Press Releases
18 December 2024
Orexo AB (publ.), continues to develop its innovative powder-based drug delivery technology AmorphOX to improve the properties of new or existing drugs. The aim is to develop formulations that help to significantly stabilize the active ingredient and enable alternative and more effective routes of administration. AmorphOX-based formulations can be used for a wide range of active ingredients, from small molecules and peptides to larger biomolecules such as vaccines. As a next st
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Sandoz the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines, today announced a number of steps to resolve the US Generic Drug Antitrust Class Action Litigation. Following the previously announced settlements with the US Department of Justice in 2020 and 2021 and with the direct purchaser plaintiffs’ class in February 2024, Sandoz has now also entered into a settlement agreement with the end payer plaintiffs’ class for a total of USD 275 million, which is expected to be paid
Read more...Genprex, Inc. a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes, today announced that it has completed the Phase 1 dose escalation portion of the Acclaim-3 clinical trial of Reqorsa® Gene Therapy (quaratusugene ozeplasmid) in combination with Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) as maintenance therapy to treat patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). In addition, the Safety Review Committee (SRC)
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Crenessity (crinecerfont) to be used together with glucocorticoids (steroids) to control androgen (a testosterone-like hormone) levels in adults and pediatric patients 4 years of age and older with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). "Today's approval provides an important advance for patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia and highlights the FDA's continued commitment to advancing effective an
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Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for Omvoh® (mirikizumab), an interleukin-23p19 (IL-23p19) antagonist, for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease who have had an inadequate response with, lost response to, or were intolerant to either conventional therapy or a biologic treatment. "I am excited for the
Read more...13 December 2024
Conduit Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with SARBORG Limited (“Sarborg”) to leverage an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and cybernetics platform to evaluate key deliverables across multiple areas of the Company’s operations, including drug repurposing, drug discovery, solid-form identification, and clinical trial monitoring. By entering into this agreement with Sarborg, Conduit will address longstanding challeng
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ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to empowering at-risk patients and caregivers to better protect themselves from allergic reactions that could lead to anaphylaxis, announced today that its licensing partners in China, Japan and Australia have filed for approval of neffy® (epinephrine nasal spray) 2 mg in their respective countries. neffy 2 mg was recently approved in the U.S. for the treatment of Type I Allergic Reactions, including anaphylaxis, in adults an
Read more...12 December 2024
60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a pharmaceutical company focused on developing new medicines for infectious diseases, announced today it has entered into a clinical trial agreement with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston to conduct a double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the safety and efficacy of tafenoquine in combination with standard of care treatment for hospitalized babesiosis patients. The study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clin
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A2A Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a clinical-stage pioneering biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative cancer therapies, today announced significant progress in its clinical studies exploring TACC3 (Transforming Acidic Coiled-Coil 3) inhibition in patients with ovarian cancer, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), and endometrial cancer, as well as other malignancies. A2A Pharmaceuticals has progressed into cohort 4, an important inflection point in its Phase 1 clinical tr
Read more...IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, announced that it has dosed the first patient in the IDEAYA-sponsored Phase 1 trial evaluating the combination of IDE161, the company's investigational, potential first-in-class, small molecule poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase, or PARG, inhibitor, in combination with Merck's (known as MSD outside of the US and Canada) anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pem
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