Pharmaceuticals

Amcor Completes Acquisition of Bemis, Creating the Global Leader in Consumer Packaging

CHICAGO and MELBOURNE, Australia, June 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor today announces the successful completion of its acquisition of Bemis Company Inc., effective11 June 2019. The combined company will now operate as Amcor plc (Amcor), trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symb...

2019-06-11 21:46 3179

TauRx Recognized as a Technology Innovation Leader in the Neurodegenerative Disease Management Industry

ABERDEEN, Scotland and SINGAPORE, June 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TauRx, a leader in neurodegenerative disease research, today announced that it is the recipient of Frost & Sullivan's 2019 Asia Pacific Neurodegenerative Disease Management Technology Innovation Award.

2019-06-11 08:00 1993

Inovio Receives $8.14 Million Award to Support Further Development of its Commercial Skin Delivery Device

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) announced today that the medical arm of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) will fund the further development of Inovio's new commercial intradermal delivery device. DTRA's Medical ...

2019-06-10 21:00 2968

Collaborative Medicinal Development, LLC Reports that Lead Drug Shows Dose-Dependent Improvement in Parkinson's Disease

MILL VALLEY, California, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Collaborative Medicinal Development LLC ("CMD"), a privately-held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, will report promising results from its phase 1, non-placebo controlled, dose-finding s...

2019-06-10 20:00 1772

Sihuan's Abstracts regarding Clinical Trial Progress of SGLT-2 Inhibitor Selected for Poster Presentation at the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions

HONG KONG, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. (HKEx: 0460), the largest cardio-cerebral vascular drug manufacturer in China's prescription drug market, announced that three abstracts regarding the clinical trial of the Group's patented innovative drug Janaglif...

2019-06-10 16:28 6876

CStone and Bayer announce global collaboration to evaluate PD-L1 monoclonal antibody CS1001 in combination with regorafenib

SUZHOU, China, June 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone"; HKEX: 2616) today announced that the company has entered into a global clinical collaboration withChina focus with Bayer HealthCare LLC to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and antitumor activity ...

2019-06-10 09:30 7337

Oral semaglutide showed superior reductions in blood sugar vs Jardiance® and non-inferior blood sugar reductions vs Victoza® in adults with type 2 diabetes at 26 weeks

Abstracts 54-OR and 55-OR Secondary data at 52 weeks demonstrated statistically significant blood sugar reductions and statistically significant reduction of body weight vs both Jardiance® and Victoza® SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings presented today from two phase 3a clinic...

2019-06-08 23:45 2955

ESPGHAN Researchers Warn: Junk Food Could Be Responsible for the Food Allergy Epidemic

GLASGOW, Scotland, June 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) are today presenting research that shows higher levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), found in abundance in ju...

2019-06-08 07:01 4548

CStone received approval to initiate clinical development in China of CS1001 and BLU-554 (CS3008) in combination therapy for HCC

SUZHOU, China, June 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals (CStone; HKEX: 2616) announced that it has received approval to initiate clinical development inChina of CS1001 in combination with BLU-554 (CS3008) in patients with locally advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). T...

2019-06-05 19:56 7053

Innovent provides Update on the Results of Sintilimab for the Treatment of Extranodal NK/T Cell Lymphoma by Oral Presentation at ASCO

SUZHOU, China, June 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality medicines, today announced that the research data on the treatment of relapsed or refractory extranodal NK/T cell ly...

2019-06-05 08:00 5824

RemeGen, Ltd. Announces Positive Results from RC48 Clinical Trial in HER2-Positive Metastatic or Unresectable Urothelial Cancer

Results, presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, demonstrated clinically meaningful response in patients with urothelial carcinoma whose treatment previously failed, a population with high unmet medical need YANTAI, China, June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- R...

2019-06-04 21:00 5707

Innovent Provides Update on ctDNA in Predicting Response and Resistance by Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Chinese Relapsed/Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

SUZHOU, China, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality medicines, today announced that the results of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for predicting response and resistance ...

2019-06-04 08:00 3450

Innovent Provides Updates on Extended Follow-up on Sintilimab for Relapsed/Refractory Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma

SUZHOU, China, June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality medicines, today announced that the results of extended follow-up on sintilimab, the anti-PD-1 antibody that co-deve...

2019-06-04 08:00 10229

Innovent Provides Update on Sintilimab in Combination with CAPOX for First-Line Treatment of Patients with Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Carcinoma (GC/GEJC)

SUZHOU, China, June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality medicines, today announced that the preliminary results of efficacy and safety of sintilimab, the anti-PD-1 antibody...

2019-06-04 08:00 10606

Ascentage Pharma presents new clinical data of apoptosis-targeted drug candidates APG-115 and APG-1387 at 2019 ASCO

SUZHOU, China and CHICAGO, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma, a globally-focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, hepatitis B virus and age-related diseases, today announced that the company presented new data of two apoptosis-ta...

2019-06-04 07:00 2414

Aadi Bioscience Breakthrough Therapy nab-Sirolimus (ABI-009) Preliminary Data Released from the AMPECT Registration Trial in Advanced PEComa

Highlights: * 42% investigator-assessed ORR achieved in patients with advanced PEComa – a rare sarcoma with no currently approved therapy * First prospective clinical study in advanced PEComa shows durable responses with nab-sirolimus with a manageable safety profile * 62% of all responding...

2019-06-04 06:39 2490

Merck Presents Updated Results for Investigational Therapy Tepotinib Demonstrating Durable Clinical Response in Patients with Advanced NSCLC with METex14 Skipping Mutations

ASCO Abstract # Tepotinib (MET kinase inhibitor): 9005 Not intended for UK- , Canada- or US-based media DARMSTADT, Germany, June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- * Alterations of the MET signaling pathway are present in 3-5% of non-small cell lung cancer patients and correlate with poor prognosis * N...

2019-06-04 02:16 3051

Frost & Sullivan Publishes Q1 Update on Kadimastem

Continues its plans as expected; Ministry of Health approval for central experiment; financing is required to continue operations at the beginning of 2020; received Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA; target price unchanged. TEL AVIV, Israel, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The TASE analysis proje...

2019-06-03 21:24 1629

CStone submits new drug application for TIBSOVO(R) in Taiwan for the treatment of relapsed/refractory AML

HONG KONG, June 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone", HKEX: 2616) announced that a new drug application (NDA) for TIBSOVO® (ivosidenib) has been submitted by a third-party to the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) as the first to-be-approved treatment of adult patients...

2019-06-03 11:45 5725

Updated Results on Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade with Sintilimab in Resectable Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (sqNSCLC) at ASCO, Led by Professor Jie He, Dean of the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

SUZHOU, China, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The preliminary results of efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade with sintilimab in resectable squamous non-small cell lung cancer (sqNSCLC) (ChiCTR-OIC-17013726), led by ProfessorJie He, Dean of the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of ...

2019-06-03 08:00 11724