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The interleukin-33 antibody of AnaptysBio passes midstage test in asthma The pipeline drug, etokimab of AnaptysBio, has positive data in a third indication that adds asthma to one of its triumphs. The US-based company gets another proof-of-concept study for the interleukin-33 (IL-33) inhibitor, because of phase 2a ...

Epic Sciences garners USD 52 Million for blood tests in cancer patients Epic Sciences received USD 52 million to progress its suite of liquid biopsies that utilizes computer vision and machine learning to find circulating tumour cells while characterizing the immune response of the body at the same time. The Cancer...

Argenx gets green cue in phase 2 in primary immune thrombocytopenia The Belgian biotech, Argenx has cleared phase 2 data on efgartigimod in primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The results that they received, indicate at the effectiveness of the antibody Fc fragment in patients with the autoimmune bleeding disord...

Atreca secured USD 125 Million when solid tumor trial comes into picture California based company, Atreca has bagged USD 125 million to establish its R&D activities. As the company gears up, the series C round enters, to move its lead solid tumor drug into the clinic.  Atreca has set up its credentials through V...

Nucala of GlaxoSmithKline exhibits splendid benefits to other IL-5 Inhibitors in Asthma, however flunks as a COPD Drug A Complete Response Letter is received by GSK from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Nucala (mepolizumab) as COPD treatment. Nucala, which targets the IL-5 pathway, was initially appro...

Gene therapy company 4D Molecular Therapeutics raises USD 90 Million to collaborate with AstraZeneca and Roche for moving gene therapies into clinical testing 4D Molecular Therapeutics has upraised USD 90 million in venture capital funds for progressing its vector platform and treatments, which use adeno-associate...