Oncology

Global Therapeutics and Syros Pharmaceuticals have teamed up to move forward to discover, develop and market novel Sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia therapies.  Inherited blood disorders affect millions of people worldwide. As per NIH, Sickle cell disease affects around 70,000 to 80,000 Americans, wh...

A leading global international investment firm, Omega Funds has announced the closure of its sixth fundraising USD 438 Million. More than decade old Life Sciences-based investment firm specialized in direct secondary transactions, Omega funds focuses in investing in Life Sciences vertical, aiming to fulfil the ...

Roche’s Genentech has presented positive Phase III results from the IMvigor130 study aimed at studying Tecentriq (atezolizumab) tested in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy. The drug, Tecentriq, combined with Pt-based chemotherapy showed a noteworthy improvement in patients with untreated advanced bla...

FDA urges Pharma giants to increase their inclusion of men in new Breast Cancer trials The recent FDA recommendations have urged the Pharma companies for the inclusion of men in the clinical trials to test new breast cancer drugs. Men rarely develop Breast cancer. Less than 1% of men develop Breast cancer. And 1...

FDA Approves Eli Lilly's Baqsimi, the first treatment for Severe Hypoglycemia The U.S. FDA gave its approval to Baqsimi nasal powder, for the treatment of Severe Hypoglycaemia in patients with diabetes ages four and older. Baqsimi is a powder administered into the nose and is the first non-injectable emergency t...

EU approves the use of Libtayo for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in a move to make cancer drugs available to common man, has issued guidelines regarding the funding of Libtayo (cemiplima). Libtayo, co-developed by Sanofi and Regeneron, was granted...

Gene therapy is a technique that involves replacing, inactivating, or adding a new gene to treat or prevent a disease. The science of GENE THERAPY involves the DNA-based changes in genetic material so that the gene can transcribe a healthy protein. In the past, there has been no success in designing any gene therap...

Apollomics raises USD 100 Million for funding of transpacific cancer R&D plan Apollomics has raised USD 100 million for funding an oncology clinical trial program. The series B round sets Apollomics to progress its c-Met inhibitor and pipeline of other clinical-phase assets. OrbiMed Asia-backed Apo...

AstraZeneca dragout Entasis files to fund antibiotic phase 3 for USD 86 Million IPO Massachusetts-based Entasis Therapeutics has spun out to raise up to USD 86 Million through an IPO. The AstraZeneca spinout is attempting to fund a phase 3 trial of a drug to overcome bacterial resistance to beta-lactams. In 2015, ...

HOA Puts into Operation of Updated CyberKnife Version Cancer patients now have a solid reason to cheer, as US-based Hematology-Oncology Associates (HOA) lately came up with the new CyberKnife (CK) and replaced their original CyberKnife with an updated that is even more precise, fast and effective, and known as the ...