Medical/Pharmaceuticals
2021 Japan Prize Laureates Announced
TOKYO, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The winners of the 2021 Japan Prize were announced onJanuary 29 by the Japan Prize Foundation and its president, Hiroshi Komiyama. The newest laureates are Australian researcher Prof. Martin Andrew Green, honored for his work in the field of "Resources, Energy...
Ascentage Pharma Announces the Fifth Orphan Drug Designation Granted to Bcl-2 Inhibitor APG-2575 by the US FDA, and the Tenth Obtained by the Company
SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a globally focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that the US Food and Drug A...
12-Month Below-the-Knee Data with MedAlliance's SELUTION SLR™ Presented as Late Breaking Trial at LINC
NYON, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 12-month results from the PRESTIGE* Below-the-Knee (BTK) study have been presented as a Late Breaking Trial at LINC 2021. The objective of this clinical investigation has been to evaluate safety and performance outcomes of SELUTION SLR™, MedAllianc...
RedHill Biopharma Further Expands Opaganib Manufacturing Capacity for COVID-19 with Cosmo Pharmaceuticals
TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RedHill
Biopharma Ltd.
Immunoforge's 'PF1801' Is Designated as Orphan Drug by FDA
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunoforge, the company specializing in the development of new drugs for rare musculoskeletal diseases (Representatives: An Seong-Min and Jang Gi-Ho), announced that their new drug candidate PF1801 has been designated as the FDA orphan drug for t...
"Right to Work" Is Theme of 16th Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy to Be Launched with Endorsement of International Trade Union Confederation
TOKYO and BRUSSELS, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 16th Global Appeal to End
Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy will be launched
in an online ceremony onJanuary 31, 2021, World Leprosy Day.
Covid-T™ Clinical Development Program Initiated Regulatory Advisory Group Engaged
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BioVaxys Technology Corp. (CSE: BIOV) (FRA: 5LB) (OTC: LMNGF) ("BioVaxys" or "Company") is pleased to announce that it has initiated the clinical development program for Covid-T™, the Company's novel diagnostic platform for detecting T-cell activity. T...
Zeus Launches Reinforced Polyimide Tubing
Expanded Capabilities Help Customers Consolidate Suppliers, Innovate, and Go to Market With Confidence ORANGEBURG, S.C., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeus Industrial Products, Inc. (Zeus), a leading polymer solutions provider and material science innovator, announced today that it has added bra...
Clinical Trial of Proxalutamide's Trial of Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients Was Approved in Brazil
SUZHOU, China, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited (HKEX: 9939) is pleased to announce that the clinical trial (the "Trial") of Proxalutamide's treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients was approved by the Institutional Review Board ("IRB") ofBrazil. The trial was accept...
CROMSOURCE Consolidates Strategic Site Support Service
VERONA, Italy, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CROMSOURCE, an international contract research organization (CRO), announced today the expansion of its Strategic Site Support Service that can be provided to sites participating in clinical research studies managed by CROMSOURCE on behalf of companies...
Sai Life Sciences announces plans to double headcount and expand capabilities in Manchester, UK
MANCHESTER, England and HYDERABAD, India, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai
Life Sciences, one ofIndia's fastest growing Contract Research, Development &
Manufacturing Organizations
Harbour BioMed's Batoclimab (HBM9161) Receives China CDE Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Treatment of Adult Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SUZHOU, China, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (HBM) (HKEX: 02142.HK), announced today that China Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to Batoclimab (HBM 9161), a fully human anti-FcRn monoclonal a...
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
RARITAN, N.J., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc ("Ortho"), the world's largest pure-play in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to improving and saving lives through innovative laboratory testing and blood-typing solutions, today announced the pricing of its i...
CStone Pharmaceuticals Reports Efficacy and Safety Data from the ARROW Trial of Pralsetinib in Chinese Patients with Advanced RET Fusion-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer after Platinum-based Chemotherapy at IASLC WCLC 2020
SUZHOU, China, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone", HKEx: 2616), a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative immuno-oncology (IO) therapies and precision medicines, today announced that results from a cohort of Chinese patien...
Mallinckrodt Receives Approval in Japan of the CELLEX® Extracorporeal Photopheresis System for Treatment of Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease
DUBLIN, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mallinckrodt plc, a global biopharmaceutical company, announced today thatJapan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approved the CELLEX® extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) system for the treatment of steroid-resistant or intolerant chronic graft...
Antengene Announces the Acceptance of ATG-010 (Selinexor) NDA by the NMPA for the Treatment of rrMM
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing global first-in-class and/or best-in class therapeutics in hematology and oncol...
Antengene Announces the Acceptance of ATG-010 (Selinexor) NDA by the NMPA for the Treatment of rrMM
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing global first-in-class and/or best-in class therapeutics in hematology and oncol...
Transnetyx, One Codex Build Strategic Partnership to Provide a Complete Microbiome Analysis Service for Both Mice and Humans
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Transnetyx, Inc. announced today its collaboration with One Codex on an end-to-end microbiome sequencing and analysis service. This offering will be driven by Transnetyx's wide-reaching global footprint in the model organism community and One Codex's ...
Valcare Medical Announces First-in-Human Transseptal Implant of the AMEND™ Annuloplasty Ring for Mitral Valve Repair
HERZLIYA, Israel, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Valcare Medical Ltd. developer of transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair and replacement solutions, announces that it has successfully completed its first-in-human transseptal delivery of the AMEND™ annuloplasty ring. The transseptal AMEND ...
Neurophth Therapeutics Further Expands Ocular Gene Therapy Expertise with Appointment of Qiutang Li, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer
WUHAN, China and NEWARK, Del., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Wuhan Neurophth Biotechnology Ltd., a fully-integrated genetic medicines company developing AAV-delivered gene therapies for the treatment of ocular diseases, today announced the appointment of Qiutang Li, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Off...
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