Gilead

Remdesivir of Gilead accelerates COVID-19 recovery Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir shows the first data from a placebo-controlled study. Remdesivir decreases recovery time for hospitalized COVID-19 patients by four days or 31% as published in a National Institutes of Health-sponsored study setting the drug against p...

AbbVie, Sofinnova back USD 38 Million for Nitrome Biosciences Nitrome Biosciences contemplates treating Parkinson's disease and diabetes by targeting a new class of enzymes. The pharma raised USD 38 million from the Sofinnova Partners and AbbVie Ventures. The San Francisco-based biotech is focusing at a famil...

An outbreak of a mysterious viral infection, 2019-nCoV – coronavirus, has set the whole world on toes, claiming the lives of more than 800 people in China, surpassing the death toll caused from SARS, reports the Chinese government.  An infection with the symptoms more or less like pneumonia, known by the name ...

AstraZeneca recently has announced the results of the clinical trials POSEIDON which included the study of a combination of drugs Imfinzi (durvalumab) and tremelimumab with chemotherapy in lung cancer. Imfinzi is a human monoclonal antibody which blocks the interaction of PD-L1 with PD-1 by binding itself with ...

AstraZeneca-Daiichi breast cancer treatment scored promising results The breast cancer drug trastuzumab deruxtecan developed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo showed positive results in a metastatic breast cancer trial. AstraZeneca remunerated Daiichi Sankyo USD 1.35 billion upfront and guaranteed up to USD 6.9 ...

Each country has a unique system, politics, and economy. Different policies are designed to suit people of different countries. Same goes with the Healthcare industry. Healthcare is financed either through government voluntary or compulsory insurances or via private corporations and NGOs. Industrialised and more d...

FDA gives thumbs-up to Balversa The U.S. FDA has granted approval of Balversa (erdafitinib) to Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica, for the treatment of advanced or metastatic bladder cancer. This drug is the first ever approved target-specific medication targeting susceptible FGFR genetic mutations, and for can...

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...

Gilead remunerates USD 50 Million to collaborate with synthetic lethality startup Tango Gilead is remunerating USD 50 million upfront to enter into an immuno-oncology collaboration with Massachusetts-based Tango Therapeutics. The deal provides Gilead with the option to receive the worldwide rights to five targets d...

A digital pill is a tablet or capsule with embedded indigestible sensors that communicate about data outcomes related to when the medication is taken to a mobile application for access by the patient and treating their physicians. The novel digital pill system is designed to facili...