The FDA has found no clear relationship between GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, and reports of suicidal thoughts or actions. But the agency added that it can’t definitively rule out the risk, and its review is ongoing. By FRANK VINLUAN An FDA inquiry has found no evidence so far that GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss cause suicidal thoughts or actions. The review was prompted by reports in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, or FAERS, a database that collects information about adverse events that may be linked to a medication. A report in FAERS does not establish causation, nor has information in the reports been verified. The FDA said on Thursday that over the last several months, it has reviewed reports of suicidal thoughts or actions in FAERS as well as data from clinical trials. The information in these reports was limited and can be influenced ...
GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) announced that NMPA has recently approved Nucala® (Mepolizumab injection) for the maintenance treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA) in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and above. Nucala® is the first targeted human anti-interleukin-5 (IL-5) monoclonal antibody biologic in China for this indication. Asthma is a major health burden in China, where approximately 46 million adults suffer from asthma. About 6% of them have severe asthma, which can cause an increased risk of acute exacerbations requiring hospitalization and even potentially fatal asthma attacks. The daily lives of people with severe asthma are severely affected and treatment is costly. In China, 15.5% of people with asthma have experienced an exacerbation requiring hospitalization in the past 12 months. The Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Bronchial Asthma (2020 edition), developed by the Chinese Medical Association’s Section of Respiratory Diseases, cites an unmet need for treatment of this disease in ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, & SHANGHAI, Jan. 11, 2024 – Sermonix Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics to specifically treat metastatic breast cancers harboring ESR1 mutations, and Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (2696.HK), today announced a strategic collaboration agreement in which Henlius will receive exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize Sermonix’s lead investigational drug, lasofoxifene, in China. Under the terms of the agreement, Henlius will receive exclusive rights and sublicenses to lasofoxifene for at least two estrogen receptor-positive (ER+)/HER2- breast cancer indications in the territory, with Sermonix retaining all other global rights. Sermonix received an upfront payment and is further eligible to receive up to $58 million in certain predetermined milestones, in addition to royalties upon Henlius commercialization in China. Breast cancer is the cancer with the highest incidence rate in the world, according to GLOBOCAN 2020. There were 2.26 million new cases of breast cancer in 2020 ...
Recently, according to the public information on the NMPA official website, the KL003 cell injection independently developed by Kanglin Biotechnology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. successfully obtained the NMPA’s implicit clinical trial license, with the acceptance number CXSL2300699, and is clinically used to treat transfusion-dependent beta in adults or children. -Thalassemia. The microspectrum biosafety service platform provides cell bank testing and strain library testing services for this product. β-thalassemia is a hemolytic anemia caused by defects or mutations in the β-globin gene (Hemoglobin β, HBB) on chromosome 11, resulting in partial or complete loss of β-globin-related functions, which brings great consequences to the patient’s life and health. The patients is more common in children and adolescents. Traditional treatments for thalassemia (blood transfusion, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, etc.) are accompanied by side effects that cannot be ignored. The vast majority of patients lack the opportunity for radical cure, and there are obvious unmet ...
• Pfizer’s PARP inhibitor Talzenna has gained European approval when used in combination with Pfizer and Astellas’ Xtandi to treat adult patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) in whom chemotherapy is not clinically indicated. This approval makes Talzenna the first PARP inhibitor in Europe to be licensed in combination with Xtandi in mCRPC, Pfizer said in a release. The European Commission approved Pfizer’s application based on data from the phase 3 TALAPRO-2 trial, which showed that the combo cut the risk of disease progression or death in patients with mCRPC compared with placebo and Xtandi. Last June, the FDA approved the combination to treat adults with HRR gene-mutated mCRPC. • In another regulatory win for Pfizer, the FDA is reviewing the company’s full approval application on Genmab-partnered Tivdak. Under its priority review timeline, the FDA is assessing whether to convert Tivdak’s accelerated approval into a full nod to treat ...
On January 9, 2024, NOVARTIS China announced that its innovative biologic Cosentyx® (stavudine) was approved by the NMPA for the treatment of adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis. This is the third indication for which Cosentyx® has been approved in China, following “moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis” and “ankylosing spondylitis”. Psoriasis is an immune-related, chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, systemic disease. Currently, there are more than 7 million psoriasis patients in China. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthropathy closely related to psoriasis, with most patients experiencing joint symptoms secondary to skin lesions, and a few patients experiencing joint symptoms prior to or concurrently with skin lesions. Joint symptoms may include swelling, pain, morning stiffness and limited joint movement. Psoriatic arthritis is prone to recurrence. If not treated in time, the long-term inflammation caused by psoriatic arthritis will bring irreversible structural damage to the joints, which will seriously affect the patient’s physical function and ...
Cancer, particularly lung cancer driven by pollution and smoking, is expected to increasingly afflict populations in low- and middle-income countries. To catch lung cancer at its earliest and most treatable stages, it’s recommended that heavy smokers over 50 years get annual CT scans. Yet, many in this demographic do not undergo these scans, and the high rate of false positives from the scans can lead to unwarranted and invasive follow-up tests. Now, a breakthrough diagnostic method that combines inhaling nanoparticle sensors with a simple urine test can detect the presence of a tumor. This innovative approach, which could potentially replace or complement low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans, could be especially promising for regions with limited access to CT technology. Developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA), this new technology is the culmination of a decade’s work on nanosensors aimed at cancer and other diseases diagnosis. These ...
San Francisco—Nearly all top cancer drugmakers have struck deals in the sizzling antibody-drug conjugate field—but not Novartis. On Monday, the Swiss pharma’s CEO Vas Narasimhan explained how he’s resisted the temptation. The answer is radioligand therapies, Narasimhan said Monday during the 2024 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in response to a question from Fierce Pharma. “We have a long history within research of ADCs, but we have not been successful,” Narasimhan said. “To be clear, part of our focus strategy is looking at places where we think we can create long-term sustainable leadership. And we are investing in radioligand therapies.” ADCs and radioligand therapies are similar in that both technologies act as guided missiles. For ADCs, the guiding force is an antibody, and the cancer-killing payload is a chemotherapy. A radioligand therapy uses a ligand to target cancer cells and kills them with a therapeutic radioisotope. Radiotherapies may have a safety ...
Recently, Chengdu Kanghua Biological Products Company Limited (“Kanghua Biological” or the “Company”) signed an Exclusive License Agreement with HilleVax.INC (“HilleVax”). INC (“HilleVax”). Kanghua Biologicals licensed HilleVax to develop, manufacture and commercialize Recombinant Hexavalent Norovirus Vaccine and its derivatives in areas other than China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Kanghua Biologicals will receive an initial payment of US$15 million for this transaction and is expected to receive milestone payments of US$255.5 million upon the achievement of certain development and sales milestones, and Kanghua Biologicals is also entitled to a single-digit percentage sales commission on net sales in territories other than China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Using genetic engineering technology, Kanghua Biologicals has constructed a recombinant hexavalent norovirus vaccine based on Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), which encompasses the six major prevalent genotypes of norovirus, and theoretically protects against more than 90% of norovirus infections and acute gastroenteritis caused by norovirus, ...
CG Oncology’s main asset is cretostimogene, an oncolytic virus in late-stage development as a treatment for advanced bladder cancer. The IPO filing follow the report of interim efficacy data showing a 75% complete response rate. By FRANK VINLUAN When bladder cancer does not respond to the current standard of care therapy, the next treatment option is surgery to completely remove the bladder. CG Oncology aims to give patients another choice. The biotech has reached late-stage development with an oncolytic virus and it’s now looking to the public markets to finance clinical testing. Irvine, California-based CG has not yet set financial terms for the planned offering, outlined in paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this past week. IPO research firm Renaissance Capital estimates the stock offering could raise up to $100 million. CG has applied for a Nasdaq listing under the stock symbol “CGON.” CG is developing treatments for ...
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