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AnchorDx Clinical Trial Enrols First Patient for its UriFind® Bladder Cancer Assay in the US On November 23, 2022, AnchorDx, announced the first patient enrollment for its clinical trials of the UriFind® bladder cancer assay in the United States.  The UriFind® bladder cancer assay clinical trial in the U...

C4X Discovery Holdings and AstraZeneca Signs Exclusive USD 402 Million Global License C4X Discovery Holdings has signed an exclusive global license with AstraZeneca worth up to USD 402 million for the development and commercialization of the NRF2 Activator program. The agreement will allow AstraZeneca to develop...

Mainstay Medical Published Post-Market Clinical Trial Data from Ongoing ReActiv8®-C Study  On November 22, 2022, Mainstay Medical, a medical devices company, announced that the data from the ReActiv8®-C study, a single-centre, real-world study with a one-year clinical follow-up of selected patients, is publ...

Merck to Acquire Imago BioSciences, Inc. for USD 1.35 Billion While its rumored acquisition of Seagen has yet to materialize, Merck & Co has continued to bolster its pipeline with smaller transactions, the most recent of which was a USD 1.35 billion agreement to acquire Imago BioSciences and its bomedemstat ...

Medtronic Launches World's First and Only Infusion Set for Insulin Pumps that Doubles Wear Time up to 7 days in the US  On November 15, 2022, Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, announced the US launch of the Medtronic Extended infusion set, the first and only infusion set labeled for up to ...

Genentech’s gantenerumab Fails in Phase III Trial for Alzheimer’s Disease In yet another setback for an amyloid-targeting drug, Roche's Genentech division has reported disappointing top-line results from its highly anticipated phase III trial of gantenerumab in early Alzheimer's disease. The failure is entirely ...

QuantuMDx and Menarini Announced an Agreement for the Distribution of the Q-POCTM Platform On November 2, 2022, QuantuMDx Group Limited, a UK-based developer of transformational Point-of-Need molecular diagnostics, and A.Menarini Diagnostics S.r.I. (Menarini), announced an exclusive distribution agreement for Qu...

Amgen Reports Promising Mid-stage Results for its Olpasiran Candidate  Amgen has reported encouraging mid-stage results for its olpasiran candidate for lowering lipoprotein(a) - a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease - and now plans to move forward with a phase III program as soon as possi...

Actinium Announces Positive Top-line Results from Pivotal Phase III SIERRA Trial of Iomab-B Actinium Pharma is on track to submit its targeted radiotherapy for AML patients requiring a bone marrow transplant in the United States, boosted by top-line data from a pivotal trial. The SIERRA trial of Iomab-B, an anti...

FDA Accepts Bristol Myers Squibb’s Supplemental New Drug Application for CAMZYOS Bristol Myers Squibb declared that the U.S. FDA had accepted its supplemental new drug application for CAMZYOS for an expanded indication to reduce the need for septal reduction therapy. CAMYZOS is currently FDA-approved for treatin...