pharma news

Sep 26, 2019

European Commission Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Nirogacestat for the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Nirogacestat is a selective oral small molecule, gamma-secretase inhibitor under development by SpringWork Therapeutics. Currently, in Phase III development, the drug is investigated for the treatment o...

Sep 24, 2019

Flagship Pioneering has launched Omega Therapeutics with an aim to take forward the genomic medicine. The launch of Omega therapeutics was planned to focus on epigenetic drugs to target diseases. Study of changes in gene expressions without any changes in the DNA sequence is known as Epigenetics.  This oft...

Sep 19, 2019

FUJIFILM Corporation has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with an Australian bio-venture Cynata Therapeutics Limited for CYP-001. Under the agreement, FUJIFILM will gain rights to develop, manufacture and market a drug for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). CYP-001 is a Cynata’s lead cand...

Sep 17, 2019

AlivaMab Discovery Services (ADS) has announced an antibody discovery agreement against multiple targets with Janssen Research & Developments. AlivaMab, a pharmaceutical providing fully human therapeutic antibody discovery services, will render its therapeutic antibody candidates, its clinical expertise and...

Sep 10, 2019

Daiichi Sankyo announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) of DS-8201 to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). DS-8201 [fam-] trastuzumab deruxtecan), is an investigational antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) designed to deliver cytotoxic chemotherapy to cancer cells via a human epiderma...

Sep 05, 2019

Vertex Pharmaceuticals recently has announced the acquisition of Semma Therapeutics for USD 950 million in cash. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, aimed at creating therapies for life-threatening diseases, like cystic fibrosis, has signed a definitive agreement with Semma therapeutics, working to bring in the Healthcare ...

Aug 22, 2019

Themis Bioscience forms an Exclusive License and Research Alliance with MSD to Develop Vaccines Themis Bioscience, a vaccine development firm, has collaborated with the MSD, a trademark company of the Merck. The agreement is an exclusive license with MSD for the discovery and development of measles vaccines to f...

Aug 15, 2019

EU recommends the use of Imbruvica for two new indications The Janssen Pharmaceutical has received the approval for its drug Imbruvica (ibrutinib) from the European Commission (EC). Ibrutinib is a first-in-class targeted therapy, which inhibits the function of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). Jointly developed an...

Aug 13, 2019

GNA Biosolutions nets USD 13.5 Million in a Series C Funding GNA Biosolutions has secured USD 13.5 Million completing its all the rounds of financing. GNA Biosolutions GmbH, a Germany-based molecular diagnostics company has been able to successfully secure IVD-CE marking of its first point-of-care (POC) molecul...

Aug 01, 2019

Bayer and Orion's Nubeqa gets FDA recommendations for Prostate Cancer The U.S. FDA has given its nod to Nubeqa (darolutamide) for the treatment of patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). Nubeqa is a steroidal androgen receptor inhibitor (ARi), and its recommendation came afte...