Cancer

Jan 11, 2022

Noxxon continues enrolment in a glioblastoma therapy trial Noxxon Pharma continues subject enrolment in the GLORIA clinical trial of NOX-A12 in brain cancer (glioblastoma) patients. The move comes after the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) evaluated safety results from the preliminary four-week treatment with...

Jan 05, 2022

Although COVID-19 continued to dominate headlines in 2021, pharmaceutical companies did not cease developing new treatments this year. The US Food and Drug Administration maintained a rapid rate of new drug approvals this year, all while managing the urgent examination of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines un...

Jan 04, 2022

FDA approves IND application of Accutar for a prostate cancer treatment trial The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Accutar Biotechnology’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Phase I clinical trial of AC0176 for treating metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). An i...

Dec 13, 2021

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapies are shown to have transformative potential as a new type of cancer treatment that utilizes the immune system to fight the disease. It involves the process where genetically engineered T cells (patient/donor) express a chimeric antigen receptor to target a specific ...

Aug 24, 2021

AstraZeneca's Newly Occupied Alexion Hits Rock Bottom After Ultomiris (Ravulizumab) Fails to Show Efficacy in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis AstraZeneca's 39 billion USD complete acquisition of Alexion took over just a few months back. Unpleasant news strike hard for their first deal in the rare neu...

Mar 30, 2021

Bright Peak Therapeutics, Ajinomoto Collaborates to Create Novel Immunocytokines Bright Peak Therapeutics has announced a research and licensing collaboration with Ajinomoto to incorporate AJICAP,  Ajinomoto Co.’s proprietary site-specific bioconjugation technology, for the development of Bright Peak Immuno...

Jan 12, 2021

Medivir, IGM Biosciences enters into an exclusive licensing agreement for Birinapant Medivir AB has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with IGM Biosciences to receive global, exclusive development rights for Birinapant. Birinapant is a clinical-stage SMAC mimetic that degrades Inhibitors of Apoptosis ...

Dec 22, 2020

Servier Acquires Agios' Cancer Portfolio in a USD 2 Billion Deal The year is a prime witness of pricey deals and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry. To leave its mark, another player decided to hop onto the list. French drugmaker Servier has announced the acquisition of the Oncology business of Agios Ph...

Nov 04, 2020

Bristol Myers' Experimental Psoriasis drug succeeds in late-stage study defeats rival Amgen's Otezla Bristol Myers' experimental psoriasis drug, deucravacitinib has outmarched Amgen's Otezla (apremilast) in the POETYK PSO-1 Phase III clinical trial in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Deucravaci...

Jul 01, 2020

Over the past few decades Cancer has emerged as a major public health concern worldwide. Cancer is the second leading cause of deaths that takes place worldwide. Every sixth death is due to cancer, and in 2018 was estimated to be responsible for 9.6 million deaths. Costing people quality of lives and eventually lea...