Denali Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of therapeutic candidates for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that it has commenced dosing of its small molecule inhibitor of RIPK1 in a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers and achieved proof of concept of its large molecule blood-brain barrier delivery platform technology in nonhuman primates.
Forbion, one of the leading European life science venture capital firms, today announced that it led the $19 million Series B financing of Escalier Biosciences BV, a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Escalier Biosciences is developing both oral and topical ROR?t drug candidates for psoriasis and other autoimmune diseases.
The NHS and digital health companies must learn from other industries to secure devices and systems against cyber attacks, according to a new report.
Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DOVA), a pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing, and commercializing drug candidates for rare diseases where there is a high unmet need, entered into an agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary, AkaRx, Inc., granting Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Co., Ltd., (Fosun Pharma Industrial), a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. (Fosun Pharma) (SHA:600196) (HKG:02196), the exclusive development and distribution rights of avatrombopag in mainland China and Hong Kong.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018, Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based artificial intelligence company specializing in drug discovery, biomarker development and aging research announced the launch of Insilico Taiwan, a subsidiary focusing on the development and validation of generative adversarial networks(GANs) and reinforcement learning for medicinal chemistry applications.
UNITY Biotechnology, Inc. ("UNITY"), a privately held biotechnology company developing therapeutics to slow, halt or reverse diseases of aging, announced the closing of a $55 million Series C financing.
Singapore-based DocDoc, an Asian patient empowerment company, announced on March 19 that it has raised US$5.45 million (RM21.33 million) in their Series B round of funding.
Bayer reported that the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approved Stivarga (regorafenib) tablets for the second-line treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have been previously treated with Nexavar (sorafenib) (Press release, Bayer, DEC 13, 2017, View Source [SID1234522618]).
Adaptimmune has seen partial responses in three of the first four myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) patients treated with its T cells. The early data raised hopes the GlaxoSmithKline-partnered drug will be effective in multiple types of solid tumor, sending Adaptimmune shares up nearly 20%.
In 2017, GlaxoSmithKline ended its partnership with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop and market inotersen and a follow-up drug for rare diseases. After reviewing its options, Ionis has signed a worldwide license deal to Akcea Therapeutics for inotersen and AKCEA-TTR-LRx in a deal that could hit $1.7 billion. What makes this deal a bit unusual is that Akcea is a subsidiary of Ionis.
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