Cambridge-based biotech company Alchemab has announced a new collaboration with British pharma AstraZeneca (AZ), aiming to accelerate research for prostate cancer. As part of the collaboration, Alchemab and AZ will collaborate on a proof-of-concept study to improve understanding of the ‘fundamental biology’ of prostate cancer. Alchemab will utilise its novel drug discovery platform as a diagnostic tool through the identification of disease biomarkers, with the potential to inform the development of new antibody-based medications. Under the agreement, Alchemab will sequence and explore antibody repertoires in patient samples gathered from a clinical trial of an undisclosed immuno-oncology agent within AZ’s pipeline. Alchemab may also be able to identify antibody sequence patterns that could be used as biomarkers for early detection and patient stratification by classifying patients into two groups – responders and non-responders. The overall purpose of the collaboration is to identify novel and disease-relevant antibodies which may generate therapeutic insights into ...
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and integrated health services provider Geisinger are partnering to create an app suite, which by connecting to electronic health records (EHR) aims to upgrade asthma care.
The immunotherapy drug was approved for lung cancer patients with no chance for surgery whose cancer had not yet spread to other parts of the body.
Last Friday, pharma giant AstraZeneca announced that it had received the go-ahead from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to import and market durvalumab (ImfinziTM) in India. The receipt of this permission paves the way for the launch of durvalumab (ImfinziTM) in India. Durvalumab which is a patented drug of Astra-Zeneca, received permission in India to provide treatment for patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer and metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
AstraZeneca has collaborated with Emulate integrate an organ-on-a-chip technology into the R&D program of the pharma giant. It is meant to expedite the technology’s development within the company.
AstraZeneca is back at it again with asset sales. The company, which has taken some flak for a series of deals to offload asset rights, inked an agreement with Luye Pharma for legacy antipsychotic Seroquel and an extended-release version.
It's no secret that respiratory drugs make up a crowded field, and forthcoming generics will make the competition tougher still. AstraZeneca's Symbicort is no stranger to the fallout, either, what with payers pressing prices and new rivals grabbing share.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IONS), the leader in antisense therapeutics, today announced that it has licensed IONIS-AZ6-2.5-LRx, or AZD2693, to AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) following advancement of the drug into development. IONIS-AZ6-2.5-LRx is designed to inhibit an undisclosed target to treat patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Smart inhaler company Adherium announced last week that it has received 510(k) clearance for over-the-counter sales of its inhaler monitoring device for AstraZeneca’s Symbicort aerosol inhaler, called the SmartTouch for Symbicort.
The FDA has slapped a clinical hold on a combo therapy using Advaxis’$ADXS axalimogene filolisbac along with AstraZeneca’s approved PD-L1 Imfinzi following the death of a patient in their Phase I/II trial.
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