Multiple Myeloma

Dec 14, 2021

Pfizer acquires drugmaker Arena for USD 6.7 billion to address unmet needs Pfizer declared that it is acquiring Arena Pharmaceuticals, a drug company specializing in inflammation and immunology, for almost USD 7 billion. The pharma giant said it would finance the agreement, worth USD 6.7 billion, with cash on ha...

Apr 20, 2021

Adagio Raises $336 Million to Advance Covid-19 Antibody Treatment An antibody startup Adagio Therapeutics announced the completion of a $336 million Series C financing round. The proceedings from the financing round will be used to augment the development of the company’s lead program developing treatments for C...

Jan 05, 2021

Pfizer and OPKO Health: A step closer to FDA Nod for pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD) drug, Somatrogon Pfizer and Opko had joined hands in 2014 to develop somatrogon, a pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD) drug. It comprises the natural sequence of growth hormone and a copy of the C-terminal peptid...

Jul 09, 2020

Sanofi licenses NK cells of Kiadis to boost the efficacy  Sanofi has licensed the natural killer (NK) cells from Kiadis Pharma for use in combination with its multiple myeloma drug Sarclisa. The deal worth of USD 986 million gives the global rights to Sanofi for therapies that could lessen an efficacy-limit...

Dec 17, 2019

Wave Life Sciences has recently announced the discontinuation of its drug suvodirsen, for the treatment of a rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy mutation.  Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a progressive worsening of the skeletal and heart muscles resulting in weakness. The disorder, is due to deficient prot...

Jun 04, 2019

Sanofi’s Isatuximab combo extends lives in multiple myeloma Phase III trials of Sanofi’s investigational anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, isatuximab combination therapy were successful in lowering down the multiple myeloma tumor rate in 60% of the patients in comparison to 35% reduction in the patients taking the...

Mar 29, 2019

Multiple Myeloma Day Multiple Myeloma is relatively a rare disease. It accounts for approximately 1% of all cancers and 10% of all blood and bone marrow cancers. For more information on  Multiple Myeloma.

Nov 15, 2018

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 ...

Jun 08, 2017

AstraZeneca offloads headache drug Zomig to Grünenthal to raise $300M cash AstraZeneca had some positive news to announce at ASCO about its PARP Lynparza for treating breast cancer, but all in all, the U.K. company continues to struggle and so will sell yet another asset to raise cash while CEO Pascal Soriot works t...

Nov 29, 2016

EC grants marketing authorisation for Takeda’s Ninlaro capsules The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorisation for Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Ninlaro capsules. The oral proteasome inhibitor is indicated in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for adult patients with multiple mye...