Formulation Development
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Acquisition of Celgene Could Position Company Amongst Top Five Most Profitable Pharma Giants
Following Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) announcement that it will acquire Celgene in a cash and stock deal with an equity value of approximately $74 billion, Edit…
Elite Pharmaceuticals & SunGen Pharma File ANDA
Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced it filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the US FDA for a generic version of an antibiotic product. This…
Sarepta Therapeutics Enters Strategic Relationship With Aldevron
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. and Aldevron recently announced they have entered into a long-term strategic relationship for the supply of plasmid DNA to fulfill Sarepta’s needs…
Acer Therapeutics Announces Exclusive License Agreement With Sanofi
Acer Therapeutics Inc. recently announced it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sanofi to acquire worldwide rights to osanetant, a clinical-stage, selective, non-peptide…
Merus Announces Strategic Collaboration With Betta Pharmaceuticals
Merus N.V. recently announced it has agreed to grant Betta Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Merus Biclonics MCLA-129 in China. …
Allena Pharmaceuticals Achieves Alignment With FDA on Phase 3 Program
Allena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced it has reached alignment with the US FDA on both the design of URIROX-2, its second pivotal Phase 3 trial…
Outlook Therapeutics Closes Third Tranche of $20-Million Private Placement for Clinical Trials
Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced it closed on the third tranche (of four) of its $20-million private placement of common stock to BioLexis Pte. Limited,…
Cybrexa Therapeutics Selects Lead Clinical Candidate to Treat Various Solid Tumors in Combination With Chemotherapy
Cybrexa Therapeutics recently announced it has selected CBX-11 as its lead clinical development candidate for the treatment of patients with various solid tumors.
Fujifilm Commits to Further Research on Nucleic Acid-Liposome Drug Delivery System
FUJIFILM Corporation recently announced that it is working toward improving the development of nucleic acid therapeutics by using liposomal drug delivery systems.
Croda Acquires Biosector; Strengthens Pharmaceutical Offering
Croda International Plc, the speciality chemical company that creates high performance ingredients and technologies relied upon by industry and consumers globally, recently announced that it has strengthened its pharmaceutical offering by signing a definitive agreement with Brenntag Nordic A/S to acquire Brenntag Biosector (Biosector).
Kiniksa Announces Rilonacept Interim Phase 2 Clinical Data; Initiates Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.recently announced interim data from an open-label Phase 2 clinical trial of rilonacept, a weekly, subcutaneously-injected, recombinant fusion protein that blocks IL-1α and…
SunGen Pharma Receives Its Second & Third ANDA Approval from US FDA
SunGen Pharma recently announced it has received its second and third ANDA approval from the US FDA. The second ANDA is Amphetamine Salts, a generic…
Intensity Therapeutics Strengthens Intellectual Property Portfolio With Issuance of Several New Patents
Intensity Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the receipt of patents protecting the company’s technology and its lead product candidate, INT230-6, in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and…
Aravive Biologics Initiates Phase 1b Portion of Phase 1b/2 Clinical Trial
Aravive, Inc. recently announced the company has begun treating patients in the Phase 1b portion of a Phase 1b/Phase 2 trial combining AVB-S6-500 with standard-of-care…
Entera Bio & Amgen Enter Strategic Research Collaboration
Entera Bio Ltd. recently announced it has entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Amgen in inflammatory disease and other serious illnesses. Entera…
Y-mAbs Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND
Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the US FDA has cleared the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a humanized bispecific GD2 antibody.
Quotient Sciences & Druggability Technologies Announce Collaboration
Quotient Sciences and Druggability Technologies recently announced a collaboration to utilize Quotient’s integrated Translational Pharmaceutics platform to advance the development of DRGT-46, a novel, fast-acting formulation of celecoxib using proprietary super-API compositions developed by DRGT.
Cambrex Expands Analytical Capabilities
Cambrex Corporation recently announced it is investing $1 million at its High Point, NC, site to fit out 1,300 sq ft of analytical laboratory space and plans to hire 9 chemical research and development scientists, as well as 6 analytical research and development scientists pursuant to this project.
Translate Bio Expands Patent Portfolio With Newly Issued US Patent Relating to its mRNA Therapeutics Platform
Translate Bio recently announced that the USPTO has issued US Patent No. 10,143,758, Liver Specific Delivery of Messenger RNA, which builds on the company’s 2009 patent filing…
RedHill Biopharma Announces Positive Top-Line Results From Confirmatory Phase 3 Study
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. recently announced positive top-line results from the ERADICATE Hp2 study, a two-arm, randomized, double-blind, active comparator-controlled, confirmatory Phase 3 study with TALICIA (RHB-105) for H.…
