Thyroid awareness month

The US FDA has voted down Nektar Therapeutics’ opioid painkiller NKTR-181, designed to treat lower back pain.  The FDA’s Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee unanimously has decided not to recommend the use of the painkiller, ta...

Eli Lilly has announced to buy a biopharmaceutical company, Dermira, for a whopping sum of USD 1.1 Billion in an all-cash transaction. Through the acquisition, Eli Lilly is planning to expand its immunology pipeline by adding lebrikizumab, which is a novel, investigational, monoclonal antibody. The drug is desi...

Hen’s egg allergy is the second most common type of allergy after cow’s milk. In infants and young children, Egg poses as one of the most vital allergens degrading the quality of life.  As per estimates, as many as 2 per cents of children are allergic to eggs. However, around 70% of these children are fortunate ...

Allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis (hay fever), food allergy, and eczema, are common allergies that affect people from all over the world. As per CDC, allergies are one of the top ten causes of chronic illness in the USA, afflicting around 50 Million Americans every year. The economic burden of Allergies ...

An allergy is a response produced by the body’s immune system to any foreign substance which is not usually harmful. These foreign substances can be anything ranging from food products such as peanuts, egg, lactose, or pollen grains, dust particles, or pet dander.  There are several forms of allergies such ...

A leading global international investment firm, Omega Funds has announced the closure of its sixth fundraising USD 438 Million. More than decade old Life Sciences-based investment firm specialized in direct secondary transactions, Omega funds focuses in investing in Life Sciences vertical, aiming to fulfil the ...