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AgomAb Therapeutics raises USD 23.5 million for its agomAbs A Belgian biotherapeutics company AgomAb Therapeutics which has been in a long run of making agonistic antibodies has secured USD 23.5 million in a Series A financing round from international investor syndicate co-led by V-Bio Ventures (Belgium) and Adv...

Tetra, Shionogi sign USD 40 Million deal for Alzheimer’s disease and fragile X syndrome Tetra Discovery Partners is collaborating with Shionogi to progress its PDE4-targeting drug in Alzheimer’s disease and fragile X syndrome. Shionogi will give a USD 5 million upfront payment and USD 35 million in equ...

Lilly remunerates AC Immune USD 81 Million for preclinical Alzheimer’s drug Eli Lilly has remunerated USD 81 million upfront for the global rights to AC Immune’s tau aggregation inhibitors in Alzheimer’s disease. The agreement provides Lilly ownership of a small molecule that has prevented tau aggregation in preclin...

Novartis signs USD 2.1Billion for Endocyte acquisition Novartis has inked USD 2.1 billion agreement to takeover Endocyte. Endocyte, a biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Indiana, licensed the cancer drug that catches Novartis’ eye for USD 12 million. Endocyte was in the stagnation when it held its recovery h...

Aimovig of Amgen commence robust for migraine treatment The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the approval to preventative migraine treatment, Aimovig of Amgen. Aimovig has a price of USD 6,900 per year, but according to analysis of sales, it gives information that migraine treatment is making its wa...

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) consists of complex group of tumors that develop predominantly in the digestive or respiratory tracts, but can occur in many areas of the body. These tumors arise from cells called neuroendocrine cells. Like all cancers, NETs develop when the specialized cells undergo changes causing the...

Axovant rely on new gene therapy, Rise in Shares  Roivant Neuro Company has licensed Oxford Biomedica’s gene therapy OXB-102, now AXO-Lenti-PD, for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Spark Therapeutics’ Former CTO Fraser Wright, Ph.D has been hired as its new CTO. Axovant expects to stimulate a phase 1/2 dose escalation stu...

Immune checkpoints are the regulators of immune activation. They play a key role in maintaining immune homeostasis and preventing autoimmunity. Immune checkpoint activators are small molecules responsible for maintenance, modulation, and regulation of immune responses. Its significance in immune-therapeutics is back...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multisystem, inflammatory autoimmune disease which leads to weakening of the immune system. It results in systemic inflammation which affects multiple organs such as kidneys, the tissue lining the lungs (pleura), heart (pericardium), and brain. Acute Cutaneous Lupus, ...

KINECT 4 Phase III Study Demonstrating INGREZZA® Improves Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. announced new long-term data from the KINECT 4 Phase III open-label study demonstrate that once-daily INGREZZA® (valbenazine) capsules, the first FDA approved treatment for adults with tardive dyskinesi...