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
The retiring Paul Perreault is to be replaced by another Paul as chief executive and managing director of Australian biotech CSL Limited. 13 December 2022
Providing further evidence that generics major Viatris is pushing wider beyond copy drugs, the company has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sweden’s Calliditas Therapeutics to register and commercialize the latter’s Nefecon in Japan. 13 December 2022
Troubled US biotech Clovis Oncology has officially filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, hit by a fall in its cancer drug sales and challenges in raising additional capital, and will also seek to sell its assets through a court supervised sales process. 13 December 2022
Coming as no surprise following rumors for the last couple of weeks, but with a much bigger price tag than had been expected, US biotech giant Amgen today announced that it is to acquire Horizon Therapeutics. 12 December 2022
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Ambrx Biopharma’s shares skyrocketed a whopping 1,000% by close of trading on Friday as it announced encouraging results in the Phase II trial of breast cancer drug ARX788. 12 December 2022
UK biotech Autolus Therapeutics has announced that the pivotal Phase II FELIX trial of obecabtagene autoleucel (obe-cel) in relapsed/refractory (r/r) adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has met its primary endpoint at interim analysis. 9 December 2022
USA-based clinical-stage biotech Akero Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AKRO) saw its shares gain 3.4% to $43.60 by close of trading yesterday, after it has announced that efruxifermin (EFX) has received a Breakthrough Therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). 9 December 2022
Swedish biotech Oncopeptides saw its shares plunge 36% to 12.00 Swedish kronor yesterday, after it revealed that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a withdrawal of the US marketing authorization for its multiple myeloma drug Pepaxto (melphalan flufenamide). 8 December 2022
US biotech Mammoth Biosciences, which is building the next generation of CRISPR products to cure and detect disease, has reinforced its C-suite with the arrival of two industry veterans - Phil Tinmouth as chief business officer, and Siang Chin as general counsel. 8 December 2022
Shares of US drugmaker Summit Therapeutics went stratospheric yesterday, rocketing 194% to $2.31 by close, after it announced a licensing deal with a Chinese drug developer that could cost it as much as $5 billion. 7 December 2022
Ireland and USA-based natural killer (NK) cell therapy biotech ONK Therapeutics has named Bruce McCreedy as chief scientific officer (CSO). 6 December 2022
Shares of La Jolla USA-based biotech Equillium were up 12% to $1.85 in pre-market trading, on news of a lucrative licensing deal with Japan’s Ono Pharmaceutical. 6 December 2022
In a challenging environment for biotech finance, Australian needle-free treatment specialist Vaxxas has raised new money for its COVID-19 vaccine - a sign of its potential in the growing market for seasonal coronavirus protection. 6 December 2022
While autologous CAR-T cell therapies have upended the treatment landscape for people with blood cancer, associated toxicities have limited access for many people. 6 December 2022
US clinical-stage cancer focused biotech Mirati Therapeutics has announced preliminary results from the KRYSTAL-7 Phase II trial and KRYSTAL-1 Phase Ib cohort evaluating adagrasib (400mg twice daily) concurrently combined with Merck & Co’s blockbuster drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in patients for the treatment of first-line non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring a KRASG12C mutation across all PD-L1 subgroups. 6 December 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a second indication for Brexafemme (ibrexafungerp tablets) for the reduction in the incidence of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC). 6 December 2022
Swiss contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Lonza today announced the start of new mid-scale manufacturing assets at its active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing center in Nansha, China. 5 December 2022