US biotech major Amgen closed 7% lower on Tuesday after investors questioned whether reductions in bone mineral density might be linked to the use of its investigational obesity candidate MariTide (maridebart cafraglutide, formerly AMG 133) in a Phase I trial. 13 November 2024
Switzerland-based Novocure saw its shares rise 10% yesterday and leap a further 24% to $22.05 pre-market, after the company received a new US regulatory approval for its key product Optune Lua. 16 October 2024
US biotech major Amgen has further strengthened the growing evidence for the use of Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) in severe autoimmune diseases. 15 October 2024
Denmark’s Commit Biologics, a specialist in the activation of the complement system to treat cancer and autoimmune disease, has announced the appointment of Mikkel Wandahl Pedersen as chief scientific officer (CSO). 15 October 2024
Shares of Spanish drugmaker PharmaMar leapt more than 28% to 63.70 euros today, after it announced positive clinical trial findings for its combo lung cancer treatment, under development with USA-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals, which rose 4.2%. 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. 15 October 2024
At last month’s European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) congress in Amsterdam, Novartis presented new early and long-term Phase III data for remibrutinib in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). 14 October 2024
UK pharma major AstraZeneca and Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has won conditional approval in China. 14 October 2024
French biotech Innate Pharma has appointed Jonathan Dickinson as its new chief executive (CEO) and chairman of the executive board, effective November 1, 2024. 14 October 2024
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and SHINE Europe have secured a 10.5 million euro ($11 million) grant to advance European production of terbium isotopes for cancer treatments. 17 October 2024
Life science investor Syncona has announced the launch of its newest portfolio company, Slingshot Therapeutics, through the Syncona Accelerator initiative. 14 November 2024