Formulation Development
Passage Bio Launches With $115.5 Million Financing to Develop AAV-Delivered Therapeutics
Passage Bio recently debuted with a $115.-million Series A financing led by OrbiMed Advisors and joined by Frazier Healthcare Partners, Versant Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Vivo Capital and Lilly Asia Ventures.
DiaMedica Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Phase 1b Clinical
DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. recently announced it has initiated dosing patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a Phase Ib clinical study evaluating DM199.
Codexis Announces Nestlé Health Science Exercises Option for Exclusive Global License: Triggers Milestone
Codexis, Inc. recently announced that Nestlé Health Science has exercised its option to obtain an exclusive license for the global development and commercialization of Codexis’ novel, orally delivered enzyme CDX-6114 for the management of phenylketonuria (PKU), an orphan metabolic disorder.
Verseon Reports First Dosing in Phase 1 Trial on New Precision Oral Drug
Verseon’s Phase 1 trial in healthy volunteers, which recently started dosing, could lead to a new treatment standard for millions of cardiac patients who would…
ProteoNic Biotechnology Licenses Protein Production Technology to Eli Lilly
ProteoNic Biotechnology BV recently announced that it licensed its 2G UNic technology for boosting recombinant protein production to Eli Lilly and Company. Under the agreement,…
HiberCell Launches to Prevent Cancer Relapse & Metastasis With Novel Therapeutics
HiberCell recently launched with $60.75 million in Series A funding led by ARCH Venture Partners. HiberCell is the first company exclusively focused on tumor dormancy…
Evotec & Galapagos Enter Global Collaboration
Evotec AG and Galapagos NV recently announced a global collaboration focused on a novel target for fibrosis and other indications. The collaboration concerns a small…
argenx & Halozyme Enter Global Collaboration & License Agreement
argenx and Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced a global collaboration and license agreement that enables use by argenx of Halozyme’s ENHANZE drug delivery technology to…
West Annouces Significant Agreements With Swissfillon & scPharmaceuticals
West recently announced it has commenced discussions with two companies regarding the use of West’s proprietary SmartDose drug delivery platform for complex molecules.
uniQure Announces First Patient Treated in Pivotal Trial
uniQure N.V. recently announced it treated the first patient in its HOPE-B pivotal trial of AMT-061, an investigational AAV5-based gene therapy incorporating the patent-protected FIX-Padua variant for the treatment of patients with severe and moderately severe hemophilia B.
Meridian Launches New Range of Lyo-Ready PCR Mixes
Meridian Bioscience, Inc. recently announced that following the successful release of the Lyo-Ready qPCR Mix, Meridian is proud to introduce its next-generation lyophilization-ready mixes for one-step RT-qPCR.
Spero Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Clinical Trial
Spero Therapeutics, Inc recently announced it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of SPR720, an orally administered antimicrobial agent being developed for the treatment…
Hitachi Chemical to Acquire apceth Biopharma
Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions, LLC recently announced an agreement by which apceth Biopharma GmbH will join Hitachi Chemical’s PCT global services platform. apceth Biopharma…
Fortress Biotech Announces Strategic Partnership With Alexion
Fortress Biotech, Inc. recently announced that Caelum Biosciences, Inc. has signed a strategic agreement with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to advance the development of CAEL-101 for…
Evelo Biosciences Announces Dosing of First Patient in Investigator-Sponsored Phase 2a Clinical Trial
Evelo Biosciences, Inc. recently announced the University of Chicago has dosed the first patient in an investigator-sponsored Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating EDP1503 in combination…
Dicerna Announces Dosing of First Volunteer in Phase 1 Clinical Trial
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc recently announced the dosing of the first human volunteer in its Phase 1 clinical trial of DCR-HBVS, the company’s investigational GalXCTM-based therapy…
AbbVie’s Immunology Pipeline Will Protect it From Biosimilar Erosion
Although AbbVie is feeling the impact of Humira biosimilar launch in Europe, its strong immunology pipeline is likely to protect its hold on the plaque psoriasis (PsO) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) markets, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Seelos Therapeutics Announces Successful Completion of Merger With Apricus Biosciences
Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the completion of its previously disclosed merger with Apricus Biosciences, Inc. The combined company changed its name to Seelos Therapeutics,…
Basilea Announces Collaboration With Roche to Study Derazantinib & Atezolizumab
Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. recently announced it entered into a collaboration with Roche to explore a combination of Basilea's derazantinib and Roche's PD-L1-blocking immune-checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab…
Proteon Therapeutics Announces Publication of Results From Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Proteon Therapeutics Inc. recently announced the publication in the Journal of Vascular Surgery of results from its Phase 3 PATENCY-1 clinical trial of investigational vonapanitase.…
