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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
Pharmaceutical
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
Biotechnology
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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Spanish skincare specialist Almirall has announced positive results from a real-world study of Ilumetri (tildrakizumab) at the 25th World Congress of Dermatology. 7 July 2023
Biotechnology
US pharma giant Pfizer has made a $25 million equity investment in Caribou Biosciences, a Californian CRISPR genome-editing company. 7 July 2023
Biosimilars
Indian drugmaker Biocon says that its subsidiary Biocon Biologics has completed the integration of the acquired biosimilars business in over 70 countries in emerging markets effective July 1, 2023, ahead of schedule, increasing the scale and scope of its business. 7 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
Privately-held Italian drugmaker Chiesi Farmaceutici has appointed Alessandro Chiesi as chairman of the Chiesi Group. Additionally, it said that Maria Paola Chiesi becomes vice chair. 7 July 2023
Biotechnology
New Jersey, USA-based oncology company Hillstream BioPharma has signed an exclusive collaboration agreement with the Applied Biomedical Science Institute (ABSI). 7 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
Shares of US clinical-stage drug developer Histogen rocketed 33% to $$0.97 in after-hours trading yesterday, after it indicated that the company could be up for sale. 7 July 2023
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Shares in Singapore and California-based biotech ASLAN Pharmaceuticals have fallen by a quarter as traders pore over mid-stage data for lead candidate eblasakimab. 7 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Commission (EC) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) are phasing out the extraordinary regulatory flexibilities for medicines put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic to help address regulatory and supply challenges arising from the pandemic. 7 July 2023
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Big pharma companies Novartis and Eli Lilly announced major deals during a big-spending month in mergers and acquisitions. 6 July 2023
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Wuppertal, Germany-based infectious disease drug developer AiCuris Anti-infective Cures today announced that it has sharpened its strategic focus on the development of novel, therapeutic candidates for the prevention and treatment of moderate to severe and 6 July 2023
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The UK-based non-profit medical research organization and charity LifeArc has announced a program to invest more than £100 million ($127 million) by 2030 to deliver new breakthroughs in rare diseases. 6 July 2023
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Shorla Oncology, a privately-held, female founded US-Ireland pharmaceutical company, today announced it has entered into a licensing agreement and strategic partnership with a UK-based innovative drug development and manufacturing company. 6 July 2023
Biotechnology
Eisai has broken new ground in the development of Alzheimer's treatments, gaining the first approval for decades. In the runup to AAIC 2023, we discuss progress with the deputy chief clinical officer of the firm's American business. 6 July 2023
Biotechnology
Jacobio Pharmaceuticals Group closed 16% lower following Thursday’s trading in Hong Kong. 6 July 2023
Pharmaceutical
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow into the pharmaceutical industry in India has jumped by 45.4% in the fiscal year ended March 2023, compared to inflow in the previous fiscal year. 6 July 2023
Biotechnology
US protein-based vaccine developer Novavax saw its shares fall more than 4% to $7.06, despite announcing it has been granted full Marketing Authorization (MA) by the European Commission in the European Union (EU) for Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373). 6 July 2023
Biotechnology
Ryvu Therapeutics, Poland’s largest biotech firm, said today it has signed two agreements with Zakłady Farmaceutyczne Polpharma relating to its lead candidate RVU120 active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production for Phase II clinical studies in hematology: RIVER-52 and RIVER-81. 6 July 2023
Biotechnology
A new kind of antibody developed by Japan’s Astellas Pharma will be considered for approval in the USA under the Priority Review scheme. 6 July 2023
Biotechnology
Shares of US biotech Moderna, which is pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, edged up 1.5% to $123.54 yesterday, as it updated on regulatory submissions for mRNA-1345. 6 July 2023
Biotechnology
A new partnership will see nanomedicine-focused contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Ardena join forces with Dutch company RiboPro. 6 July 2023
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