16 October 2024 US pharma major Eli Lilly has announced a strategic collaboration with two UK government departments and the devolved nations to tackle significant population health challenges, including exploring new models to better care for people living with obesity.
Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals as reported that its three investigational drugs - GZR18, GZR4, and GZR101 - achieved positive results in Phase II diabetes trials. 17 October 2024
A new group of British Members of Parliament (MPs) and peers have written to the Chancellor urging her to protect and promote the UK’s world-leading life sciences sector in the government's first Budget, due on October 30. 17 October 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the US label for French pharma major Sanofi’s Flublok (Influenza Vaccine) to include data from a new safety study involving pregnant women. 17 October 2024
Chengdu Baiyu Pharmaceutical yesterday announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Swiss pharma giant Novartis for a small molecule anti-tumor asset. 17 October 2024
Shionogi has announced new data at IDWeek 2024 from PROVE (Retrospective Cefiderocol Chart Review), the largest global real-world evidence study of Fetroja/Fetcroja (cefiderocol), an innovative siderophore cephalosporin. 17 October 2024
Sanofi has entered into an agreement with Orano Med, a subsidiary of the Orano Group, to advance the development of radioligand therapies for rare cancers. 17 October 2024
ViiV Healthcare, the specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, today announced the presentation of new real-world evidence and implementation data showing the effectiveness, adherence, and quality-of-life improvement of Apretude (cabotegravir long-acting (CAB LA)) for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). 16 October 2024
Jaguar Health today announced the US launch of Gelclair, the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved mucoadhesive on the market indicated for the management of pain caused by oral mucositis 16 October 2024
Netherlands-based life sciences venture capital firm Forbion has raised more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) across its two newest funds. 16 October 2024
The American Lung Association Research Institute has announced a $22 million research investment in 2024, marking one of the largest lung health research programs in the USA. 16 October 2024
US pharma major Eli Lilly has announced a strategic collaboration with two UK government departments and the devolved nations to tackle significant population health challenges, including exploring new models to better care for people living with obesity. 16 October 2024
TenNor Therapeutics, a Suzhou-based clinical-stage biotech company, has announced the initial closing of a series E financing round, raising over 300 million yuan ($41 million). 16 October 2024
Switzerland-based Novocure saw its shares rise 10% yesterday and leap a further 24% to $22.05 pre-market, after the company received a new US regulatory approval for its key product Optune Lua. 16 October 2024
Shares of Spanish drugmaker PharmaMar leapt more than 28% to 63.70 euros today, after it announced positive clinical trial findings for its combo lung cancer treatment, under development with USA-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals, which rose 4.2%. 15 October 2024
Novartis has discontinued an early Phase II trial of LTP001 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The company confirmed that the decision was not related to safety, with no issues emerging in the study. 15 October 2024
US pharma major Eli Lilly has announced plans to invest around 1.5 billion renminbi ($206 million) into expanding its manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China. 15 October 2024
Spanish dermatology specialist Almirall (BME: ALM) has announced the successful completion of the decentralized regulatory procedure in Europe for efinaconazole. 15 October 2024
French biopharma company Inventiva has announced financing of immediately 94.1 million euros ($103 million) and up to 348 million euros, subject to satisfaction of specified conditions. 15 October 2024
Privately-held Danish company MC2 Therapeutics has acquired option rights from US dermatology firm Regranion to exclusively license the latter’s RGRN-305 for the treatment of all human diseases. 25 September 2023
Swiss pharma major Novartis has announced the Phase III NETTER-2 trial of Lutathera (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) has met its primary endpoint. 25 September 2023
Plans to overhaul the European Union (EU) regulation on rare disease therapies risk undermining two decades of progress, a new report has found. 25 September 2023
As part of the regular updates of the Association of Pharmaceutical Companies of Greece (SFEE) with representatives of the Patient Associations, another meeting of the SFEE Patient Think Tank was held this month. 25 September 2023
Adding to a list of indications for the blockbuster drug, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) 10mg tablets to reduce the risk of sustained decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death and hospitalization in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of progression. 23 September 2023
The Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge (I-MAK), a campaign group seeking to drive down the cost of medicines, has released its latest report, "The Burden of Patent Thickets." 23 September 2023
French biopharma company Inventiva saw its US traded shares jump 11.1% to $4.19 yesterday, after it announced a deal with Japan-based Hepalys Pharma, a company incubated by Catalys Pacific. 22 September 2023
Shares of Travere Therapeutics plunged more than 40% to $7.65 yesterday after it released top-line two-year confirmatory secondary endpoint results from the pivotal head-to-head Phase III PROTECT study of Filspari (sparsentan) in IgA nephropathy (IgAN), which narrowly missed eGFR total slope endpoint compare to irbesartan. 22 September 2023
The Institute of Cancer Research in London and German science and technology company Merck KGaA have renewed their strategic alliance in the discovery and development of new cancer drugs. 22 September 2023
Accent Therapeutics, a US biopharma company developing a new class of small molecule precision cancer therapies, has announced three appointments in one at what is a pivotal time for the firm. 21 September 2023
Dutch firm Anavo Therapeutics, which claims to be the first company to systematically drug phosphatases, has named Shaun McNulty its chief scientific officer (CSO). 21 September 2023
Monaco-based hormonal medicines supplier Besins Healthcare yesterday opened a new state-of-the-art hormone replacement therapy (HRT) production facility in Muel, near Zaragoza, Spain, to help meet the increased demand for HRT products for women across the UK, Europe, and the world. 21 September 2023
Research from a medical testing company, London Medical Laboratory, finds that there is a “critical medication shortage” facing many diabetics in the UK. 21 September 2023
Florida-based central nervous system (CNS) specialist Relmada Therapeutics has announced positive results from a late-stage trial of REL-1017. 21 September 2023
Italian drugmaker Menarini has secured European approval for Orserdu (elacestrant) as a monotherapy for the treatment of certain people with advanced or metastatic breast cancer. 21 September 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) regarding its New Drug Application (NDA) for Neffy (epinephrine nasal spray) in the treatment of allergic reactions (Type I), including anaphylaxis for adults and children ≥30 kg. 21 September 2023
The share of foreign pharmaceutical companies in the segment of public procurement in Russia reached 63%, the highest figure in the last six years, according to latest market statistics in Russia and local media, reports the Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 20 September 2023
Privately-held genome-scale drug discovery company Orionis Biosciences today revealed a multi-year collaboration with Genentech, the US biotech subsidiary of Swiss pharm giant Roche, to discover novel small molecule medicines for challenging targets in major disease areas, including oncology and neurodegeneration. 20 September 2023
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