Notizia

HCQ/ CQ failure; AZ/ Catalent’s deal; Sinovac’s CoronaVac and Lilly’s Olumiant trial results

Jun 16, 2020

The US FDA nullified the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted to chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate to treat COVID-19. The regulatory authority had g...

In the race to fight SARS-CoV-2: Merck, ISB; ViiV; Genalyte gears up

Jul 2, 2020

Merck has collaborated with the Seattle-based Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) to further study novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The primary goal of the collaboration will ...

GBT, Syros; Takeda, Cevance collaborates; IND application to ZN-c3

Jul 2, 2020

Global Therapeutics and Syros Pharmaceuticals have teamed up to move forward to discover, develop and market novel Sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia therapies. ...

Omega’s sixth funding round; Correvio’s drug failure; and BIMA acquisition

Jun 29, 2020

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 inv...

Acquisition of ArQule; Synthorx; and Zentalis nabs a raise

Feb 14, 2020

Merck is set to complete the already planned purchase of the ArQule for USD 2.7 Billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Merck will pay USD 20 for each share in cash for ...

Cumberland’s methotrexate product gets approval in the US; Baker Brothers purchases stake in Kodiak’s KSI-301; Sanofi offloads Seprafilm unit to Baxter

Feb 14, 2020

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals has recently received approval from the US FDA for its RediTrex injection for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Cumberland pharmaceuticals p...

Toujeo to treat Type 1 Diabetes; TauRx for Alzheimer’s patients

Jun 29, 2020

Sanofi’s Toujeo has received FDA recommendation for its expanded use in Type 1 Diabetes. Toujeo is an insulin glargine injection to control the highs and lows of blood su...

Novartis buys Medicines Co. for USD 9.7 Billion

Feb 14, 2020

Novartis plans to buy The Medicines Company for USD 9.7 Billion to gain access to a heart drug inclisiran, almost ready to get into the market. Under the terms of the deal,...

GHO to advance healthcare in Europe; Truvian nets USD 27.1 Mn; Lilly plans its diabetes portfolio expansion

Feb 14, 2020

Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO) Capital, a London-based healthcare investment firm, has recently netted USD 1.1 Billion to advance European healthcare. The company pl...

Nordisk ties up with Dicerna; Pfizer’s drug gets FDA nod

Apr 16, 2020

Novo Nordisk has announced to enter into a collaboration with Dicerna’s RNAi platform to focus on metabolic and liver-related diseases. The companies will be focusing to ...

AbbVie Sells bonds to Fund Allergan takeover

Jun 29, 2020

AbbVie has traded off its bonds worth USD 30 Billion to finance the purchase of the Allergan. AbbVie this year in June has agreed to buy Allergan for USD 63 Billion,...

FDA declines the approval of Lipocine’s testosterone drug; Novartis Sandoz to buy Aspen Pharmacare Japanese Unit

Feb 14, 2020

The US FDA for the third time has refused to give approval to Lipocine’s oral testosterone drug, Tlando. The drug is an oral testosterone replacement therapy in clinical ...

AZ sells EU rights for Schizophrenia to Cheplapharm; Astellas, Pandion unite to extract the potential of immunomodulation; Pear therapeutics on a journey to develop digital GI treatments with Ironwood

Jun 29, 2020

AstraZeneca has announced the licensing-out of two of its drugs Seroquel and Seroquel XR in Europe and Russia to Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH. According to the deal signed...

FDA approval to AZ’s Farxiga for heart failure; GSK divests two travel vaccines to Bavarian Nordic; New breakthrough therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

Feb 14, 2020

The US FDA today has given its nod to Trikafta (elexacaftor/ivacaftor/tezacaftor) of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the first of its kind triple combination therapy for the patien...

ImaginAb joins hands with AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Takeda

Jun 29, 2020

ImaginAb has collaborated with AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Takeda to develop technology to facilitate tumour imaging and monitoring inside the cells. ImaginAb is an emerging im...