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Sermonix Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of female oncology products in the precision medicine metastatic breast cancer arena, announced the enrollment and dosing of the first patient into the Phase 2 clinical trial collaboration of its lead investigational drug, lasofoxifene, in combination with Eli Lilly and Company’s FDA-approved CDK 4 and 6 inhibitor, abemaciclib. The open-label, multi-center study will evaluate t

Sidero Bioscience, LLC, a clinical stage biotechnology company targeting human digestive health, today announces the execution of a term sheet agreement with SRS Life Sciences PTE. LTD, (Singapore) a leading life sciences company. The agreement provides SRS exclusive rights for sales, marketing, and distribution of Sidero’s patented biologic iron, BioFeTM, for the management of iron deficiency and related disorders in India and Southeast Asia. "This agreement illustr

Prestige BioPharma Ltd. (hereinafter “Prestige BioPharma”) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Orphan Drug Commission (COMP) has granted a positive opinion for an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) status to its first-in-class anti-PAUF monoclonal antibody, PBP1510, for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Receiving the ODD status means that Prestige BioPharma would receive numerous benefits including the exclusive rights to sale for 10 years after a succe

After encouraging results obtained under named patient use in severe cases of COVID-19, F4 Pharma is now preparing clinical trials in several European centers with its substance FX06. There is emerging evidence that severe COVID-19 affects all organs through a systemic inflammation of the inner layer of the small blood vessels leading to increased permeability of the capillaries, which can finally result in multi-organ failure and death. The dysfunctional endothelium is the link between the p

Rhizen Pharmaceuticals S. A. (Rhizen), a Switzerland-based privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and Curon Biopharmaceutical Limited (Curon), a clinical-stage innovative biopharmaceutical company with facility in Shanghai announced today that they have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for the development and commercialization of Tenalisib, a dual PI3K delta & gamma inhibitor in the Greater China region. Under the terms of the agreement, Rhizen wil

HITGEN announces it has entered into a definitive agreement with Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. to acquire Vernalis (R&D) Limited, Cambridge, UK-based world leaders in fragment and structure-based drug discovery research. The acquisition is for the entire issued share capital of Vernalis (R&D) Limited, for $25M in cash. The closing of this transaction is subject to customary conditions and approvals, expected to complete before the end of 2020. Vernalis combines excellence in p

The second part of the 2020 CPhI Annual Report predicts significant market changes for digital adoption and global generic consumption by 2025. The new findings are released as the industry prepares to meet virtually at the CPhI Festival of Pharma, and suggest that digital technologies will help deliver lower healthcare costs through telemedicine and bring innovator-like approaches for generic companies. CPhI experts Bikash Chatterjee, CEO at Pharmatech Associates and Aurelio Arias,

Antengene Corporation, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing global first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in hematology and oncology, and WuXi Biologics announced that they have signed a strategic cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-operate in the development and production of novel drugs, and jointly promote the R&D of innovative oncology therapies. China's cancer incidence and mort

Johnson & Johnson announced that the European Commission (EC), acting on behalf of the member states of the European Union ( EU), approved an advance purchase agreement in which the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies will provide 200 million doses of their vaccine candidate against COVID-19 to the member states, once approval or authorization is obtained from the entities regulators. EU member states also have the option of securing another 200 million additional doses. "

Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced that it has regained all rights to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine (mRNA-1172) from Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, including rights to develop RSV vaccines for adult populations. mRNA-1172, which uses a Merck lipid nanoparticle for delivery, entered Phase 1 development in 2