Russia has faced with the shortage of oncology drug Uromitexan (mercapto ethane sulphonacid; mesna), for which last deliveries to the country were in the spring of 2023, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 15 May 2024
Spanish plasma-based medicines producer Grifols has announced the execution of an agreement for a private placement of 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of 7.125% senior secured notes due May 2030 at par. 13 December 2024
Based on its review of post-market clinical trial data, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified cases of serious liver injury among patients being treated for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) with Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) who did not have cirrhosis of the liver. 13 December 2024
Danish allergy immunotherapy specialist ALK Abello announced that its European regulatory filing for Acarizax (house dust mite sublingual allergy immunotherapy tablet) in young children aged five to 11 has been approved by the health authorities in 21 European Union (EU countries via a type II variation procedure. 12 December 2024
Utah, USA-based privately-held biotech Halia Therapeutics has announced promising top-line data resulting in the advancement to the second stage of its Phase II clinical trial evaluating HT-6184, a first-in-class allosteric NEK7/NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor given orally, in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS). 12 December 2024
Netherlands-based Pharming Group today released positive top-line results of data from its Phase III clinical trial (NCT05438407) evaluating the investigational drug leniolisib, an oral, selective phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) inhibitor, in children aged 4 to 11 years with activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS). 11 December 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb has presented data on its cell therapy products at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, California. 10 December 2024
BeiGene has sought to underscore its leading position in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) space at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. 10 December 2024
Cambridge, USA-based Eikonizo Therapeutics today revealed it has secured an undisclosed equity investment from Novo Nordisk through its Science2Medicine iNNvest initiative. 10 December 2024
US biotech Nektar Therapeutics has announced results of its Phase II proof-of-concept study of NKTR-255 as an adjuvant treatment to enhance complete response rate (CRR) and durability following CD19-directed CAR-T therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). 10 December 2024
Newly presented data at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting highlight significant clinical benefits for Sanofi’s Sarclisa (isatuximab) in multiple myeloma. 10 December 2024
Colorado, USA-based OncoVerity announced the closing of a series A extension led by existing investors, argenX and RefinedScience. The value was not disclosed, but this extension follows a $30 million Series A fundraiser in March 2023. 22 November 2024
Privately-held immunotherapy company Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals is taking over Ikena Oncology in a reverse merger deal, forming a new company, InmageneBio. 27 December 2024