to discontinue the development of the long-acting neuropeptide Y receptor type 2 (NPY2R) agonist BI 1820237 in obesity. 4 November 2024
A clinical stage biopharma company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology and obesity.