Roche and Affimed in US$5bn cancer deal
Roches US arm Genentech has licenced Affimed NVs ROCK platform to add multivalent antibodies, which could activate the innate immune system, to its cancer pipeline.
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Foundation launches £30m award
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykThe British Heart Foundation (BHF) will tender £30m (33.2m) to tackle the suffering and devastation caused by heart and circulatory diseases.
FDA greenlights Shires HAE mAB Takhzyro
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykOrphan drug leader Shire plc (Dublin), has received the FDAs approval for its antibody lanadelumab-flyo, which prevents hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks.
Matrikines give hint to new asthma meds
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykBlocking the extracellular matrix (ECM) enzyme leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) dampens inflammation but promotes changes in the airways of mice with allergic asthma due to accumulation of the ECM degradation […]
Novo Nordisk joins Evotec as drug discovery partner
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykNovo Nordisk and Evotec have joined forces to find new drugs in the lucrative diabetes and obesity markets.
Genkyotex cashes in 7.5m
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykFrench Genkyotex SA has secured an 7.5m gross financing to expand the scope of its Phase II product GKT831 in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC).
Roche’s Alecensa approved in China
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykRoche AGs ALK blocker Alecensa (alectinib) has been granted market approval by China National Drug Administration as first line NSCLC monotherapy in patients with ALK-positive non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Pfizer partners with Biontech in US$425m deal
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykBioNTech AG has partnered with Pfizer to develop a mRNA-based flu vaccine.
New lupus target unraveled
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykEGFR agonists support the protective effect of Langerhans against UV-induced damage of skin cells, a hallmark of lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune and dermatologic conditions, a team of US and […]
Small molecule restores liver regeneration
/in News/by Thomas GabrielczykA team of Scots, Belgian and Spanish researchers claim they have found a target to prevent failure of liver regeneration following intoxination or acute injury.