pharma news

May 03, 2018

Horizon Discovery declines Abcam’s USD 367 million takeover bid Horizon Discovery has recently rejected a buyout bid worth USD 367 million from Abcam. Horizon Discovery is an expert in gene editing technique and has issued a strong rejection to the offer of Abcam. Horizon’s board believes that the bid unde...

Apr 24, 2018

FDA still not completely satisfied with Kamada’s inhaled AAT drug(Synthetic Biologics) Kamada is stuck again with a new obstacle in its way to bring the first inhaled treatment for alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency in the market as an alternative to currently present intravenous drugs. The company specializes in ...

Apr 18, 2018

Positive Phase 1 data supports Cyclacel’s plans for CDK2/9 inhibitor CYC065 Cyclacel faced a big failure in for its late-stage drug for leukemia just a year ago hitting hard on its shares. After that the attention was shifted towards an early-stage CDK inhibitor. As per the latest results presented by the company CD...

Mar 06, 2018

Dermira pulling plug on acne drug after phase 3 failure Pharmaceutical company Dermira is pulling the plug on its acne drug (olumacostat glasaretil), after it failed to meet its primary endpoints in a pair of phase 3 trials. The drug was tested in patients aged nine and older with moderate to severe acne vulgaris. ...

Feb 22, 2018

Ionis pharmaceuticals recently licensed-out its antisense drug to AstraZeneca in deal total worth up to USD 330 million Ionis Pharmaceuticals has recently licensed-out an antisense drug to AstraZeneca, bagging a payment of USD 30 million as an upfront licensing fee. AstraZeneca will now be taking care of the develo...

Feb 14, 2018

Roivant expanding its horizon into metabolic diseases segment with USD 650 million diabetes pact with Poxel Roivant Sciences has recently signed a USD 650 million deal to acquire near-global rights to Poxel pharma’s phase 3-ready Type 2 diabetes drug (imeglimin). It’s been a while since Poxel was waiting f...

Feb 06, 2018

Charles River to fuel hit discovery with AstraZeneca high-throughput collaboration After collaborating with AstraZeneca Charles River is now looking forward to strengthening its high-throughput screening capabilities (HTC) with the help of highly advance AstraZeneca technology. Now the company is able to offer the ...

Jan 25, 2018

Pharma startup Bonti has recently grabbed a funding of USD 15 million Managed by Ex-Allergan executives biotech startup Bonti has recently bagged a funding of USD 15.5 million in series C, The Company is focused on developing a new botulinum neurotoxin for both therapeutic and cosmetic uses. Funding will help in the...

Jan 19, 2018

Pandion Therapeutics bags USD 58 million in series A Funding Focused on developing Targeted immune modulator drugs, Pandion Therapeutics has successfully grabbed USD 58 million in series A funding. The company is led by highly experienced professionals. Anthony Coyle (former senior vice president at Pfizer and globa...

Jan 12, 2018

Adapsyn signed a USD 162 million deal with Pfizer for microbe-mining project Adapsyn has recently signed a deal with Pfizer for the microbe-mining with the help of advance platform developed by the Canadian company adapsyn. The technique offers a quick filter for promising candidates with better efficacy. Due to the...