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Biohaven's Troriluzole Dwindles Again In Alzheimer’s After Anxiety  Biohaven Pharmaceuticals had put too much faith in its third-generation prodrug, Troriluzole. The company has tested the efficacy of the drug in more than one indication, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive di...

Daiichi Sankyo announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) of DS-8201 to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). DS-8201 [fam-] trastuzumab deruxtecan), is an investigational antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) designed to deliver cytotoxic chemotherapy to cancer cells via a human epiderma...

Helsinn Group grants exclusive licensing rights to Blanver and Varifarma for its leading drug Pracinostat in South America. Helsinn is a Swiss biopharmaceutical company committed to producing the best solutions aimed at improving the quality of life for people with cancer. Under the terms of the agreements, ...

FDA approves first Tenosynovial giant cell tumour treatment Turalio (Pexidartinib) The US FDA has given its approval to Turalio (pexidartinib) capsules for the treatment of symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumour (TGCT) associated with severe morbidity or functional limitations that surgery has failed to impr...

Zymeworks Daiichi I-O deal could potentially be worth USD 485 million Zymeworks and Daiichi Sankyo teamed up in 2016 on bispecific antibodies at that time the financial details were kept under the curtains. The pair is now entering into a new license agreement with a potential deal worth of around USD 484.7 million....

Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor (CSF1R) is a cell-surface protein encoded, in humans, by the CSF1R gene. CSF1R is also known as macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (M-CSFR), and CD115 (Cluster of Differentiation 115), and is encoded by CSF1R gene which controls the production, differentiation, and fun...