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A finger prick blood test shows promise in the ability to detect Alzheimer’s disease, according to research reported for the first time today at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2023. 19 July 2023
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Zambon, a privately-owned Italian pharmaceutical company, has announced results from the Phase III PROMIS-I and PROMIS-II studies. 19 July 2023
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Brighton, UK-based infectious disease specialist Destiny Pharma today announced that Chris Tovey will join the company as chief executive (CEO) on September 1, 2023. 19 July 2023
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a draft reflection paper outlining the current thinking on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to support the safe and effective development, regulation and use of medicines. 19 July 2023
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is again flexing its muscles in the pharma sector, with the aim of blocking IQVIA Holdings, the world’s largest health care data provider, from acquiring Propel Media (PMI). 19 July 2023
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The revolution in oncology brought by immunotherapies shows no sign of abating, with a record number of approvals last year. 19 July 2023
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Massachusetts, USA-based biotech incubator Flagship Pioneering and US pharma giant Pfizer have announced a novel agreement to create a new pipeline of innovative medicines. 19 July 2023
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UK biotech start-up Bloomsbury Genetic Therapies says that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation (RPDD) for BGT-OTCD, the company’s investigational liver-targeted gene therapy for the treatment of Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD). 19 July 2023
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Right now, the biosimilars market is at a major inflection point, with momentum building in the US Congress for new drug pricing legislation while new biosimilars of America’s bestselling biologic medicine have come to market. 19 July 2023
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Computational biology company PrecisionLife has announced the results of its long-COVID study. 18 July 2023
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Shares in Novartis closed 5% higher on Tuesday after the Swiss pharma major announced its second-quarter 2023 financial results and other updates for shareholders. 18 July 2023
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Boston, USA-based clinical-stage biotech Pieris Pharmaceuticals saw its shares surge as much as 70%, and still up 27% at $0.24 mid-morning, after it provided a strategic update following recent events that have impacted its inhaled respiratory franchise. 18 July 2023
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Genetic medicines company Scribe Therapeutics has announced an expanded collaboration with French pharma major Sanofi. 18 July 2023
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Privately held, venture-funded biotech Revolo Biotherapeutics today announced additional data from its proof of concept, two-week, three-dose, Phase IIa clinical trial evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the company’s immune-resetting drug, ‘1104, in adults with active eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). 18 July 2023
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Beyfortus (nirsevimab-alip) for the prevention of RSV lower respiratory tract disease in neonates and infants. 18 July 2023
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US biopharma Apellis closed 38% lower following Monday’s trading. 18 July 2023
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Shares of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, also known as Sobi, edged up 3% to 212.00 kronor today, after it posted financial results for the second quarter of 2023. 18 July 2023
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review the marketing authorization application for bimekizumab, an interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-17F inhibitor, for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), submitted by Belgium’s largest pharma company UCB. 18 July 2023
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Over the last few days, attendees of the ongoing annual meeting of the Alzheimer’s Association have been arriving in Amsterdam for what has turned out to be a particularly exciting congress. 18 July 2023
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Drug price controls in non-US Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations reduce biopharmaceutical research and development (R&D) by more than $56 billion per year, depriving the world of 25 new drugs annually, according to a new study by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy. 18 July 2023
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US companies Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Sarepta Therapeutics have announced a global licensing and collaboration agreement. 26 November 2024
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The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) today announced that Dr Thomas Schinecker, chief executive (CEO) of Swiss pharma giant Roche (ROG: SIX), will take up the post as president of the trade association effective January 1, 2025. 26 November 2024
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US central nervous system (CNS) disorders specialist Axsome Therapeutics today released encouraging late-stage results for its narcolepsy candidate AXS-12 (reboxetine), sending its shares edging up 2.6% to $100.00 in pre-market activity. 26 November 2024
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Clinical-stage US CAR-T therapies developer Poseida Therapeutics saw its shares skyrocket 227% to $9.36 pre-market today, on the news of a proposed takeover by Swiss pharma giant Roche. 26 November 2024
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Shares in US biotech major Amgen were 11% lower early on Tuesday. 26 November 2024
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Replimune, a clinical-stage biotech focused on oncolytic immunotherapies, has announced plans to raise $125 million through a public offering. 26 November 2024
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Chinese gene therapy firm Kanglin Biotechnology has completed a $20 million series A financing round, with the money earmarked for KL003, an innovative treatment for blood disorders. 26 November 2024
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BRL Medicine, a Shanghai-based biotechnology company specializing in cell and gene therapies, has raised nearly 200 million yuan ($27 million) in a series B+ round led by CSPC Fund. 26 November 2024
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Italian oncology focused biotech Nerviano Medical Sciences yesterday announced that it has successfully negotiated with Germany’s Merck KGaA to buy back the full world-wide rights of NMS 293 (also known as NMS-03305293). 26 November 2024
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South African-Australian private equity firm LeapFrog Investments has announced the close of its fourth fund (Fund IV), with commitments and designated co-investments totalling $1.02 billion. 26 November 2024
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Pyxis Oncology has announced encouraging preliminary data from a Phase I trial of PYX-201, its lead antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), in solid tumors. 26 November 2024
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The Phase III SKYSCRAPER-01 trial has missed its primary endpoint, Swiss cancer giant Roche has reported. 26 November 2024
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Spanish HIV focused immunotherapies company AELIX Therapeutics, a spin-off of IrisCaixa, has announced the acquisition of its investigational assets related to the HTI therapeutic HIV vaccine by US antiviral specialist Gilead Sciences. 26 November 2024
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US biopharma Biohaven has provided an update regarding the taldefgrobep alfa development programs in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and obesity. 25 November 2024
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Cassava Sciences, a US biotech developing a novel, investigational treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia, was trading 83% lower at midday on Thursday. 25 November 2024
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Positive top-line results from the Phase III ZENITH study evaluating Winrevair (sotatercept-csrk) in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group 1) functional class (FC) III or IV at high risk of mortality, were released today by US pharma giant Merck & Co. 25 November 2024
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a Biologics License Application (BLA) for belantamab mafodotin in combinations with bortezomib plus dexamethasone (BorDex [BVd]) and pomalidomide plus dexamethasone (PomDex [BPd]) for multiple myeloma patients who have received at least one prior line of therapy. 25 November 2024
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Imkeldi (imatinib) oral solution, the first oral liquid form of imatinib to treat certain forms of leukemia and other cancers, from privately-held US-Ireland-based pharmaceutical company Shorla Oncology. 25 November 2024
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Specialist pre-clinical contract research organization (CRO) and ion channel screening company Metrion Biosciences has announced the appointment of Lee Patterson as its new chief executive. 25 November 2024
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Levothyroxine, a widely prescribed treatment for hypothyroidism, may contribute to bone loss in older adults, according to new research presented at the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) annual meeting. 25 November 2024
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