Trevi Therapeutics has announced significant milestones in its clinical programs for Haduvio (nalbuphine), an investigational therapy aimed at treating chronic cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and refractory chronic cough (RCC). 4 October 2024
Paris-based asset manager Kurma Partners has raised 140 million euros ($154 million), successfully completing the first closing of Biofund IV 4 October 2024
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and US biotech incubator Flagship Pioneering have agree to collaborate on advancing health and sustainability outcomes in Singapore and the broader Asia Pacific region. 4 October 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed the partial clinical hold on delpacibart etedesiran (del-desiran/AOC 1001), an investigational treatment designed to address the root cause of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), under development by US biotech Avidity Biosciences . 4 October 2024
Caliway Biopharmaceuticals has successfully completed its initial public offering, raising NT$6.4 billion ($206 million), the largest IPO in Taiwan's biotech industry to date. 3 October 2024
US clinical-stage biotech Arcus Biosciences has entered into a clinical trial collaboration with AstraZeneca on renal cancer treatments. 3 October 2024
PeptiDream says that its wholly-owned PDRadiopharma subsidiary has entered into a strategic partnership with French nuclear medicines firm Curium. 3 October 2024
Shares of UK drug developer Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals rose as much as 9% and closed up 5.9% at 1.70 pence yesterday on the news of a further investment from Prevail Partners. 3 October 2024
UK-based biotech Resolution Therapeutics has announced the completion of a £63.5 million ($76.8 million) series B financing round led by Syncona. 3 October 2024
Liquidia Corporation and Pharmosa Biopharm have amended the current exclusive licensing agreement for the development and commercialization of L606. 3 October 2024
Timing can be crucial in biotech, and any company that can help optimize radiopharmaceuticals to fight cancer is likely to a hot property right now, given the recent popularity of the field among investors and drugmakers. 2 October 2024
UK-based biotech LoQus23 Therapeutics has closed a £35 million ($43 million) series A financing round, led by Forbion, with support from SV Health Investors' Dementia Discovery Fund and Novartis Venture Fund. 2 October 2024
Privately-held UK biotech Curve Therapeutics today announced the further strengthening of its leadership team with the appointments of Andre Hoekema as chairman of the board and Cora Griffin as head of business development. 2 October 2024
NK:IO, a London startup developing a cell therapy for treating solid tumors, has announced the appointment of a permant chief executive and the finalization of a seed funding round. 2 October 2024
Spanish epigenetics firm Oryzon Genomics has announced the receipt of the official meeting minutes from a recent End-of-Phase II meeting for vafidemstat in borderline personality disorder (BPD) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 2 October 2024
Halda Therapeutics, a US biotech company advancing cancer treatments, announced the appointment of Christian Schade as president and chief executive. 1 October 2024
A newly-published cost effectiveness analysis for Tarpeyo (budesonide) could help developer Calliditas Therapeutics increase sales in the USA, where the therapy was approved at the end of 2021. 12 April 2023
Privately-held US clinical-stage immunology specialist Acelyrin has announced long-term 46-week data from a global Phase II trial of izokibep in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). 12 April 2023
Ireland-headquartered biotech Horizon Therapeutics on Monday announced positive and statistically-significant top-line results from its randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled Phase IV clinical trial evaluating Tepezza (teprotumumab-trbw) for the treatment of adults with chronic thyroid eye disease drug (TED) and low CAS, which is a measure of disease activity. 11 April 2023
Australian drug developer Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals (ASX PAR) saw its shares gain 4% to A$1.27 in early trading, as it announced that analysis of six-month trial data shows injectable pentosan polysulfate sodium (iPPS) may slow the progression of osteoarthritis of the knee. 11 April 2023
US biotechnology company Bicycle Therapeutics , which pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle) technology, has announced the appointment of Dr Santiago Arroyo as chief development officer, effective March 31. 6 April 2023
French clinical-stage biotech Abivax has appointed Marc de Garidel as chief executive (CEO) and interim board chairman of the company, effective May 5, 2023. 6 April 2023
US immunology focussed biotech Immunic saw its shares soar more than 23% to $1.80 in early trading today, as it reported positive data from the maintenance phase of its Phase IIb CALDOSE-1 trial of its lead asset, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC). 5 April 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of Germany-headquartered clinical-stage biotech InflaRx Gohibic (vilobelimab) injection. 5 April 2023
A Citizen Petition (CP) has been filed on behalf of Swiss biotech Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, urging the USA’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to de-schedule the dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) class of chronic insomnia medications based on a review of evidence from available data, including post-marketing surveillance data. 5 April 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial clinical hold on all trials of Gossamer Bio’s GB5121, in response to serious adverse events that have been observed in the Phase Ib/II STAR-CNS study, including atrial fibrillation, a sudden death event and a fatal intracranial hemorrhage. 5 April 2023
Dermatology company Botanix Pharmaceuticals has safely navigated the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mid-cycle review with sofpironium bromide. 4 April 2023
OncoSec Medical closed down almost 50% on Monday and fell a further 6% to $1.22 pre-market today, after the company announced primary endpoint data from the Phase II KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial that missed its goals. 4 April 2023
Continuing to invest the massive profits generated from its COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty success, German biotech BioNTech has signed up for another oncology collaboration. 3 April 2023
Shares in Sweden’s Asarina Pharma looked set to close more than 2% higher based on results from its Phase IIa study of the endogenous neurosteroid sepranolone for the treatment of Tourette syndrome. 3 April 2023
Karim Mikhail is to resign as president and chief executive of Amarin Corp, the Ireland-headquartered fish oil-based heart drug specialist, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 3 April 2023
French oncology focussed biotech firm Innate Pharma’s shares were up 16.6% at 3.12 euros in early trading today, as it revealed an exclusive license agreement with Japan’s Takeda (TYO: 4502) 3 April 2023
China’s Junshi Biosciences has entered an agreement with Rxilient Biotech (a portfolio company of Legend Capital), to form a joint venture to develop and commercialize its cancer drug toripalimab in Southeast Asia. 31 March 2023
A new oncology-focused spinout will be launched by Citius Pharmaceuticals, with the goal of developing the immuno-oncology asset I/ONTAK. 31 March 2023