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Theratechnologies’ Lead Peptide Drug Conjugate TH1902 Receives FDA Fast-Track Designation
Theratechnologies Inc. recently announced the US FDA has granted fast-track designation to TH1902 as a single agent for the treatment of patients with sortilin positive…
Decibel & Catalent Sign Development & Manufacturing Agreement for Dual-Vector Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Congenital Hearing
Catalent and Decibel Therapeutics recently announced they have signed an agreement for Catalent to provide Decibel with process and analytical development, and CGMP clinical manufacturing…
Noble Launches Human Factors Engineering Services to Support Product Development and US FDA Approval of Medical Devices & Combination Products
Noble, an Aptar Pharma company and world leader in providing drug delivery training device programs for pharmaceutical companies and original equipment manufacturers, recently announced the launch of Human Factors Plus (HF+), an expanded service to further….
Biogen Announces FDA Approval of PLEGRIDY (Peginterferon Beta-1a) Intramuscular Administration for Multiple Sclerosis
Biogen Inc. recently announced the US FDA has approved a new intramuscular (IM) injection route of administration for PLEGRIDY (peginterferon beta-1a) for the treatment of….
Beroni Acquires Majority Interest in Anti-Cancer Drug Development Company
Beroni Group recently announced it has completed its majority acquisition of the Sydney-based anti-cancer drug development company, PENAO Pty Ltd. As a result of this acquisition….
Albumedix Collaborates With CGT Catapult to Advance Cell & Gene Therapies
Albumedix Ltd. recently announced it has entered into a collaboration agreement with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) to investigate the use of Albumedix´ proprietary albumin-based solutions for….
X-Chem Enters Multitarget Oncology Discovery Research Collaboration & License Agreement With Genentech
X-Chem, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. The goal of…
Gerresheimer Has Optimized the Test Cartridge & Reagent Block for Ergonomic Handling & Plastic-Suitable Production
Medical technology specialist Gerresheimer has developed the test cartridge and reagent block for a fully automatic blood analyzer that can be used to identify a…
Patent on Improved Particle Size Testing Method Granted to Hovione Will Impact Market
Grants for a patent describing an innovative method to improve particle size analysis methods by laser diffraction have been recently announced by Hovione Technology Ltd,…
GSK & CureVac to Develop Next-Generation mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline plc and CureVac N.V. recently announced a new €150-million collaboration, building on their existing relationship, to jointly develop next-generation mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 with…
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Lead ACTH Antagonist for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia & Cushing’s Disease Advances Into Phase 1 Study
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that CRN04894, the company’s lead adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) antagonist for the treatment of diseases associated with excess ACTH such as Cushing’s…
Venthera Doses First Patient With Topical Therapy Targeting Genetic Drivers of Rare Vascular Anomalies
BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and affiliate Venthera recently announced the first subject has been dosed in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial of BBP-681 (also known as…
Cerba Research Announces Time-Saving COVID-19 Exploratory Tools & NGS Advancements
Cerba Research recently announced it has developed two new COVID-19 exploratory tools to enhance clinical research for the development of vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases…..
Pacira BioSciences Announces Equity Investment in GeneQuine Biotherapeutics
Pacira BioSciences, Inc. recently announced that the company will lead an equity investment in GeneQuine Biotherapeutics GmbH…..
Relief Therapeutics & Acer Therapeutics Sign Option Agreement for Exclusivity to Negotiate a Collaboration & License Agreement
Relief Therapeutics Holding AG and Acer Therapeutics Inc. recently announced the companies have signed an Option Agreement providing exclusivity for the right to negotiate a potential collaboration and license….
Agenus Enters Clinical Collaboration With Nelum for Zalifrelimab Combination
Agenus Inc. recently announced that it has entered into a clinical collaboration with Nelum Corp. to evaluate the safety and efficacy of zalifrelimab, Agenus’ anti-CTLA-4 antibody….
PromoCell Receives EXCiPACT Certification as Manufacturer of Pharmaceutical Excipients to GMP Standards
PromoCell, one of the leading European manufacturers of human cell culture and cell biology products, has recently announced to have successfully completed a comprehensive EXCiPACT…
Vaxart Announces Additional Preclinical COVID-19 Oral Vaccine Data & Publication
Vaxart, Inc. recently announced additional results from its SARS-CoV-2 Hamster Challenge Study, as well as a peer-reviewed publication in Nature Medicine resulting from a collaboration…
Entasis Therapeutics Announces Sulbactam-Durlobactam Expanded Access Program for Patients in the US
Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc. recently announced the availability of an expanded access program (EAP) for sulbactam-durlobactam or SUL-DUR, an investigational drug, for US patients with…
DURECT Corporation Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 2b AHFIRM Study
DURECT Corporation recently announced it has dosed the first patient in its AHFIRM randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center Phase 2b study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of DUR-928…
