Amgen and Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis announced they have expanded their collaboration with the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (BAI) to launch a new clinical trial in Alzheimer’s.
Pfizer Inc. today announced full results from the Phase 2 clinical trial of the investigational, next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor lorlatinib that exhibited clinically meaningful activity against lung tumors and brain metastases in a range of patients with ALK-positive and ROS1-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including those who were heavily pretreated.
"Antimicrobial" is a general term which refers to a group of drugs that includes antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoals and antivirals, which are destructive or have inhibiting effect to bacteria, fungi and chlamydia and is one of the most widely used drugs in clinical trials.
Eligo Bioscience, the French microbiome company developing drugs to prevent and treat bacteria-associated diseases, has secured a $20 million Series A round of financing from Khosla Ventures and Seventure Partners, including a $2 million award from the Worldwide Innovation Challenge. This comes just months after Eligo was selected as one of the 30 Most Innovative Companies in 2017 by the World Economic Forum. This funding will enable Eligo to strengthen its biotherapeutic platform, begin clinical trials for its lead indication and extensively grow its international team of scientists, engineers, and executives.
ARMO BioSciences, Inc., a late-stage immuno-oncology company, today announced the successful completion of a $67 million Series C-1 private financing. The Series C-1 proceeds will be used to initiate phase 2/3 studies with ARMO's lead immunotherapy agent AM0010 in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) and renal cell cancer and to support an ongoing pivotal phase 3 clinical trial in advanced pancreatic cancer.
Owlstone Medical and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) have begun a clinical trial designed to identify biomarkers of cancer in breath samples. The goal is to find volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that indicate the presence of cancer, enabling physicians to make quick, noninvasive diagnoses.
The operations of Cinda, a star company in China’s biotech industry, in the past two days have finally made an investor who has firmly held Cinda shares for many years determined to break up: no longer obsessed with Cinda’s future, and resolutely clear all Cinda shares. The spin-off of Cinda’s subsidiaries and the founder’s “low-price” purchase of the subsidiary’s equity are still fermenting. The news was announced on Friday night. In the bull market where all industries have been rising for several weeks, Cinda fell 12.54% on Monday, and fell again on Tuesday after a conference call to explain the matter, closing down 4.01% on the day. On Wednesday, Cinda’s stock continued to fall, falling 4.85% in midday trading today. “It’s mainly because it’s a bull market now. If it were three months ago, it would have basically fallen by 30%.” An industry insider said. The market’s disappointment with Innovent ...
The development story of tumor drugs is always so similar: the early stage may be endless suffering, but after countless failures and dashed hopes, once there is a breakthrough, the progress is often unexpected. This is the development of drugs for the treatment of small cell carcinoma (SCLC). SCLC was first discovered about 100 years ago, but it was not until 1968 that the medical community discovered its neuroendocrine origin and finally clearly distinguished it from other lung cancers. In the 1980s, the treatment of platinum-containing chemotherapy combined with chest radiotherapy gradually became clear and became the basic treatment for small cell lung cancer. Although the combination of etoposide and carboplatin/cisplatin (EP) has been the standard treatment for SCLC until now; but we can also clearly see that the battle against small cell lung cancer has entered an accelerated stage. In May of this year, Amgen’s DLL3/CD3 dual antibody Tarlatamab ...
Recently, Medtronic announced that its Affera radiofrequency ablation system and Sphere-9 catheter have been approved for market by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is understood that this is an integrated electrophysiological product capable of pulsed field ablation (PFA) and radiofrequency (RF) ablation, approved for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation (AFib) and tricuspid isthmus dependent atrial flutter, and previously obtained CE marking approval in March 2023. Innovative products demonstrate differentiation advantages The two medical devices approved this time originated from Affera, which Medtronic acquired for $1 billion in August 2022 and introduced these technologies. The competition in the field of electrophysiology is fierce, and Medtronic has further solidified its position with these two medical devices. The Affera radiofrequency ablation system is an integrated high-resolution mapping and treatment solution that provides more predictable and flexible surgery, allowing doctors to accurately map and ablate using radiofrequency and electrical pulse ...
Weighing the risks is the primary issue that all pharmaceutical companies need to consider when going overseas. The cost of going overseas is not cheap. Not to mention the time cost required to build overseas clinical, promotion, and registration experience, the capital cost is the top priority. BeiGene provides a good reference: although it has seen the dawn of profitability, this is based on the total loss of nearly 50 billion yuan in the past five years; Legend Biotech’s overseas cost is not low either. It is estimated that it has spent at least 1 billion US dollars since the establishment of the Xidaqiolunsai project. Industry insiders commented that this is far more expensive than imagined. From the perspective of capital investment alone, it can be asserted that there are not many pharmaceutical companies that can play the two cards of “local + going overseas” at the same time. To ...
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