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Metrion Biosciences & Bioqube Ventures Collaborate on Venture Creation Project to Identify Novel Ion Channel Inhibitors for Autoimmune Diseases
Metrion Biosciences Limited and Bioqube Ventures recently announced they have entered into a collaboration, backed by Bioqube Factory Fund I, to incubate a drug discovery research project targeting….
Cerevel Therapeutics & Herophilus Announce Collaboration to Evaluate Novel Neuroimmune Modulating Therapeutic Strategies for Schizophrenia
Cerevel Therapeutics and Herophilus recently announced a phased multi-year, joint research collaboration in neuropsychiatry. The collaboration integrates the deep expertise in neuroscience drug discovery at…
Sosei Heptares Enters Antibody Discovery Agreement with Twist Bioscience to Discover & Develop Novel Therapeutic Antibodies Against GPCR Targets
Sosei Group Corporation and Twist Bioscience Corporation recently announced a strategic collaboration to discover therapeutic antibodies against G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) identified by….
Aptinyx Initiates Phase 2b Study in Patients With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Aptinyx Inc. recently announced the initiation of a Phase 2b study evaluating 50 mg QD of NYX-783 in 300 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).…
Vaxart to Test Cross-Reactivity of its COVID-19 Oral Tablet Vaccine Against Omicron
Vaxart, Inc. recently announced it plans to test the cross-reactivity of its oral tablet COVID-19 vaccine candidate against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in two different…
Albireo Announces Positive Topline Data from Phase 1 Study of A3907
Albireo Pharma, Inc recently announced positive topline results from its Phase 1 clinical trial of A3907, the first oral systemic apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter…
uniQure Announces Clinical Update on First Patients in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of AMT-130 Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Huntington’s Disease
uniQure N.V. recently announced initial observations on the first four patients enrolled in the lower-dose cohort of its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of AMT-130…
Fortress Biotech Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Triplex for Adults Co-Infected With HIV & CMV
Fortress Biotech, Inc. and its partner company, Helocyte, Inc., recently announced a Phase 2 double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial has been initiated to evaluate the…
Alcami Announces the Acquisition of Masy BioServices.
Alcami Corporation recently announced it has completed the acquisition of Masy Systems Inc. (Masy or Masy BioServices), a preferred provider of cGMP Biostorage and pharma support services…..
Aragen Acquires Intox Pvt. Ltd
Aragen Life Sciences recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pune-based Intox Pvt. Ltd. This acquisition will expand Aragen’s end-to-end….
Travere Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results From Ongoing Phase 1/2 COMPOSE Study of Pegtibatinase in Classical Homocystinuria
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced positive topline results from the ongoing Phase 1/2 COMPOSE Study of pegtibatinase, a novel investigational enzyme replacement therapy being evaluated…
Apellis & Sobi Announce EU Approval of Aspaveli (pegcetacoplan) for Treatment of PNH
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB recently announced the European Commission (EC) has approved Aspaveli (pegcetacoplan), the first and only targeted C3 therapy, for the treatment of….
BioXcel Therapeutics Initiates Pivotal Phase 3 Program of BXCL501 for Acute Treatment of Agitation in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease
BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the initiation of its pivotal Phase 3 program for BXCL501, the company’s proprietary, orally dissolving thin film formulation of dexmedetomidine,…
Hearing Loss Company Acousia Therapeutics to Receive CTA for First-in-Man Clinical Study
Acousia Therapeutics GmbH has been granted CTA (Clinical Trial Authorization) by the German BfArM (Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices) for the first-in-man clinical…
Recce Pharmaceuticals Announces Patients to be Dosed in a Phase 1 Intravenous Clinical Trial
Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd recently announced it has recruited 10 healthy male subjects (first cohort) in its Phase 1 intravenous (IV) clinical trial of its lead…
Forever Healthy & the Buck Institute Announce Partnership to Advance Translational Research in Human Rejuvenation
The Forever Healthy Foundation and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging recently announced a new partnership to advance early stage discoveries at the Institute…
SWK Holdings’ Subsidiary, Enteris BioPharma, Receives $5-Million Milestone Payment From Cara Therapeutics
SWK Holdings Corporation recently announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Enteris BioPharma, received a $5- million milestone payment from Cara Therapeutics related to the license agreement for Peptelligence….
ESCP Models – Hepatitis C Medications (Part 3), Commercial Impact
In this final installment, Josef Bossart, PhD, analyzes annual sales of products in the HCV treatment market and provides a quantitative perspective to the qualitative seesaws of the first two articles…..
SGS Acquires Quay Pharma to Further Strengthen Offering
Quay Pharma, the leading pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has been acquired by SGS, the Swiss-based world leading….