A staggering 800% increase in licensing agreement deal values for messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based innovator pharmaceuticals was recorded over 2019 to 2024 year-to-date (YTD), driven by the remarkable success of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. 16 October 2024
Italian pharma major Recordati saw its shares rise more than 5% to 52.00 euros in early trading, as it announced a deal to expand its portfolio of marketed rare disease medicines. 4 October 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb has received a new approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its blockbuster checkpoint blocker, Opdivo (nivolumab). 4 October 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed the partial clinical hold on delpacibart etedesiran (del-desiran/AOC 1001), an investigational treatment designed to address the root cause of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), under development by US biotech Avidity Biosciences . 4 October 2024
F2G’s September $100m funding round provides the company with crucial funds to
renavigate approval of its lead drug, olorofim. The substantial financing also
highlights the paucity of novel antifungal products in the clinic. 3 October 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the Gilead Sciences subsidiary Kite a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation (RMAT) for Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) for adults with newly-diagnosed, high-risk large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). 3 October 2024
Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and mAbxience, a Fresenius Kabi majority-owned group with partial ownership from Insud Pharma, have announced a global licensing deal for the development of an anti PD-1 oncology biosimilar candidate. 3 October 2024
NK:IO, a London startup developing a cell therapy for treating solid tumors, has announced the appointment of a permant chief executive and the finalization of a seed funding round. 2 October 2024
CAMP4 Therapeutics has announced a new research collaboration with BioMarin Pharmaceutical aimed at advancing novel therapeutics that increase protein levels by targeting regulatory RNA (regRNA) sequences, which are key elements controlling gene expression. 2 October 2024
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
California, USA-based biotech Nektar Therapeutics’ shares closed up more than 8% at $1.33 yesterday after it announced the sale of its only manufacturing facility. 5 November 2024