Genentech

Feb 25, 2025

Alzheimer’s disease is more than just memory loss—it’s a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that slowly erodes cognition, behavior, and independence. What may begin as occasional forgetfulness or difficulty recalling names can soon escalate into disorientation, personality changes, and an inability to carry out...

Aug 05, 2020

The Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects children and teens. ADHD is mostly recognised during the early school years and can also continue into adulthood. ADHD includes symptoms such as inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. Often referred...

Jun 22, 2020

The Geographic atrophy market size is anticipated to increase during the study period 2017–2030 owing to increasing GA prevalence, better understanding of disease pathophysiology, better therapies and pipeline candidates aimed at addressing the disease from its root. Geographic Atrophy (GA) is an advanced form ...

Jan 06, 2020

Hen’s egg allergy is the second most common type of allergy after cow’s milk. In infants and young children, Egg poses as one of the most vital allergens degrading the quality of life.  As per estimates, as many as 2 per cents of children are allergic to eggs. However, around 70% of these children are fortunate ...

Oct 04, 2019

Peanut allergies (PA) are the most common and severe type of food allergies in children. Even a small fragment of this legume to an allergic person can result in permanent brain damage.  The prevalence rate of the Peanut allergy, over the past two decades, has tripled. According to DelveInsight, total prevalen...

Sep 09, 2019

Recently, the US FDA has approved a new drug therapy to treat adults with interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis or scleroderma, called SSc-ILD. Ofev (nintedanib) capsules, the drug developed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, has shown efficacy in slowing down the rate of decline in pul...

Jun 11, 2019

Lilly tests the efficacy of Tirzepatide-a novel dual GIP, GLP-1 agonist Eli Lilly is planning to test its diabetes drug Tirzepatide in a phase 2b Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) trial. Tirzepatide, also known as LY3298176, has been excellent in reducing body weight and blood sugar in patients with poorly co...

Feb 07, 2019

Genentech remunerates Xencor USD 120 Million for global rights Genentech has remunerated USD 120 million upfront to have global rights to IL-15 cytokine therapeutics in preclinical development at Xencor. Xencor is pursuing IL-15, an immune signaling protein, contemplating that it can stimulate natural...

Oct 30, 2018

TherapeuticsMD bags FDA approval for hormone therapy The FDA has nodded hormone therapy of TherapeuticsMD for hot flashes that are associated with menopause. Bijuva is an oral treatment that contains molecularly identical (bio-identical) versions of the hormones estradiol and progesterone for menopausal women with a...

Sep 28, 2018

Companion diagnostics domain falls within the larger field of study called pharmacogenomics, which employs the person’s genomic makeup to predict a drug response or to tailor therapy specifically for that patient. The US FDA depicts companion diagnostics as an in vitro diagnostic device or an imaging tool, which pro...