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How is a Rare disease defined? Well, it depends on the geography in question, since there is no universal definition, even so, the definition revolves around the point of prevalence or incidence of rare disease. If we talk about the United States, a rare disease affects fewer than 200,000 people (Orphan Drug Act). ...

Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Acceleron Pharma have announced that US FDA committee will review BMS’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for its Reblozyl in MDS. Reblozyl ((luspatercept-aamt) has recently been approved by the regulatory authority to cure a rare type of blood disorder, Beta-thalassemi...

If dementia genes are found, drug discovery can be accelerated in brain disorders The overproduction of a protein called tau has been detected in the neuron degeneration that causes Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. But the exact genetic process that causes tau is still a mystery. Scientists of the University...

Preclinical biotech Synthorx needs a USD 100 Million IPO The early-stage Synthorx needs USD 100 million IPO.  A while ago, La Jolla, California-based biotech got off a USD 63 million series C, but now wants a USD 100 million from an IPO to progress its pipelines of synthetic cytokines, which are designed to improve ...

Sanofi bags rights to Revolution’s SHP2 cancer drug Sanofi has paid $50 million to work with Revolution Medicines on the development of cancer drugs against SHP2. The partners plan to move small molecule SHP2 inhibitor RMC-4630 into the clinic later this year. Sanofi has also committed to covering the R&D costs ...

AbbVie’s Orilissa for Endometriosis Pain Management Receives FDA Approval AbbVie in cooperation with Neurocrine Biosciences announced that the U.S. FDA approved Orilissa (elagolix), the first and only oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist specifically developed for women with moderate to severe e...

Atara Biotherapeutics hires ex-Genentech SVP to lead its global R&D program Atara Biotherapeutics recently hired Dietmar Berger, M.D., Ph.D., as its R&D global head. During the time in Genentech, Berger was involved in the approval of several drugs including the PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor Tecentriq. Berger w...

Gilead Sciences Inc. bought Kite Pharma (USD 11.9 Billion) while Celgene took over Juno Therapeutics (USD 9 Billion) to make the greatest speculation into this rising subject over the recent one year. While experts hope that each individual CAR-T therapies will yield sales of USD 1 billion, the investing companies...

Rice University researchers tested CRISPR to cure sickle cell, now preparing for upcoming challenges A team of Researchers led by Rice University has recently tested CRISPR to correct the sickle cell mutation in up to 40% of the total stem cell samples taken from affected patients. Although the results are quite pro...

Roivant expanding its horizon into metabolic diseases segment with USD 650 million diabetes pact with Poxel Roivant Sciences has recently signed a USD 650 million deal to acquire near-global rights to Poxel pharma’s phase 3-ready Type 2 diabetes drug (imeglimin). It’s been a while since Poxel was waiting f...