recent pharma news

Jul 23, 2020

Olema Oncology raises USD 54 Million for breast cancer program Olema Oncology has raised USD 54 million to push its lead program into the clinic and boost its R&D efforts in other areas.   The capital will bankroll a phase 1/2 study of the asset, OP-1250, as a single agent. Olema Oncology will a...

Jul 07, 2020

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals launches the Phase III trials of REGN-COV2 for treatment and prevention of COVID-19.   Regeneron is running two trials simultaneously, one for prevention and other for treatment, with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Phase III trial is studyi...

Jun 30, 2020

Intercept Pharmaceuticals receives a clear rejection from the FDA for its NASH drug, Obeticholic acid (OCA) Intercept Pharmaceuticals announced the issuance of a Complete Response Letter (CRL) by the FDA regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for Obeticholic acid (OCA) for the treatment of fibrosis due to ...

Jun 23, 2020

Sarepta Therapeutics has announced a research and option alliance with Codiak BioSciences to design and develop engineered exosome therapeutics for neuromuscular diseases The engineered exosome technology is believed to improve the delivery of delivering gene therapy, gene editing and RNA technologies for ne...

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 21, 2020

CanSino adds mRNA with Precision NanoSystems  CanSino Biologics is already evaluating a recombinant coronavirus vaccine in China. However, it is adding the mRNA to COVID-19 vaccine through a licensing agreement with Precision NanoSystems. The partners will work on an mRNA nanoparticle vaccine for COVID-1...

May 12, 2020

MyoKardia has announced the promising results of Phase III clinical trials of its lead drug mavacamten for symptomatic, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Following the announcement, shares of the California-based company skyrocketed. The Phase III clinical trial - EXPLORER-HCM – demonstrated the pot...

May 05, 2020

Florence-based Menarini Group has announced a USD667 million acquisition of the Stemline Therapeutics, an oncology-focused company. As per the agreement, Menarini plans to help Stemline to build a strong foothold in the U.S., and will also continue the development of Elzonris, a CD123 targeted therapy. Th...

Apr 28, 2020

Merck has collaborated with the Seattle-based Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) to further study novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The primary goal of the collaboration will be to investigate the molecular pathway of SARS-CoV-2 and aetiology of COVID-19 with the intent of finding an effective and standard treatm...

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...