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26 November 2024 US companies Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Sarepta Therapeutics have announced a global licensing and collaboration agreement.
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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
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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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US biotech success story Moderna has turned to one of the world’s leading tech companies as it seeks to stay at the forefront of advancing mRNA medicines. 21 April 2023
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Abdera Therapeutics today announced that it has raised $142 million in combined Series A and B financing, with the proceeds to be used for developing transformative radiopharmaceuticals to treat cancer. 21 April 2023
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The RATIONALE 305 trial of BeiGene’s checkpoint blocker tislelizumab has met its primary endpoint of overall survival (OS). 21 April 2023
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Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda is considering selling its Russian plant that produces, Ninlaro (ixazomib), a treatment for patients with multiple myeloma as well as other drugs, according to some local market analysts and Russian media, The Pharma Letters local correspondent reports. 21 April 2023
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Danish biotech Genmab today announced an award in the second arbitration relating to its license agreement with Janssen Biotech. 21 April 2023
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Yet another project focusing on antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) is to get underway, following an agreement between German firm Tubulis and Bristol Myers Squibb. 20 April 2023
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The Russia government has updated the existing draft strategy for the development of the domestic pharmaceutical industry - Pharma-2030, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 20 April 2023
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The world’s top 20 biopharma companies reported a drop in their combined market capitalization by 3.4% from $3.61 trillion at the end of 2022, to $3.49 trillion after the first three months of 2023. 20 April 2023
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Danish clinical-stage retinal diseases biotech Breye Therapeutics today announced the appointment of Peter Adamson as chief scientific Officer (CSO). 20 April 2023
Biotechnology
Flagship Pioneering has had an outsized impact on the sector, launching a spate of successful biotechs, including Moderna Therapeutics. Now, with Pioneering Medicines, the group hopes to shake things up again. 20 April 2023
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Following a positive advisory committee meeting last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq). 20 April 2023
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At present, cancer vaccines are available mainly as part of clinical trials but, with ambitious biotech companies starting to grab the attention of big pharma and other investors with deep pockets, the global market for these immunotherapies is set to expand rapidly. 20 April 2023
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US biopharma SAB Biotherapeutics has received both Breakthrough and Fast Track designations for SAB-176 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past week. 20 April 2023
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Long-term data from the ALITHIOS open-label extension study in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) shows that up to five years, patients treated earlier and continuously with Kesimpta (ofatumumab) had fewer disability worsening events and low brain volume change versus those starting on teriflunomide who later switched to the Novartis drug. 20 April 2023
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Danish CNS specialist Lundbeck (LUND: CO) has announced positive results of the HOPE trial, a clinical proof of concept trial of Lu AG09222 as a potential treatment for the prevention of migraine. 20 April 2023
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Two Dutch venture capital firms have raised over 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion), providing a fillip to lately foundering confidence in the biotech sector. 20 April 2023
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A surprising premature abstract release from the European Hematology Association (EHA) offered the first look at outcomes from CARTITUDE-4, though the abstract has since been removed from the website and may not be the finial information. 20 April 2023
Biotechnology
Biotech investors are cautiously optimistic about opportunities in China in 2023, and they are looking for novel or value-added assets only, said investors at the CMAC conference held in Suzhou in earlier this month. 19 April 2023
Biotechnology
Privately held, venture-funded biotech Revolo Biotherapeutics, previously known as Immune Regulation, today announced positive top-line data from its proof-of-concept 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). 19 April 2023
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Pharma major GSK has been caught up in a wave of industrial action hitting British companies, as the UK struggles with stubbornly high inflation and a rising cost of living. 19 April 2023
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