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Aslan Pharmaceuticals enters into a strategic collaboration with IQVIA   ASLAN Pharmaceuticals announced the appointment of IQVIA Biotech, a provider of analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry, as its preferred clinical research organisation for log...

GE Healthcare, Optellum collaborate for AI-based lung cancer diagnosis GE Healthcare has collaborated with Optellum to progress precision diagnosis and lung cancer treatment with artificial intelligence. The partnership is zeroed in on helping healthcare providers to evaluate the malignancy of a lung nodule a...

Bluebird bio may finally get a gene therapy approved in the US Bluebird bio may get gene therapy approved in the US. The Cambridge, MA biotech declared that the FDA had accepted and given priority review for Zynteglo, its gene therapy for the rare blood disorder beta-thalassemia. The announcement sets up an expe...

AstraZeneca, Moderna announces positive data of mRNA potential in heart failure patients  Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company is pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, declared positive data from the AstraZeneca-led Phase 2 (EPICCURE) study assessing the use of an mRNA therapeutic, wh...

Alcon to acquire Ivantis for USD 475 Million  Alcon announced that it intends to buy glaucoma surgery device maker Ivantis for USD 475 million upfront. Geneva, Switzerland-based Alcon aims to support its portfolio across cataract, refractive, retina and glaucoma offerings by taking over Ivantis and its n...

Magnus Medical’s neurostimulation technology gets FDA breakthrough status to treat MDD Magnus Medical has secured a breakthrough device designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its neurostimulation technology for major depressive disorder (MDD) treatment. The individualised, rapid-acting...

Ocular Therapeutix’s dry eye disease insert fails in phase 2 trial Ocular Therapeutix declared that its OTX-CSI (cyclosporine intracanalicular insert) for dry eye disease (DED) has flunked to reach the primary endpoint in the phase 2 clinical trial. The company has conducted the US-based, randomised, double-m...

Biogen’s tofersen fails to meet the primary goal in the Phase III ALS trial Biogen has announced that its investigational antisense drug, tofersen (BIIB067), flunked to meet the primary goal of Phase III VALOR clinical trial in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. Althou...

Brickell Plans to Submit New Drug Application to FDA for gel Brickell Biotech will request the FDA in mid-2022 to approve its gel for excessive underarm sweating after decreasing sweat production and disease severity in two pivotal trials.  The gel achieved statistical significance in lessening the sever...

Pfizer tightens DMD patient criteria after serious adverse events in phase 3 gene therapy trial Pfizer is tightening up the criteria for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients to partake in phase 3 clinical trials of its experimental gene therapy after three severe events were cropping up in ongoing studies. Th...