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Nine months out from landing an additional $35 million in seed funding, Relation has more news – a big pharma collaboration. The group has announced a $45 million upfront deal, including a $15 million equity investment with UK pharma group GSK. 13 December 2024
Biotechnology
Johnson & Johnson has made significant strides in multiple myeloma treatment, with breakthroughs in targeted therapies like CAR-T and bispecific antibodies. At the 2024 ASH meeting, J&J aims to showcase progress, with a goal of achieving a functional cure for multiple myeloma. 28 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Germany's Merck has spent more than 25 years researching and developing solutions for advancing multiple sclerosis (MS) care. 21 November 2024
Biotechnology
German biotech CatalYm has followed up a groundbreaking 2023 with an impressive 2024. 19 November 2024
Biotechnology
This week, we discuss a novel AI-driven approach to drug development, and its potential to transform the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. 14 November 2024
Biotechnology
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. 16 October 2024
Biotechnology
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
Pharmaceutical
Timing can be crucial in biotech, and any company that can help optimize radiopharmaceuticals to fight cancer is likely to a hot property right now, given the recent popularity of the field among investors and drugmakers. 2 October 2024
Pharmaceutical
Amid an explosion in investment and development milestones seen over the past decade, the age of radiopharmaceuticals as both diagnostics and as therapeutics is very much arriving. 5 September 2024
Pharmaceutical
Accord Healthcare might not be as well-known as certain preeminent pharma corporations in the UK and Europe, but you would struggle to find any company making a greater contribution to the production and supply of medicines across the continent. 14 August 2024
Pharmaceutical
Plenty of companies in the pharmaceutical industry talk the talk when it comes to focusing on patients. 6 August 2024
Biotechnology
It is not every day that an Italian biotech company raises 23 million euros ($24.7 million) in a Series A financing. 17 June 2024
Pharmaceutical
Privately-held company GAIA has had more than a front-row seat to observe the arrival of digital therapeutics and applications of AI in pharma over the past quarter century. 4 June 2024
Interview
With a steady flow of oncology results emerging from the ongoing ASCO meeting, a company such as Pierre Fabre, which does not have major data to present, might not usually claim the spotlight. 3 June 2024
Biotechnology
Marc de Garidel, chief executive of French clinical-stage biotech Abivax (Nasdaq: ABVX), has good reason for his belief in the company’s pioneering lead asset, obefazimod. 13 May 2024
Pharmaceutical
A Q&A with the man who heads the UK business of the privately-held Italian drugmaker. 3 May 2024
Pharmaceutical
Privately-held Isotope Technologies Munich (ITM) is not just the radiopharmaceutical company that can do it all - from manufacturing and supplying medical radioisotopes to developing a broad precision oncology pipeline, including two Phase III studies. 26 April 2024
Biotechnology
German firm Tubulis has just announced a 128 million euros ($138.8 million) Series B2 financing. 15 March 2024
Pharmaceutical
Staying true to her values is not a secondary consideration for Dr Dennise Broderick in her career and leadership of Galen, but rather is front and central to every action she takes. 7 March 2024
Biotechnology
Since the approval of the first CAR-T in 2017, T cell therapies have revolutionized the treatment of some blood cancers, and are one of the few cancer treatments to drive cures. 12 February 2024
Biotechnology
Germany-based Vivoryon Therapeutics could well be on the path towards altering the course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with a PhII data readout coming up and an option offering potential advantages over recently-approved monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). 9 February 2024
Biotechnology
An interview with Dr Ameet Nathwani, chief executive of Dewpoint Therapeutics. 10 January 2024
Biotechnology
Last month, the European Commission (EC) approved Ebglyss (lebrikizumab) for the treatment of adult and adolescent patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD), who are candidates for systemic therapy. 21 December 2023
Biotechnology
US biotech Novavax has an advanced purchase agreement (APA) with the European Commission and an arrangement with the UK for the supply of the firm’s COVID-19 vaccine, developed with its Matrix-M adjuvant. 8 December 2023
Pharmaceutical
Across pharma companies, teams invest so much time and resources in engaging with their key customers, whether it be at congresses or one-on-one meetings with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and have such a plethora of data surrounding these activities and interactions, that recording and making sense of it all—let alone maximizing the value of engagements according to organizational objectives—can seem a near impossible challenge. 7 November 2023
Biotechnology
On Tuesday, US biotech company Novavax, which is advancing protein-based vaccines with its Matrix-M adjuvant, announced a timely update with its Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5 dispersion for injection COVID-19 Vaccine (recombinant, adjuvanted). 1 November 2023
Biotechnology
In the world of outsourced clinical research, ICON is a big fish in a pond full of other increasingly big fish. In this episode of the podcast, we chat with the company’s CCO, George McMillan. 24 October 2023
Pharmaceutical
Welcome to The Pharma Letter Podcast for a promotional episode, sponsored by Janssen, where we will deep dive into barriers and challenges in treating major depressive disorder (MDD), and finish with a few reasons for optimism. 10 October 2023
Pharmaceutical
Leading regulatory bodies around the world have various pathways in place to speed up the approval process for promising medicines that offer a solution to unmet medical needs. 6 October 2023
Biotechnology
The past year has been one of ups and downs for Blueprint Medicines Corporation, a US precision medicines company developing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. 20 September 2023
Biotechnology
US biotech Cytokinetics is seeking to develop medicines that treat cardiovascular and neuromuscular diseases of impaired muscle function. 15 August 2023
Biotechnology
The need for medications that bring relief for patients affected by migraine is enormous. 26 July 2023
Biotechnology
Following the successful development and rapid roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna has wasted no time in seeking to prove that it is not a one-trick pony. 21 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
As the crowds descend on Chicago for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), The Pharma Letter interviews Eisai chief medical officer Kirk Shepard about his firm’s progress in oncology. 1 June 2023
Biotechnology
Earlier this month, UK biotech Bicycle Therapeutics entered a strategic collaboration with Germany’s Bayer. 26 May 2023
Biotechnology
The progress quietly made by Sino-American biotech company BeiGene with its oral Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) since 2019 has been nothing short of remarkable. 30 March 2023
Biotechnology
Research-based Egyptian pharma company Gennecs Pharmaceuticals, part of the Gennecs group, belongs to the to El Daba Holding Group, a trading conglomerate serving Egypt and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council that partners with local and international investors. 20 March 2023
Generics
Zeta Pharma is a fast-growing branded generic pharmaceutical company in the Egyptian market that was established in 2010 and started its production and marketing activities in 2015 on the hepatitis C virus products products Sofocivir, Zetaciver and Sofocivir Plus. 10 March 2023
Pharmaceutical
When new group chief executive Bill Anderson takes over at Bayer in June, he will find a Pharmaceuticals Division that looks very different to the organization that the American might have perceived for much of his 25 years in life sciences. 13 February 2023
Pharmaceutical
An interview reflecting on 2022 and looking forward to the year ahead with Paul O'Donohoe senior director, eCOA Product and Science at Medidata. 26 January 2023
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