Lung Cancer presents a heavy health and economic burden in Asia, being the most common form of cancer, with 60% of the world’s lung cancers being diagnosed there. Lung cancer is also present in more than 30% of non-smokers in Asia, specifically in adenocarcinomas, which is a subtype largely defined by oncogenic dri...

Merck to Acquire Imago BioSciences, Inc. for USD 1.35 Billion While its rumored acquisition of Seagen has yet to materialize, Merck & Co has continued to bolster its pipeline with smaller transactions, the most recent of which was a USD 1.35 billion agreement to acquire Imago BioSciences and its bomedemstat ...

RNA interference (RNAi) is a fundamental gene-silencing pathway in eukaryotic cells that involves an enzyme called dicer cleaving long pieces of double-stranded RNA into shorter fragments called siRNAs that can cleave complementary mRNA sequences with the help of the RISC complex and argonaute. RNA interference ...

Gene therapy is an experimental technique that introduces functional genes into a patient’s body to counteract or replace defective ones, thereby curing disease without using pharmaceuticals, radiotherapy, or surgery. Genetic defects that are difficult to treat with drugs or antibodies can be treated with therapy w...

Genentech’s gantenerumab Fails in Phase III Trial for Alzheimer’s Disease In yet another setback for an amyloid-targeting drug, Roche's Genentech division has reported disappointing top-line results from its highly anticipated phase III trial of gantenerumab in early Alzheimer's disease. The failure is entirely ...

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cancer, accounting for approximately 85% of all lung cancers. As per the American Cancer Society, almost 230K new cases were diagnosed in 2022 alone, and almost 130K deaths from lung cancer were recorded in the same year.  Studies show that non-small cel...