Press Releases
Ascentage Pharma a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in discovering, developing and commercializing therapies to address global unmet medical needs primarily for malignancies, today announced that a New Drug Application (NDA) for its inhouse developed investigational novel Bcl-2 selective inhibitor, lisaftoclax (APG-2575), for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) has been accepted and recommended t
Read more...Roche announced today that it has received CE Mark for its VENTANA® FOLR1 (FOLR1-2.1) RxDx Assay. This is the first immunohistochemistry (IHC) companion diagnostic test to be made widely available in Europe to aid in identifying epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients who may be eligible for targeted treatment with ELAHERE® (mirvetuximab soravtansine). ELAHERE is a first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapy developed by AbbVie for the treatment of FRɑ-positive platinum-res
Read more...Janssen-Cilag International NV, a Johnson & Johnson company, today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the Marketing Authorisation (MA) for LAZCLUZE®▼ (lazertinib), in combination with RYBREVANT®▼ (amivantamab), for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions (ex19del) or exon
Read more...Idorsia Pharmaceuticals U.S. Inc. today announced that TRYVIO™ (aprocitentan) is now available in the U.S. for the treatment of hypertension, in combination with other antihypertensive drugs, to lower blood pressure in adult patients who are not adequately controlled on other drugs. In the United States, nearly 120 million adults – or about half of the adult population – have hypertension.1 Of those diagnosed and treated with existing standards of care, only ~50% achieve blo
Read more...15 November 2024
Laboratory products are increasingly being purchased online, but expert advice is often lacking. The Eppendorf online shop addresses this issue by offering a digital product advisor to help potential customers easily find the optimal solution for their specific applications. This innovative web application provides personalized product recommen
Read more...Kane Biotech Inc. announces today that it has received Health Canada approval of its revyve™ Antimicrobial Wound Gel as a Class 2 Medical Device. This approval allows the Company to immediately start promoting and selling this product in Canada. “We are excited to bring this much needed product to Canada,” said Marc Edwards, President & CEO. “Congratulations to the Kane Biotech team for achieving this important milestone and continue to execute
Read more...15 November 2024
Johnson & Johnson today announced results from additional analyses of the Phase 2 DAHLIAS study highlighting improvement in key measures of disease activity and significant IgG reduction by over 77% following treatment with investigational nipocalimab in adult patients with moderate-to-severe Sjögren’s disease (SjD). These data were included in a plenary session presentation (Abstract #2527) and two posters (Abstracts #1427 and #2294) and are among the Company’s 43 o
Read more...AstraZeneca today announces $3.5 billion of capital investment in the United States focused on expanding the Company’s research and manufacturing footprint by the end of 2026. This includes $2 billion of new investment creating more than a thousand new, high-skilled jobs contributing to the growth of the US economy. AstraZeneca’s expanding footprint in the US includes, among others: A state-of-the-art R&D centre in Kendall Square, C
Read more...14 November 2024
Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company advancing a novel pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address significant unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications, today announced positive topline data from Cohort 2 of its Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating the safety and tolerability of inhaled LTI-03 in patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). LTI-03 is a novel, Caveolin-1-related peptide that modulates both pro-fibrotic activity and su
Read more...13 November 2024
GlycoNex, Inc. a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of glycan-directed cancer immunotherapies, today announced a manufacturing agreement with Sterling Pharma Solutions, a UK-based CDMO with a specialist Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) division, for clinical trial production of GNX102-ADC in preparation for a planned Phase 1 clinical program investigating the drug technology. GNX102-ADC combines GlycoNex's proprietary monoclonal antibody (mAb), GNX
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