Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688) today announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to zocilurtatug pelitecan (zoci, formerly ZL-1310), the Company’s potential first-in-class Delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3)-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), for the treatment of pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs). The designation follows a positive opinion from the EMA’s Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP), recogniz

Pelago Bioscience, a specialist drug discovery focused contract research organization (CRO), known for its industry-leading cell-based target engagement assays, is pleased to announce the acquisition of RG Discovery, and thereby adding deep expertise in medicinal chemistry, custom synthesis, and integrated drug discovery. By combining Pelago Bioscience's biology-focused capabilities with RG Discovery's chemistry expertise, the enlarged platform will enable drug discovery tea

GENESIS Pharma, a leading regional biopharma company focused on the commercialization of innovative medicines in Europe, today announced the expansion of its longstanding commercial partnership with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALNY), the leading RNAi therapeutics company. The extended agreement broadens the geographical reach of the collaboration to include four Nordic markets -Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden- alongside the thirteen markets in Southeast Europe already within t

XtalPi (2228.HK), a leading platform in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics-driven drug discovery, today announced a strategic partnership with a prominent international biopharmaceutical company. The collaboration focuses on developing a best-in-class small molecule against a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). This agreement builds upon a rigorous and successful pilot phase, where XtalPi's integrated quantum physics and AI algorithms delivered breakthrough hit rates, confirming the

Optimi Health Corp. a commercial-stage pharmaceutical manufacturer of regulated psychedelic drug products, today provided an update on its recently announced Ibogaine Initiative. Optimi has secured naturally derived ibogaine from two sources, in both hydrochloride (HCl) and freebase form. Development work on the finished drug product is anticipated to commence this summer at the Company's GMP facility in British Columbia, Canada. "We are seeing a growing number of research

DaltonTx, the intelligence backbone for modern drug discovery: connecting AI, human expertise and experimental data, today announced the launch of Dalton, its drug discovery platform. DaltonTx also announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Sygnature Discovery, a leading integrated drug discovery contract research organisation (CRO), to use the Dalton platform to further strengthen its AI-enabled drug discovery capabilities and accelerate medicinal chemistry decision-making while

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA), a commercial biotechnology company focused on innovating, developing, and delivering novel polyclonal tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies for patients with cancer, today announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia granted approval with conditions of Amtagvi® (lifileucel), a tumor-derived autologous T cell immunotherapy, for previously treated advanced (metastatic or unresectable) melanoma. Amtagvi is indica

Solid Biosciences Inc. and NanoMosaic, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a co-marketing agreement designed to increase visibility and access to two critical enabling technologies for gene therapy developers: Solid's POLARIS-101™ (formerly known as AAV-SLB101) next-generation capsid technology and NanoMosaic's Tessie™ platform for true multi-omic capsid and transgene analytics. The agreement is intended to help gene therapy developers connect advanc

Decoy Therapeutics Inc., a pre-clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new category of antivirals, today announced the execution of a strategic development initiative designed to support the advancement of the company's Designable Multi-Antiviral (D-MAV) candidates into Phase 1 first-in-human and Phase 2a human proof-of-concept studies. Decoy has engaged hVIVO, a purpose-built, full-service international clinical development partner and global leader in human challenge

RenovoRx, Inc.  a life sciences company developing innovative targeted oncology therapies and commercializing RenovoCath®, a novel, FDA-cleared drug-delivery device, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted RenovoRx Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) of oxaliplatin for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The designation was issued by the FDA’s Office of Orphan Products Development pursuant to Section 526 of the Federal Food, Drug, a