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Rockland Immunochemicals & Cellaria Sign Worldwide Distribution Agreement
Cellaria, LLC recently announced a new distribution partnership with Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc. (Rockland) that gives Rockland the rights to market and sell Cellaria’s high-quality next generation in-vitro disease models and cell culture media worldwide.
AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx Advances as Novartis Exercises Option to License
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced that Novartis has exercised its option to license AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx, a drug to treat patients with elevated levels of lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), and established cardiovascular disease (CVD).
U.S. FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Amicus Therapeutics
Amicus Therapeutics recently announced that the US FDA has granted to Amicus a Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) to AT-GAA for the treatment of late onset Pompe disease, an inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of an enzyme known as acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA).
BrainStorm Announces First Contracted US Clinical Site for Phase 2 Progressive MS Study
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. recently announced Cleveland Clinic as the first US clinical site contracted for a planned Phase 2 open-label, multicenter study of repeated…
Mogrify Raises $3.7 Million to Accelerate Mission to Transform Cell Therapy Via Direct Cellular Conversion
Cell Mogrify Ltd (Mogrify) recently announced a second close on its seed funding, bringing the total raised to $3.7 million, and the appointment of Darrin…
ARCA Biopharma Announces FDA Agreement for a Single Phase 3 Clinical Trial
ARCA biopharma, Inc. recently announced it has reached agreement with the US FDA regarding a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) on the design of a pivotal…
Saama Partners With The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society & Unveils New Capabilities for Award-Winning Life Science Analytics Cloud
Saama Technologies, Inc. recently announced a new partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), the world’s largest nonprofit dedicated to fighting blood cancers, to…
ADC Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase I Clinical Trial
ADC Therapeutics recently announced the first patient has been dosed in a Phase I clinical trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and anti-tumor activity of…
CytoDyn Files for Orphan Drug Designation for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
CytoDyn Inc. recently announced it was able to reduce by more than 98% the incidence of human breast cancer metastasis in a mouse xenograft model…
Sapreme Technologies to Develop an Oligonucleotide Delivery Platform
Sapreme Technologies has been awarded a $7.71 million grant together with a multidisciplinary consortium including 11 other academic and industrial parties.
PPD & HLT to Create Data Science-Driven Clinical Research Solutions
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC and Happy Life Tech of China have signed an exclusive agreement to develop a distinctive service offering for the China drug development market delivering data science-driven clinical trials and real-world evidence of drug products’ effectiveness, safety, and value.
Moleculin Announces Out-Licensing Deal to Accelerate Preclinical & Clinical Development
Moleculin Biotech, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a sub-license agreement with WPD Pharmaceuticals (WPD), located in Poland.
Avalon GloboCare Announces Breakthrough in Identifying Human Angiogenic Exosomes/Extracellular Vesicles (EV) Derived From Endothelial Cells
Avalon GloboCare Corp. recently announced its ongoing co-development program with Weill Cornell Medicine, led by Yen-Michael Hsu, MD, PhD, Director of cGMP Cellular Therapy Facility…
Eton Pharmaceuticals Enters Into License Agreement for Two Branded Hospital Product Candidates
Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing and supply agreement with Sintetica SA, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, to obtain…
Aduro Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Study
Aduro Biotech, Inc. recently announced the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1 trial of ADU-S100 (MIW815), a novel stimulator of interferon genes…
Genocea Announces Private Placement Financing of Up to $39 Million
Genocea Biosciences, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a private placement with certain existing and new investors providing for the purchase of up to…
Despite Recent Setbacks, the Ophthalmology Market Still Offers Vast Potential
Despite the ophthalmology market experiencing several research and development (R&D) setbacks during 2018, the launch of three new drugs highlights that the market still offers…
Active Biotech's Partner NeoTX Enters Clinical Collaboration With AstraZeneca
Active Biotech recently announced its partner NeoTX entered a clinical collaboration with AstraZeneca Group Plc global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, to support Phase…
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.
