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Sep 14, 2021

ADARx bags USD 75 Million to advance its RNA tech pipeline ADARx Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company developing RNA targeting therapeutics, announced the completion of a USD 75 million Series B financing to progress its drug development pipeline. SR One Capital Management and OrbiMed Advisors co-led Series ...

Sep 09, 2021

Roche’s Genentech taps Adaptimmune for T-Cell Therapy Collaboration for USD 3 Billion A collaboration valued more than USD 3 billion, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, declared it will collaborate with Adaptimmune for developing and commercializing allogeneic T-cell therapies to treat multiple cancer indic...

Sep 07, 2021

Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine enters in the late-stage of clinical trials  As the battle to get an effective Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine on the market heats up, Pfizer is launching a critical late-stage study of its experimental vaccine against a severe version of a cold virus that may cause pneumonia ...

Aug 31, 2021

FDA's Green Flag to Ascendis's Once-Weekly SKYTROFA for Treatment of Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency For the treatment of growth failure due to deficiency of growth hormones, the USFDA approved Ascendis Pharma's Skytrofa (lonapegsomatropin-tcgd) for children of one year and older suffering from an improper s...

Aug 19, 2021

Boston Scientific starts recruitment for randomized controlled trials for the EkoSonic™ Endovascular System On August 04, 2021, Boston Scientific Corporation started the enrolment in the HI-PEITHO clinical trial, which is a collaborative research study with the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Cons...

Aug 17, 2021

FDA’s Green Flag to Keytruda and Lenvima combination by Merck and Eisai for Advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) The FDA approved the combination of Keytruda and Lenvima produced by Merck and Eisai, as a first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The efficacy and safety resul...

Aug 12, 2021

LQT Therapeutics secures USD 19 Million to tackle heart diseases with Sanofi compounds LQT Therapeutics intends to tackle debilitating heart arrhythmias with limited interventions, and investors are planting a seed in the biotech's heart with USD 19 million.  The two-year-old Canadian biotech will utiliz...

Aug 05, 2021

Sanofi bets USD 3.2 Billion on mRNA with a deal to acquire Translate Bio Sanofi is betting the genetic technology behind the fast development of two highly effective coronavirus shots last year will result in vaccines for other viruses as well as drugs for diseases of the lung and liver, announcing a deal to acq...

Aug 03, 2021

Nevro Received FDA Approval of its 10 kHz High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Pain Associated with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy On July 19, 2021, Nevro Corp. received approval for its Senza System, Nevro's unique 10 kHz stimulation, to treat chronic pain associated with Painful...

Jul 29, 2021

Teneobio and its next-gen cancer work acquired by Amgen  Amgen has penned a major new buyout deal to boost its oncology pipeline further. The biopharma is putting USD 900 million down upfront, with USD 1.6 billion in biobucks on the table to buy Teneobio and its suite of bispecific and multispecific antibod...