pharma news

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...

Jan 09, 2018

Key to new Cancer drugs discovered in bacterial genomes Achievement is made by the scientists of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Florida campus who had previously discovered LNM E1 compound used to kill prostate cancer. This time they have unlocked the capability of LNM family molecules by “mining” the in...

Dec 19, 2017

Regeneron/Sanofi’s PD-1 drug candidate will be tested with ISA’s HPV immunotherapy Regeneron and Sanofi’s PD-1 candidate cemiplimab is paired with Dutch biotech ISA Pharma’s human papillomavirus (HPV) targeting drug for testing. The new drug is competing to become the sixth PD-1/PD-L1 drug on the market. Joined with...

Dec 14, 2017

Positive Phase 2 data for Roche’s lymphoma ADC Roche’s antibody-drug conjugate for non-Hodgkin lymphoma polatuzumab has already received breakthrough designation from the USFDA and priority medicine status in the EU, and the expectations for the same are running pretty high. Phase 2 data presented by the company at...

Dec 07, 2017

AbbVie aims for best-in-class psoriasis prospect The last few years have seen a wave of new biologics take the psoriasis market by storm. But a best-in-class product may still be on its way. AbbVie prospect risankizumab showed it could bring 47% of patients to complete skin clearance by week 16 of treatment in a pha...