Novartis

Jun 01, 2020

The ageing population is a global phenomenon. According to the UN’s “World Population Prospects 2019” by 2100, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 10.9 billion. Moreover, between 2020 and 2100, the number of people ages 80 and older is expected to increase from 146 million to 881 million. ...

May 28, 2020

The startup focuses on glioblastoma tumors with CAR-T therapy. CAR-T technology that involves genetically modifying a patient’s immune cells to recognize and attack cancer. However, while the innovation has helped patients with certain blood malignancies, progress in solid tumors remains restricted. The scien...

May 14, 2020

Merck supports Peloton Therapeutics with positive kidney cancer data Merck is revealing the data from a phase 2 study of a HIF-2α inhibitor after a year betting USD 1.05 billion on Peloton Therapeutics, and the deal is promising.  The drug limited tumour growth in 43% and shrank tumors in 28% of patients...

May 08, 2020

The current Beta-thalassemia market is experiencing the emergence of gene therapies as a one-time cure for the patients. Beta thalassemia is relatively a common heterogeneous autosomal recessive hereditary blood disorder. It is a common form of hemoglobinopathy characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis leadi...

Apr 21, 2020

The U.S. FDA has given its nod to Seattle Genetics for its Tukysa (tucatinib) for advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer Genetics Tukysa (tucatinib) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the HER2 protein, administered orally in combination with chemotherapy agents trastuzumab and capec...

Apr 10, 2020

DelveInsight estimates by 2030, the Car-T cell therapy market in Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia would approximate to USD 1,315.7 million in the 6MM (U.S. and EU5 including UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain), emerging as a multi-billion-dollar industry. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a tumor that afflic...

Mar 06, 2020

What does a yellow ribbon signify? It symbolizes support for Sarcoma patients. Sarcoma – an umbrella term for several forms of cancer that occur in muscles or bones – is a rare form of cancer. There exist more than 70 types of sarcomas – mostly considered rare – classified on the basis of the type of tissue they af...

Feb 21, 2020

The Middle-East and North-Africa region (MENA), which encompasses some of the world’s wealthiest economies, extends unparalleled opportunities to multinational corporations with expertise in medical devices. There is a conspicuous disparity in the economic prowess across the countries, but most of them have shown r...

Jan 30, 2020

A Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical, Annovis Bio, has raised USD12 million by listing its 2 million shares at USD 6 each. The company has managed to net USD 2 million more by offering 40% more shares.  The company plans to use the funds raised to address the unmet needs in the Alzheimer’s disease market...

Jan 21, 2020

The US FDA has recently granted Orphan Drug Designation to AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) and tremelimumab, combination therapy for HCC. Imfinzi, a monoclonal antibody, binds and inhibits the interaction of PD-L1 with PD-1 and CD80. The drug blocks tumour’s immune-evading mechanism and releases the inhibiti...