GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is set to leverage the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Catapult’s facility in Stevenage to expand its own clinical trial manufacturing capacity for cell and gene therapy. GSK will use the Stevenage facility to perform GMP cell processing to accelerate its pipeline of cell and gene therapy for clinical trials and streamline technical transfer. “The UK already has significant capabilities in cell and gene therapy, and this agreement illustrates how strategic investments by GSK can make them even stronger,” said Tony Wood, senior vice president, medicinal science and technology, GSK. “Working more closely with CGT Catapult will help us advance our promising cell and gene therapy programmes, and bring these transformative medicines more quickly to the patients who desperately need them,” he added. There has been a 48% increase in the UK GMP manufacturing space for cell and gene therapies in 2020, according to CGT Catapult. It added that ...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Vir Biotechnology have expanded their existing COVID-19 collaboration to include a new research and development agreement, focused on therapies for influenza and other respiratory viruses. The expanded collaboration will give GSK exclusive rights to collaborate with Vir on the development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for the prevention or treatment of influenza. That includes an investigational mAb – VIR-2482 – designed as a universal prophylactic for influenza A, which has completed a Phase I trial. The agreement will also includes next-generation antibodies for the prevention or treatment of influenza during a three-year research period. While GSK will have the exclusive option to co-develop VIR-2482, following Vir’s completion and report of the Phase II trial outcomes, the company will share development costs for all other influenza mAbs. The companies will also conduct two additional research programmes as part of the expanded agreement. The first of these is an expansion ...
Sanction of a single 300mg dose of GlaxoSmithKline’s tafenoquine in patients 16 years and above for the "radical cure" of malaria was advocated by an FDA advisory committee on finding significant evidence for its efficacy and safety.
GlaxoSmithKline has booked a 2 percent dip in revenues for the first quarter to £7.2 billion, after results were hit by a “significant currency impact” and lower sales of prescription drugs. Profit after tax fell 38 percent to £759 million, while earnings per share dropped to 11.2p from 21.4p a year ago.
GSK is shifting resources towards key therapeutic classes, including respiratory disease.
Orchard Therapeutics has snapped up GlaxoSmithKline’s portfolio of approved and investigational rare disease gene therapies. The deal sees GSK become an investor in Orchard, with a 19.9 percent equity stake along with a seat on the firm’s board. The UK drugs giant also stands to receive royalties and commercial milestone payments related to the acquired portfolio.
Novartis has sold its stake in its consumer health joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline to its British rival for $13bn in an early move by Vas Narasimhan, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group's new boss, to focus on its core business.
GlaxoSmithKline's new CEO Emma Walmsley isn’t the only one shaking things up at the top of the British drugmaker.
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%.
GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE:GSK) and Innoviva, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVA) today announced that the European Commission has approved a label update for the use of once-daily Relvar Ellipta (fluticasone furoate/vilanterol, FF/VI), an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) / long-acting β2-agonist (LABA) combination, in patients whose asthma is already adequately controlled on both an inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting β2-agonist.
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