AstraZeneca

Aug 31, 2018

Use of Placebo is Necessary Only in Certain Types of Oncology Trials: USFDA In a new draft guidance released, the USFDA is questioning whether or not the use of a placebo in a double-blind, randomized clinical trial is always necessary. The FDA said sometimes the use of a placebo can present practical or ethical co...

Aug 23, 2018

AstraZeneca dragout Entasis files to fund antibiotic phase 3 for USD 86 Million IPO Massachusetts-based Entasis Therapeutics has spun out to raise up to USD 86 Million through an IPO. The AstraZeneca spinout is attempting to fund a phase 3 trial of a drug to overcome bacterial resistance to beta-lactams. In 2015, ...

Jun 14, 2018

Idera's dermatomyositis drug missed primary endpoint in phase 2 Idera’s toll-like receptor (TLR) antagonist, IMO-8400, failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase 2 trial carried on adults with dermatomyositis. Data has shown that the drug was meant to block TLR 7, 8 and 9 but failed to beat placebo in making a s...

Apr 16, 2018

Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT ) is a family of cytoplasmic transcription factors comprising of 7 members-STAT1, STAT2, STAT3, STAT4, STAT5a, STAT5b, and STAT6. The STAT factors are activated by tyrosine kinase which could be either receptor associated as Janus Kinase (JAKs) or intrinsic tyro...

Feb 22, 2018

Ionis pharmaceuticals recently licensed-out its antisense drug to AstraZeneca in deal total worth up to USD 330 million Ionis Pharmaceuticals has recently licensed-out an antisense drug to AstraZeneca, bagging a payment of USD 30 million as an upfront licensing fee. AstraZeneca will now be taking care of the develo...

Feb 06, 2018

Charles River to fuel hit discovery with AstraZeneca high-throughput collaboration After collaborating with AstraZeneca Charles River is now looking forward to strengthening its high-throughput screening capabilities (HTC) with the help of highly advance AstraZeneca technology. Now the company is able to offer the ...

Dec 18, 2017

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, ...

Nov 03, 2017

AstraZeneca and Incyte are about to enter into Clinical Trial Collaboration in Early Lung Cancer The exclusive collaboration for the study population allows the two companies to conduct a Phase 3 trial. Aim of this study is to evaluate patients with locally-advanced (Stage III), unresectable non-small cell lung c...

Oct 03, 2017

Strategic Immunology Alliance partners Nimbus Therapeutics and Celgene to develop therapies for Autoimmune Disorders A biotechnology company involved in the development of drugs and therapies through computational expertise announced on October 3 that they are entering into a long-term strategic alliance with Celgen...

Aug 03, 2017

Allergan can finally sell its losing stake in Teva. Will it? Allergan, which acquired a 9.9% stake in the Israeli drugmaker last year as part of the pair’s $40 billion-plus generics deal, currently stands as Teva’s largest shareholder. Those shares, worth $5.3 billion when Allergan acquired them, have been locked do...