pharma news

Jun 10, 2021

Aelis Farma pockets USD 30 Million upfront in cannabis use disorder deal with Indivior Indivior speculates that Aelis Farma has what it takes to bring cannabis use disorder therapy into the clinic with a USD 30 million upfront rights agreement. Aelis, clinical-stage French biotech zeroed in on brain disorders...

Jun 08, 2021

Verdict for Biogen’s Long-Awaited Alzheimer’s Drug Is Finally Here   The USFDA finally gave approval to eagerly-anticipated Biogen’s Drug Aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease under the accelerated approval pathway. The drug, marketed under the name Aduhelm, is the first that treats an un...

Jun 03, 2021

Abbott receives CE Mark for Navitor™, the Latest-Generation Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) System for Aortic Stenosis treatment  On May 17, 2021, Abbott received CE Mark for its latest-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system, Navitor™. This marks the minimal...

May 27, 2021

Pieris Pharmaceuticals declares Respiratory and Ophthalmology deal with Genentech Pieris, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, declared that it has entered into a multi-program research collaboration and license collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to discover, develop and commercialise ...

May 13, 2021

Lilly, MiNA ink agreement to upregulate proteins using RNA Eli Lilly will utilise the power of MiNA Therapeutics’ proprietary small activating RNA (saRNA) technology platform to develop five novel drug candidates against diseases across the company’s core areas of focus. Eli Lilly declared a drug development ...

May 06, 2021

Pfizer suffers a DMD delay and halts BCMA trials amid safety woes  Pfizer has paused after seeing three cases of peripheral neuropathy in an early-stage study, enrollment in a critical analysis of its anti-BCMA bispecific antibody. Big Pharma shares news with details of delays to the start of the US part of...

Apr 29, 2021

Arch Oncology scores USD 105 Million for anti-CD47 med in solid tumors, multiple myeloma Arch Oncology scored USD 105 million from new and old backers to expand the drug’s journey through the clinic and into new trials, having moved its anti-CD47 antibody into a phase 1/2 study.  Arch tests the drug alon...

Apr 22, 2021

Vertex leads in CRISPR Therapeutics partnership with USD 900 Million upfront Vertex has boosted a deal with CRISPR Therapeutics to USD 900 million upfront as the companies compete against bluebird bio to the market with a novel gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia called CTX001. B...

Apr 15, 2021

Lilly’s RET inhibitor Retevmo exhibits early promise in new cancer types The phase 1/2 LIBRETTO-001 trial enrolled 32 patients with 12 unique RET fusion-positive advanced cancer types, comprising pancreatic, colon, breast and salivary cancer, with 62.5% affected by gastrointestinal tumours. Across all 32 pati...

Apr 13, 2021

Taysha takes charge of a Rare Disease Gene Therapy for $5.5 M  Taysha Gene Therapies announced the acquisition of exclusive global rights to TSHA-120 from a leading patient advocacy group for an upfront payment of USD 5.5 million.  TSHA-120 is an intrathecally dosed AAV9 gene therapy designed to tre...