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Trevi Therapeutics reported promising results from a mid-stage study of its experimental chronic cough treatment, Haduvio (nalbuphine extended-release). Shares in the company are trading around a third higher following the announcement. 10 March 2025
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Finnish drugmaker Orion Corporation has announced that it is establishing a new research and development (R&D) center in Cambridge, UK, during 2025 to accelerate its global growth strategy and the development of innovative medicines. 10 March 2025
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Indian drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has entered an agreement with Checkpoint Therapeutics to acquire the US immunotherapy and targeted oncology company, with the news sending the latter’s shares rocketing more than 65% to $4.06 this morning. 10 March 2025
Biotechnology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the biologics license application (BLA) for Encelto (revakinagene taroretcel-lwey; NT-501) for the treatment of macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel), submitted by privately-held US biotech Neurotech Pharmaceuticals. 10 March 2025
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Valo Therapeutics says it has successfully secured a financing round of 19 million euros ($20.6 million), part of which was raised in Europe and part in Australia, to clinically develop its innovative immune therapy for cancer. 10 March 2025
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Cardiorenal specialist scPharmaceuticals has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Furoscix (furosemide injection) to expand the indication to include treatment of edema in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). 7 March 2025
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US clinical stage biotech Rapport Therapeutics has announced the appointment of Dr Jeffrey Sevigny as chief medical officer (CMO), effective immediately. 7 March 2025
Biotechnology
Tenaya Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, has announced plans to raise approximately $52.5 million through a public offering. 6 March 2025
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Privately-held US drugmaker Tris Pharma today announced positive top-line results from its ALLEVIATE-2 Phase III pivotal clinical trial evaluating cebranopadol, an investigational therapy, for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain in patients following bunionectomy surgery. 6 March 2025
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USA-based Medicus Pharma has announced a positive-trending interim analysis for the SKNJCT-003 Phase II study, which aims to treat non-invasively basal cell carcinoma of the skin (BCC). 6 March 2025
Biotechnology
German biotech major BioNTech has suffered a blow as it seeks to add new revenue streams beyond its COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty. 6 March 2025
Biotechnology
French biopharmaceutical Osivax, which is developing vaccines to provide broad-spectrum protection against highly mutating respiratory viruses, has announced the successful first close of its Series B financing, raising 10 million euros ($10.05 million) from new and existing investors. 6 March 2025
Biotechnology
UK-based Trimtech Therapeutics, a biotech harnessing targeted protein degradation (TPD) for neurodegenerative diseases, has announced the closing of its $31 million seed funding round. 5 March 2025
Biotechnology
The board of directors at immunology-focused biopharma Acelyrin has found that an unsolicited takeover bid from Concentra Biosciences is an inferior proposal to the planned merger with Alumis. 5 March 2025
Pharmaceutical
Pliant Therapeutics has scrapped its Phase IIb Beacon-IPF trial for bexotegrast in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), after data monitors noted higher adverse events for the treatment group. 5 March 2025
Biotechnology
IN8bio has unveiled a new T cell engager (TCE) platform, marking its first major push into autoimmune disease. 5 March 2025
Biotechnology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tevimbra (tislelizumab-jsgr), in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) whose tumors express PD-L1 (≥1). 5 March 2025
Biotechnology
San Francisco-based 3T Biosciences, an immunotherapy company in the field of solid tumors and other immune-mediated diseases, has announced the promotion of Marvin Gee to chief research officer and the appointment of Barbara Sennino as senior vice president and head of early development. 4 March 2025
Biotechnology
Privately-held Cambridge, USA-based biotech Gensaic announced a potentially lucrative license and discovery collaboration with Denmark’s Novo Nordisk . 4 March 2025
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US clinical-stage pharma company Protagonist Therapeutics and Japan’s Takeda have announced positive top-line results for the Phase III VERIFY study, in which phlebotomy-dependent patients with polycythemia vera (PV), a rare blood cancer, were randomized to treatment with either rusfertide or placebo, as an add-on to standard of care treatment. 4 March 2025
Biotechnology
Chicago, USA-based artificial intelligence and antibody specialist SparX Biopharmaceutical is to embark on a new strategic collaboration with Arovella Therapeutics. 17 October 2023
Biotechnology
Seattle, USA-based biotech Omeros Corporation saw its shares plummet as much as 58% to an all-time low of $0.92 yesterday, after it said it will discontinue development of an experimental therapy to treat a type of kidney disease after a late-stage study failure. 17 October 2023
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Tessellate BIO, a pre-clinical stage biotech with a focus on novel synthetic lethality approaches, has emerged from stealth. 17 October 2023
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Danish company Novo Nordisk has agreed to acquire ocedurenone - a drug in development for uncontrolled hypertension with potential application in cardiovascular and kidney disease - from Singapore biotech KBP Biosciences for up to $1.3 billion. 16 October 2023
Biotechnology
ZQ Capital Management has made an offer for UK-based Allergy Therapeutics, as required by takeover rules. 16 October 2023
Biotechnology
PHIOGEN Pharmaceuticals, an innovative biotech start-up housed in the Texas Medical Center Innovation Hub and pioneering next-generation bacteriophage-based therapeutics, has appointed Dr Mayukh Das as chief operations officer (COO). 16 October 2023
Biotechnology
Interim Phase II data from the Phase II/III Orbit study demonstrate setrusumab resulted in 67% reduction in annualized fracture rate, as well as continuous and meaningful improvements in bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). 16 October 2023
Biotechnology
The Lonza subsidiary Synaffix, which is focused on commercializing its clinical-stage platform technology for the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) with best-in-class therapeutic index, has entered a licensing deal with SOTIO Biotech. 16 October 2023
Biotechnology
Swiss biotech firm MoonLake Immunotherapeutics saw its US traded shares rise pre-market, after it announced positive 24-week top-line results from its global Phase II MIRA trial. 16 October 2023
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USA-based CNS disease specialist Supernus Pharmaceuticals has resubmitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for its apomorphine infusion device (SPN-830) for the continuous treatment of motor fluctuations (OFF episodes) in Parkinson’s disease (PD). 13 October 2023
Biotechnology
China-headquartered independent biotech MediLink Therapeutics has entered into a strategic research collaboration and worldwide license agreement with Germany’s BioNTech on the development of a next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate against human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (HER3). 13 October 2023
Biotechnology
China’s CARsgen Therapeutics has announced the publication of two cases of long-term disease-free survival in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with its CAR-GPC3 T-cell therapy. 12 October 2023
Biotechnology
Israel-based cancer and rare diseases drug developer BioLineRx today announced the closing of an exclusive license agreement with Guangzhou Gloria Biosciences (GloriaBio) and an associated investor for the development of motixafortide across all indications in Asia, with the news sending BioLineRx’ shares up 6.7% to $1.60. 12 October 2023
Biotechnology
Swedish biotech Promore Pharma will soon run out of money, and has begun liquidation proceedings, the company announced. 12 October 2023
Pharmaceutical
Swedish company Egetis Therapeutics has raised around $16 million in a private share placement led by US healthcare investor Frazier Life Sciences. 11 October 2023
Biotechnology
UK clinical-stage biotech PureTech Health has presented new clinical data supporting the differentiated profile of LYT-100 (deupirfenidone) at the CHEST Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. 11 October 2023
Biotechnology
Danish biotech MinervaX, a privately held firm working on a novel, prophylactic vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), has raised $57 million from a range of new and existing sources of finance. 11 October 2023
Biotechnology
Shares in San Diego-based inflammatory diseases specialist Ventyx Biosciences closed 26% lower after Tuesday’s trading. 11 October 2023
Biotechnology
With the aim of advancing its fibrosis-focused pipeline, Belgian biotech Agomab Therapeutics today announced the closing of a $100 million (94.9 million euros) Series C financing. 11 October 2023
Biotechnology
Experienced neuroscience drug development executive Robert Lenz has joined Neumora Therapeutics. 10 October 2023
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