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Jan 19, 2018

Pandion Therapeutics bags USD 58 million in series A Funding Focused on developing Targeted immune modulator drugs, Pandion Therapeutics has successfully grabbed USD 58 million in series A funding. The company is led by highly experienced professionals. Anthony Coyle (former senior vice president at Pfizer and globa...

Jan 10, 2018

Gene therapy is back into play after a decade-long failed deliveries. 2017 was a golden year in gene therapy arena, various companies are aggressively developing gene therapy based treatments targeting life-threatening indications. Spark therapeutics got USFDA approval for the first-ever gene therapy based blindness...

Jan 09, 2018

Key to new Cancer drugs discovered in bacterial genomes Achievement is made by the scientists of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Florida campus who had previously discovered LNM E1 compound used to kill prostate cancer. This time they have unlocked the capability of LNM family molecules by “mining” the in...

Jan 02, 2018

Connection between Immune cells in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease The spreading of pathology within and between brain areas is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders. In patients with Alzheimer’s disease, deposition of amyloid-β is accompanied by activation of the innate immune system and involves the inflamma...

Dec 19, 2017

Regeneron/Sanofi’s PD-1 drug candidate will be tested with ISA’s HPV immunotherapy Regeneron and Sanofi’s PD-1 candidate cemiplimab is paired with Dutch biotech ISA Pharma’s human papillomavirus (HPV) targeting drug for testing. The new drug is competing to become the sixth PD-1/PD-L1 drug on the market. Joined with...

Dec 05, 2017

KINECT 4 Phase III Study Demonstrating INGREZZA® Improves Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. announced new long-term data from the KINECT 4 Phase III open-label study demonstrate that once-daily INGREZZA® (valbenazine) capsules, the first FDA approved treatment for adults with tardive dyskinesi...

Nov 21, 2017

EMA to relocate to Amsterdam by March 2019 Results of the Monday's vote for the European Medicines Agency relocation led to the emergence of Amsterdam as the new headquarters, beating the other finalists Milan and Copenhagen. Nineteen European Union member states submitted proposals for the EMA headquarters, and Mil...

Nov 15, 2017

One of the top five risks for human health includes poor air quality, while the others are blood pressure, smoking tobacco, diabetes, and obesity. The poor air quality has contributed to around 8% of deaths around the world, according to a 2015 statistic and long-term exposure has created health hazard risks such as...