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20 November 2024 Sweden-based Xbrane Biopharma and Intas Pharmaceuticals have announced an exclusive global licensing and co-development agreement for the former company’s Opdivo (nivolumab) biosimilar candidate.
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Privately-held US biotech Alloy Therapeutics has announced a strategic collaboration and license agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical. 21 November 2024
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San Diego-based Cidara Therapeutics, a biotech using its proprietary Cloudbreak platform to develop drug-Fc conjugate (DFC) immunotherapies designed to save lives and improve the standard of care for patients facing serious diseases, has entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors to raise up to around $105 million. 21 November 2024
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval of Ziihera (zanidatamab-hrii) 50mg/mL for injection for intravenous use, say the drug’s developer, Jazz Pharmaceuticals. 21 November 2024
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Eli Lilly is not resting on its laurels when it comes to the fast-growing field of obesity treatments, an area in which it is already a leader. 21 November 2024
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Aizen Therapeutics, an AI-driven biotech headquartered in San Diego, has officially launched from stealth mode, introducing its drug discovery platform, DaX. 21 November 2024
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San Diego-based Valora Therapeutics, a biotech that boasts of having a novel approach to immunotherapy, has announced the successful closing of a $30 million seed funding round. 21 November 2024
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Astellas Pharma has been hit by bad news from the US Food and Drug Administration, which will not currently approve the firm’s request to supplement the label for Izervay (avacincaptad pegol). 21 November 2024
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San Diego-based Kura Oncology and Japan’s Kyowa Kirin have entered into a global strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize ziftomenib. 21 November 2024
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HCW Biologics has announced a worldwide licensing agreement with WY Biotech to develop and commercialize one of its preclinical immunotherapy candidates. 21 November 2024
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Dutch clinical-stage biotech NewAmsterdam Pharma, which is focused on non-statin medicines for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), has announced positive top-line data from its Phase III TANDEM clinical trial. 21 November 2024
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US biotech major Amgen has announced that Dr Howard Chang will join the company as senior vice president of research, effective December 16, 2024. 21 November 2024
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US clinical-stage biotech Vyriad has entered into a strategic collaboration with Swiss pharma giant Novartis to discover and develop in vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies. 21 November 2024
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The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Hympavzi (marstacimab), from US pharma giant Pfizer. 20 November 2024
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Bioplatform company builder Flagship Pioneering has announced its companies Ampersand Biomedicines and Montai Therapeutics have entered into agreements to identify targeted molecules that could potentially be further developed as treatments for obesity and lung cancer. 20 November 2024
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A pair of industry veterans have teamed up to create Jupiter Bioventures, a San Francisco-based biotech venture foundry promised to build bold, science-driven therapeutics companies. 20 November 2024
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The landscape of atopic dermatitis (AD) treatment is advancing with approvals of oral and topical Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors across the seven major pharmaceutical markets (7MM; USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and Japan). 20 November 2024
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Johnson & Johnson and partner Protagonist Therapeutics have reported positive topline results from two Phase III studies testing a first-in-class oral peptide. 20 November 2024
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The UK’s health technology assessor the Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says that talks with the makers of Enhertu have ended without agreement, meaning guidance that does not recommend Enhertu for advanced breast cancer will remain unchanged. 20 November 2024
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Samsung Biologics, the biotech arm of Korea's Samsung Group, has announced a new manufacturing agreement worth $668 million. 20 November 2024
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Mirai Bio has announced the appointment of Jens Vogel as the company’s president and chief operating officer (COO). 20 November 2024
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NewCo, a relatively new business model that involves a joint venture (JV) between a biotech and a group of investors to bring the biotech’s promising assets to the global market, is gaining popularity among Chinese biotechs, who traditionally rely on out-licensing deals to capitalize assets, s 11 September 2024
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California, USA-based biotech BridgeBio Pharma saw its shares dip 4% to $29.60 yesterday on disappointing clinical results and the company’s decision to drop an early-stage candidate. 11 September 2024
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Ionis Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to raise $500 million through a public offering. 11 September 2024
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US biotech Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has announced five-year results from the final pre-specified overall survival (OS) analysis of the Phase III EMPOWER-Lung 1 trial. 11 September 2024
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Sanofi and Regeneron’s all-conquering inflammatory diseases drug Dupixent (dupilumab) has shown its worth in another disease. 11 September 2024
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Atara Biotherapeutics has appointed Cokey Nguyen as its new president and chief executive. 11 September 2024
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Viridian Therapeutics has reported positive topline data from its Phase III THRIVE clinical trial of veligrotug, an intravenous treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED). 11 September 2024
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MAIA Biotechnology yesterday announced favorable interim survival benefit from its lead clinical candidate THIO, a telomere-targeting treatment for patients with advanced 11 September 2024
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US gene therapies developer Affinia Therapeutics has appointed Rami Daoud as chief business and financial officer. 11 September 2024
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Californian companies Gilead Sciences and Genesis Therapeutics have entered into a strategic collaboration to discover and develop novel, small molecule therapies across multiple targets. 10 September 2024
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The US House of Representatives has passed the BIOSECURE Act, gaining bipartisan support with a vote of 306–81. Nearly all of the votes against the bill came from Democrats. 10 September 2024
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British pharma major GSK has announced full results from its SWIFT-1 and SWIFT-2 Phase III clinical trials, testing depemokimab. 10 September 2024
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Detailed results were released from the TROPION-Lung01 Phase III trial, which showed a clinically meaningful trend toward improving overall survival (OS) with datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) compared to docetaxe. 10 September 2024
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Candid Therapeutics, a San Diego biotech focused on developing potentially transformative drugs to address autoimmune diseases, has announced its official launch. 10 September 2024
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French cancer focused biotech Transgene has appointed two seasoned leaders in oncology who will be instrumental in advancing the company’s innovative immunotherapy programs 10 September 2024
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Italy-based biotech AAVantgarde Bio has appointed Jayashree Sahni as its new chief medical officer, replacing Naveed Shams, who has held the role since 2022. 10 September 2024
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Boston, Massachusetts-based biotech Cue Biopharma
has appointed industry veteran Lucinda Warren as chief business officer (CBO). 10 September 2024
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Epsilogen, a specialist in the development of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to treat cancer, has announced the completion of a £12.5 million ($16.4 million) Series B expansion financing. 9 September 2024
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MBX Biosciences, a US biopharma focused on the discovery and development of precision peptide therapies for the treatment of endocrine and metabolic disorders, has announced the launch of its initial public offering (IPO). 9 September 2024
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Chinese companies Innovent Biologics and GenFleet have recently secured approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for Dupert (fulzerasib). 9 September 2024
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