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Biotech
Biotech | 24 November 2021

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals enters agreement with GSK to develop NASH drug candidate

Arrowhead to receive US $ 120 million upfront payment for Phase 1/2 program for NASH and is eligible to receive potential milestone payments and royalties on commercial sales

Biotech
Biotech | 24 November 2021

Serum Life Sciences invests US $ 10 million in GreenLight Biosciences

GreenLight Biosciences is a Boston-based biotechnology company dedicated to making ribonucleic acid (RNA) products affordable and accessible

Biotech
Biotech | 23 November 2021

AstraZeneca opens Discovery Centre in Cambridge

State-of-the-art R&D facility designed to foster collaboration across world-class science ecosystem

Biotech
Biotech | 23 November 2021

Obseva announces U.S. FDA acceptance of new drug application for linzagolix

Obseva announced previously that the company has entered into a partnership with Syneos Health to support commercialization of linzagolix in the US and EU

Biotech
Biotech | 23 November 2021

Zydus Cadila submits NDA to Drug Controller General of India for Chronic Kidney Disease

The NDA for Desidustat is based on positive data from the DREAM-ND and DREAM-D Phase 3 trials in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Not on Dialysis and Dialysis

Biotech
Biotech | 22 November 2021

CStone and Jiangsu Hengrui sign exclusive licensing agreement for cancer drugs in China

CStone granted the exclusive rights to Hengrui for research, development, registration, manufacturing, and commercialization of anti-CTLA-4 mAb CS1002 in the Greater China region

Biotech
Biotech | 20 November 2021

Oravax and Genomma JV to commercialise Covid-19 vaccine in Mexico and Latam

Premas Biotech is the developer of the technology for the Covid-19 vaccine and a shareholder in Oravax Medical

Biotech
Biotech | 20 November 2021

Novo Nordisk to acquire Dicerna Pharmaceuticals for US $ 3.3 bn

Dicerna develops RNAi-based therapies to selectively silence genes that cause or contribute to disease

Biotech
Biotech | 18 November 2021

Daiichi Sankyo initiates Phase 2 trial of mRNA Covid-19 vaccine in Japan

It is anticipated to be safe and efficacious by targeting the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the new coronavirus

Biotech
Biotech | 18 November 2021

US govt signs deal with GSK and Vir Biotechnology to buy sotrovimab, a Covid-19 treatment

The final data from the trial showed sotrovimab reduces hospitalisation and risk of death by 79% in adults with mild-to-moderate Covid-19 who are at high risk of progression to severe disease

Biotech
Biotech | 18 November 2021

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 drug offers 83% protection over six months

Six-months follow-up of prevention trial showed 83% reduced risk of symptomatic Covid-19, with no severe disease or deaths

Biotech
Biotech | 17 November 2021

Pfizer seeks EUA from U.S. FDA for Covid-19 drug

If approved or authorized, Paxlovid would be the first oral antiviral of its kind, to combat SARS-CoV-2

Biotech
Biotech | 17 November 2021

World’s first Donepezil patch to treat Alzheimer approved in South Korea

Launching in 2022, its availability will be expanded to the global market

Biotech
Biotech | 13 November 2021

Moderna presents data from Phase 1 study of mRNA Triplet programme

The interim data combines three mRNAs into one therapy injected directly into the tumour

Biotech
Biotech | 12 November 2021

Meridian Bioscience receives U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Revogene SARS-CoV-2 molecular assay

The company expects to begin shipping this product before the end of its fiscal first quarter, ending December 31, 2021

Biotech
Biotech | 12 November 2021

Ronapreve gets the green light from CHMP to treat non-hospitalised Covid-19 patients

A final decision regarding the approval of Ronapreve is expected from the European Commission shortly

Biotech
Biotech | 09 November 2021

Clarivate and BARDA collaborate to identify therapeutics that can be repurposed for medical countermeasures

Bioanalytical approach to accelerate development efforts in the identification of compounds that can treat chlorine or sulfur mustard injuries

Biotech
Biotech | 09 November 2021

Bristol Myers neoadjuvant Opdivo (nivolumab) plus chemotherapy assists cancer patients effectively

Positive results reinforce the improved efficacy seen with Opdivo-based treatments in four Phase 3 clinical trials in earlier-stage cancers, including lung cancer, bladder cancer, esophageal/gastroesophageal junction cancer and melanoma

Biotech
Biotech | 08 November 2021

Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug a potential game changer

In the overall study population through Day 28, no deaths were reported in patients who received Paxlovid as compared to 10 deaths in patients who received placebo

Biotech
Biotech | 08 November 2021

Meiji Seika Pharma to build new facility in Bangalore to expand CMO business

The new manufacturing facility will be built at a subsidiary of Adcock Ingram and will commence operation in March 23

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