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Japanese drugmaker Eisai today that the humanized antisoluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody Leqembi (lecanemab) has been launched in South Korea. 28 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
UK-based immunotherapy firm Centauri Therapeutics has secured a £1 million ($1.25 million) grant from PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy) to further develop its Alphamer technology. 25 November 2024
Biotechnology
Germany’s Evotec says it has taken notice of the statement made by Halozyme Therapeutics on November 22, stating that it has withdrawn its non-binding proposal to acquire Evotec for 11.00 euros per share in cash. 23 November 2024
Biotechnology
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
Biotechnology
Sweden-based BioArctic saw its fall 7.5% to 139.90 kronor on Friday, after its announced that its partner, Japan’s Eisa, has updated its revenue outlook for the Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi (lecanemab) for the 2024 fiscal year (FY), which runs from April 2024 through March 2025. 11 November 2024
Biotechnology
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
Biotechnology
Japanese drugmaker Eisai has completed the rolling submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for lecanemab-irmb (US brand name Leqembi) subcutaneous autoinjector for weekly maintenance dosing after it was granted Fast Track designation by the FDA. 1 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
GSK has announced its largest US manufacturing investment to date, dedicated to producing medicines and vaccines. 25 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
Following a re-examination, the European Medicines Agency’s human health committee, CHMP confirmed its initial recommendation to refuse the granting of a conditional marketing authorization for Masitinib AB Science’s masitinib. 18 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
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
Pharmaceutical
Danish dermatology focused LEO Pharma has announced the launch of Anzupgo (delgocitinib) cream in Germany for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe chronic hand eczema (CHE), for whom topical corticosteroids are inadequate or inappropriate. 15 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
French pharma major Sanofi revealed it has entered into negotiations with private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) for the potential sale of a 50% controlling stake in Opella, its consumer healthcare business. 14 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
The UK’s new 2024 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access, and growth (VPAG) came into force at the beginning of January this year. 4 October 2024
Biotechnology
Sirnaomics, a firm specializing in RNAi therapeutics, has entered into a subscription agreement with biotech specialist Poon Hung Fai. 4 October 2024
Biotechnology
GigaGen has been awarded a contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 4 October 2024
Biotechnology
Oxford, UK-based Enara Bio today announces the closing of a $32.5 million Series B financing supported by a strong syndicate of new and existing biotech investors. 3 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
French drugmaker Mitem Pharmavhas the worldwide acquisition of Desferal (deferoxamine), a major MITM in hematology, from Swiss giant Novartis. 25 September 2024
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The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) has elected Bruno Sepodes as its new chair. 19 September 2024
Pharmaceutical
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) is further expanding its focus on life sciences by opening an institute for biomedical artificial intelligence (AI) based on a 150 million euros ($166.8 million) funding from the German non-profit Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation (BIS). 18 September 2024
Pharmaceutical
US pharma giant Pfizer has been told to pay £63 million ($75 million) and its UK distributor Flynn Pharma £6.7 million in the latest development in a long-running price gouging dispute. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
Cancer Research UK and Sosei Heptares have agreed a deal to bring the Japanese drugmaker’s cancer immunotherapy drug candidate into a first-in-human trial. 21 July 2022
Pharmaceutical
Karyopharm Therapeutics’ shares were trading up 9% at $5.22 pre-market, as it announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted Marketing Authorization for Nexpovio (selinexor), a first-in-class, oral exportin 1 (XPO1) inhibitor, in combination with once-weekly bortezomib (Velcade) and low-dose dexamethasone (SVd) for the treatment of adults with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
CAMP4 Therapeutics, a biotech promising to harness the power of RNA to restore healthy protein expression, has announced the close of a $100 million Series B financing round, led by Enavate Sciences. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
Avista Therapeutics, which recently launched as a spin-out of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), aims to develop innovative gene therapies for rare ophthalmic conditions. The new company today announced a partnership with Swiss pharma giant Roche to develop novel AAV gene therapy vectors for the eyes. 21 July 2022
Pharmaceutical
Swiss drugmaker Roche announced its financial results for the first half of 2022 on Thursday, as well as revealing that chief executive Severin Schwan will step down next March after 15 years in the top job. 21 July 2022
Biosimilars
Sandoz, the generic and biosimilar medicines business of Swiss pharma giant Novartis, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review its supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for a high concentration formulation of 100 mg/mL (HCF) of its biosimilar Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz). 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
People with head and neck cancer did not receive a statistically-significant benefit from treatment with Merck & Co’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in the KEYNOTE-412 trial. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
Shares of Innate Pharma shot up as much as 10% in an initial reaction to its announcement that French pharma major Sanofi has made the decision to progress IPH6401/SAR’514 into investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies, triggering a 3 million-euro ($3.1 million) milestone payment. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
The UK’s R&D tax relief regime will continue to support innovative life sciences and biotech companies to conduct essential clinical trials and some pre-clinical work overseas following the publication of new draft legislation. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
Specialty vaccines company Valneva has salvaged part of a deal to supply its coronavirus shot to Europe. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
US clinical-stage immuno-oncology company Portage Biotech says it has acquired the outstanding ownership interest (approximately 22%) of its invariant natural killer T cell (iNKT agonist) platform and now fully owns the worldwide rights to its small molecule iNKT agonists, including lead programs PORT-2 and PORT-3. 21 July 2022
Biotechnology
Biotech company BigHat Biosciences raised a $75 million Series B round led by Section 32. 21 July 2022
Pharmaceutical
US drugmaker AbbVie has expanded its eye care portfolio in a deal with Belgian company iSTAR Medical. 20 July 2022
Biotechnology
New Jersey, USA-based rare disease drug developer PTC Therapeutics today announced that Upstaza (eladocagene exuparvovec) was granted marketing authorization by the European Commission. 20 July 2022
Biotechnology
Unofficial American cost-effectiveness watchdog the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has published a Final Evidence Report on betibeglogene autotemcel for the treatment of beta thalassemia. 20 July 2022
Biotechnology
Versanis Bio, a privately-held biotech advancing novel therapeutics for cardiometabolic diseases, has announced the appointment of Mark Pruzanski as chairman and chief executive 20 July 2022
Biotechnology
US biotech major Biogen today reported second quarter 2022 financial results. 20 July 2022
Pharmaceutical
In a rare disappointment for leading PARP inhibitor Lynparza (olaparib), researchers are to stop the Phase III LYNK-003 trial after independent monitors judged it likely to fail. 20 July 2022
Pharmaceutical
Japanese drugmaker Ono Pharmaceutical has announced the establishment and start of an investment business of Ono Digital health Investment, GK (ODhI) as a corporate venture capital (CVC) that invests in venture companies in the field of healthcare, other than the ethical pharmaceutical drug-related field. 20 July 2022
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