Oncology Highlights – 30/07/2018

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AZ announces positive results for durvalumab an...

AstraZeneca recently has announced the results of the clinical trials POSEIDON which included the study of a combination of drugs Imfinzi (durvalumab) and tremelimumab with chemotherapy in lung can...

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Rapt Therapeutics files IPO; Novartis stakes $80M for NASH

Rapt Therapeutics files for IPO at $75M Rapt Therapeutics, based in the US, filed to raise to $75 million in its IPO. This had come after five months when the company had retitled itself, which was earlier known as Flx Bio and after three months, it had filed its initial S-1 form with the hope to gain $86 millio...

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

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 patients with cystic fibrosis. The drug, Trikafta, has been approved for patients of age 12 years and older who have at least one F508del mutation...

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EicOsis receives USD 15M to fuel its non-opioid pain therapy; Alexion Pharmaceuticals buys Achillion Pharmaceuticals; Ipsen adds another drug to its rare disease pipeline

EicOsis has received USD 15Million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to fund the clinical trials of non-opioid pain therapy. NIDA, with an aim to supplement NIH’s initiative Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL Initiative), has awarded the grant to the company. Deaths due to drug ov...

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ImaginAb joins hands with AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Takeda

ImaginAb has collaborated with AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Takeda to develop technology to facilitate tumour imaging and monitoring inside the cells. ImaginAb is an emerging imaging company focused on immune-oncology. The technology also helps in targeting and visualizing CD8+ T cells, which are activated by the im...

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AngioDynamics acquires Eximo; MiroBio raises USD 33 M; Janssen submits sBLA for Stelara

AngioDynamics, an innovative medical devices provider, has signed an upfront USD 46 Million deal to acquire Eximo Medical. AngioDynamics is a leading player in manufacturing medical devices for vascular access, peripheral vascular disease, and oncology. The acquisition of Eximo Medical will increase the portfol...

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Roche’s Tecentriq combo proves effective in Bladder cancer

Roche’s Genentech has presented positive Phase III results from the IMvigor130 study aimed at studying Tecentriq (atezolizumab) tested in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy. The drug, Tecentriq, combined with Pt-based chemotherapy showed a noteworthy improvement in patients with untreated advanced bla...

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STipe raises USD 22M; FDA approves Darzalex for multiple myeloma

Stipe Therapeutics (STipe) has raised USD 22 Million to move forward its clinical development of novel candidates to target intracellular protein-protein interactions of the STING Pathway. The financing round was led by Sunstone Life Science Ventures Fund IV, Novo Holdings, Arix Bioscience, and Wellington Partne...

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EU’s labels Nirogacestat an Orphan drug; FDA Approves First Smallpox, Monkeypox Vaccine; Evotec and Takeda collaborates to discover clinical candidates

European Commission Grants Orphan Drug Designation for Nirogacestat for the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Nirogacestat is a selective oral small molecule, gamma-secretase inhibitor under development by SpringWork Therapeutics. Currently, in Phase III development, the drug is investigated for the treatment o...

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Flagship Pioneering launches Omega Therapeutics; EU nod to Vitrakvi; Bluebird Bio reveals positive results of Starbeam clinical trial

Flagship Pioneering has launched Omega Therapeutics with an aim to take forward the genomic medicine. The launch of Omega therapeutics was planned to focus on epigenetic drugs to target diseases. Study of changes in gene expressions without any changes in the DNA sequence is known as Epigenetics.  This oft...

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Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a rare neurological disorder that results from the damages to t.....

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Real-world evidence (RWE) is used in an exponential way to guide payment decisions and access system.....

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Medical Marijuana is the medical use of Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant to relieve symptoms.....

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Neurofibromatosis is a progressive and autosomal dominant inherited disorder of the nervous system w.....

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Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), an extremely rare form of neoplasm, generally .....

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Gene Therapy has shown tremendous growth in the past few years. The use of AAV (adeno-associated vir.....

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