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Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“Biocytogen”, HKEX: 02315) today announced the launch of a new sub-brand, RenBiologics™, to represent the company’s antibody discovery business division. RenBiologics business will cover out-licensing/co-development of the company’s extensive library of fully human antibodies, as well as licensing of RenMice®, the company’s fully human antibody/TCR discovery platforms. The RenBiologics logo features an ant

Sagimet Biosciences Inc. (Sagimet, Nasdaq: SGMT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitors designed to target dysfunctional metabolic and fibrotic pathways, today announced positive topline results from its FASCINATE-2 Phase 2b clinical trial of denifanstat versus placebo in biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients with stage 2 or stage 3 fibrosis (F2/F3) at week 52. In this trial, denifanstat, an oral, selective F

Pharvaris (Nasdaq: PHVS), a clinical-stage company developing novel, oral bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists to treat and prevent hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the clinical hold on the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for deucrictibant for the prophylactic treatment of HAE attacks following review of data from a 26-week rodent toxicology study. “The lift of the clinical hold in the U.S. ena

Vaxart, Inc. (Nasdaq: VXRT) today announced that the United States Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded the Company $9.27 million to fund preparation for a 10,000 subject Phase 2b clinical study evaluating Vaxart’s oral pill XBB COVID-19 vaccine candidate against an approved mRNA vaccine comparator. “We are very honored to receive this BARDA award, which will support the innovative approach of our oral pill vaccine platform,” s

Jacobio Pharmaceuticals (1167.HK), a clinical-stage oncology company focusing on undruggable targets, announced data of glecirasib in patients with pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors in the oral abstract session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium ("2024 ASCO GI"). As of December 6, 2023, the monotherapy global study of glecirasib enrolled 52 patients with pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors harboring KRAS G12C

Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (Coherus, Nasdaq: CHRS), today announced data from the lead-in portion of the Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating casdozokitug (casdozo), a selective and potent IL-27-targeting antibody, in combination with atezolizumab (atezo) and bevacizumab (bev) in treatment naïve patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC). These data are being presented at the 2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium taking place January 18-2

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences,” HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced the publication of results from the prespecified interim analysis for event-free survival (EFS) in patients with stage III non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) of NEOTORCH (NCT04158440) in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). NEOTORCH

Immunity Pharma, a clinical-stage neurology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced positive top line results from the Phase 2a trial with IPL344 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. The study demonstrated statistically significant efficacy as measured by change in the slope decline of ALSFRS-R. The drug was well tolerated, and the study suggests benefits in weight gain, respiration, and survival. Neurofilament (NfL) reduction was observed following IPL344 treatment.

Vetter, a leading globally operating contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has joined the German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (vfa) as an associate member. With this membership, the vfa recognizes the significant role that the pharmaceutical service provider plays in the field of complex injectable drugs. Vetter supports research-based pharmaceutical companies worldwide in successfully developing, launching, and establishing their products on th

Presage Biosciences, a biotechnology company whose mission is to enable precision drug response evaluation in the human tumor microenvironment (TME), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Study May Proceed notification for testing a pre-GMP drug candidate with the CIVO® platform. The drug candidate, PBA-0405, is owned by Poland-based biopharmaceutical company, Pure Biologics, and represents the earliest stage material to date that will be evaluated in pat