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US biotech Cidara Therapeutics has announced as many as three major news updates in a single day. 25 April 2024
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has entered a deal with privately held Mammoth Biosciences to research, develop and commercialize Crispr-based gene-editing therapies targeting multiple diseases. 25 April 2024
Biotechnology
San Diego, USA-based Endeavor BioMedicines has announced the closing of a $132.5 million Series C financing. 25 April 2024
Pharmaceutical
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced the approval of Pivya (pivmecillinam) tablets for the treatment of female adults with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by susceptible isolates of Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus. 25 April 2024
Biotechnology
Cambridge, USA-based biotech Flare Therapeutics (FlareTx) has appointed Douglas Manion as chief executive, effective immediately. 24 April 2024
Biotechnology
In San Francisco, a new company focused on using artificial intelligence to power drug discovery has launched with more than $1 billion of committed capital. 24 April 2024
Biotechnology
Swedish biopharma Calliditas Therapeutics today announced positive global open-label extension (OLE) Phase III NefIgArd study results in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patients treated with Nefecon/Tarpeyo (budesonide). 24 April 2024
Biotechnology
US biopharma Abeona Therapeutics was trading nearly 50% lower in Tuesday morning’s trading after announcing a regulatory update for prademagene zamikeracel (pz-cel). 23 April 2024
Biotechnology
Following an earlier snub, the US Food and Drug Administration has now approved Anktiva (N-803, or nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln) plus Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). 23 April 2024
Biotechnology
Long-term partners BioArctic and Eisai have announced a new research agreement regarding BAN2802, a potential treatment combining the former company’s proprietary BrainTransporter technology with an undisclosed Alzheimer drug candidate. 23 April 2024
Biotechnology
Cash-laden Vertex Pharmaceuticals has followed up this month’s news of its $4.9 billion buy of US biotech company Alpine Immune Sciences with an announcement of an in-licensing deal. 23 April 2024
Biotechnology
French drugmaker Ipsen says it has signed an exclusive worldwide collaboration with privately-held US biotech Skyhawk Therapeutics to discover and develop novel small molecules that modulate RNA for rare neurological diseases. 23 April 2024
Biotechnology
Oxford, UK-based start-up Ochre Bio, an innovator in chronic liver disease drug development, today announced a partnership with family-owned German pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim. 22 April 2024
Biotechnology
Anglo-Irish biopharma SynOx Therapeutics has closed a $75 million Series B financing. 22 April 2024
Biotechnology
Life under the name Barinthus Biotherapeutics has not started well for the UK company formerly known as Vaccitech. 22 April 2024
Biotechnology
Connecticut, USA-based biotech company Biohaven has priced an underwritten public offering with the goal of raising approximately $230 million. 19 April 2024
Series B
British oncology start-up Pathios Therapeutics has raised $25 million in the first close of a Series B financing, including a new strategic investment from Bristol Myers Squibb. 19 April 2024
Biotechnology
Former Novartis executive Aurelia Caparrós has joined Amarna Therapeutics, a privately-held Dutch biotech developing gene therapies in a range of rare and prevalent diseases, including type 1 diabetes. 19 April 2024
Pharmaceutical
New York USA-based Metsera, a company accelerating the next generation of medicines for obesity and metabolic diseases, announced its launch today. 18 April 2024
Biotechnology
Californian venture capital firm Canaan has added former Pfizer senior executive Uwe Schoenbeck to its healthcare investment team. 18 April 2024
Biotechnology
BioAge Labs today announced a multi-year research collaboration with Swiss pharma giant Novartis, with the news pushing the US biotech’s shares up 6.1% to $4.35 by early afternoon. 18 December 2024
Pharmaceutical
Marking its second deal this month alone, Novo Nordisk has entered into a multi-year collaboration with Massachusetts, USA-based Photys Therapeutics to develop novel proximity-based therapeutics for a cardiometabolic disease target. 18 December 2024
Biotechnology
Cara Therapeutics and Tvardi Therapeutics have announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating a new entity under the Tvardi name. 18 December 2024
Pharmaceutical
SiteOne Therapeutics has announced the completion of a $100 million series C financing, led by Novo Holdings, with participation from OrbiMed, Wellington Management, Mission BioCapital, and others. 18 December 2024
Biotechnology
Flagship Pioneering-founded genome engineering biotech Tessera Therapeutics today announced an investment of up to $50 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop curative, globally accessible in vivo genetic therapies for sickle cell disease. 18 December 2024
Biotechnology
San Francisco-based Indapta Therapeutics, a privately held start-up developing next-generation cell therapies, has raised $22.5 million in a new financing round. The firm raised over $50 million in series A funding in 2022. 18 December 2024
Biotechnology
French CNS specialist Theranexus saw its shares leap more than 34% to 0.65 euros as it revealed a license and supply agreement with Exeltis to commercialize TX01, its novel formulation of a compound already approved in the indication for the treatment of rare neurological diseases. 18 December 2024
Biotechnology
Shares in US biopharma Viridian Therapeutics shot up by 21% on Monday. 17 December 2024
Biotechnology
US antivirals giant Gilead Sciences today revealed it has entered into a strategic collaboration to discover and develop novel, small molecule therapies across multiple targets with Californian biotech Terray Therapeutics. 17 December 2024
Pharmaceutical
Swedish biotech company Inify Laboratories has raised approximately 135 million kroner ($12.3 million) through a private placement, supporting a planned expansion into the UK. 16 December 2024
Biotechnology
Dewpoint Therapeutics and ConcertAI have announced the first phase of their translational oncology partnership, aligned around the former company's latest drug candidate, DPTX3186. 16 December 2024
Biotechnology
Bicycle Therapeutics, a UK-headquartered pharma company developing a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide technology, closed a third lower on Friday. 16 December 2024
Biotechnology
In a filing with the US financial regulator, German mRNA specialist BioNTech has noted the lifting of a partial clinical hold on its PRESERVE-003 trial. 16 December 2024
Biotechnology
VectorY Therapeutics, a Netherlands-based biotech focused on neurodegenerative diseases, has appointed Jim Scibetta as chief executive officer. 16 December 2024
Biotechnology
Sino-American biotech BeiGene has announced it has entered into a global licensing agreement with China’s CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology for SYH2039, a novel methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A)-inhibitor being explored for solid tumors. 13 December 2024
Pharmaceutical
US biotech Corcept Therapeutics has reported positive results from the Phase IV CATALYST study of Korlym (mifepristone) in people with hypercortisolism and difficult-to-control type 2 diabetes. 13 December 2024
Biotechnology
Nine months out from landing an additional $35 million in seed funding, Relation has more news – a big pharma collaboration. The group has announced a $45 million upfront deal, including a $15 million equity investment with UK pharma group GSK. 13 December 2024
Pharmaceutical
UK-based Tenpoint Therapeutics and Seattle’s Visus Therapeutics have announced the completion of their merger to create an entirely new chapter in ophthalmic therapeutic medicines aimed at rejuvenating the aging eye. 12 December 2024
Biotechnology
AI-driven biotech BenevolentAI has announced sweeping changes aimed at refocusing its operations and extending its financial runway into 2027. 12 December 2024
Biotechnology
USA-based Elevation Oncology, an innovative oncology company focused on the discovery and development of selective cancer therapies, has entered into a licensing agreement with Synaffix, part of Swiss out-sourcing major Lonza. 12 December 2024
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