Pharmaceuticals
EpiVax Progresses on a Vaccine to Address SARS-CoV-2 Variants
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today EpiVax, Inc. ("EpiVax") confirmed that the company'sEPV-CoV-19 vaccine epitopes are 98.2% conserved in the new Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant. EpiVax and EpiVax Therapeutics, Inc. ("EVT") are also affirming commitment to move the novel T cell epito...
Insilico Medicine Initiates First-in-Human Study of ISM001-055, a Novel Drug Discovered Using Insilico's Proprietary End-to-end Artificial Intelligence Platform
NEW YORK and HONG KONG, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Insilico Medicine, an
end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company,today
announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a first-in-human
microdose trial of ISM001-055.
RedHill Biopharma Reports Operational Highlights and Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results
RedHill Accelerates its Two Advanced COVID-19 Pill Clinical Programs in Light of their Potential Against Omicron Acting independently of spike protein mutation, opaganib and RHB-107's unique host-targeted mechanisms of action hold potential versus Omicron and other variants -- Phase 2/3 study s...
Standigm signs MOU with Institut Pasteur Korea for AI-based drug discovery research on infectious disease
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Standigm Inc. ("Standigm"), the leading workflow artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery company, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Institut Pasteur Korea ("IPK"), the infectious disease-focused research...
Jemincare Announces the Exclusive License of the Kras Inhibitor to HUYABIO
SHANGHAI, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Jemincare, a leading pharmaceutical company fromChina, announced today its wholly owned subsidiary company, Shanghai Jemincare Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., had licensed exclusive worldwide ex-China rights to the Kras inhibitor, JMKX1899, to HUYABIO Internation...
Treadwell Therapeutics Announces US FDA Clearance of IND Application for Phase 2 Study of TTK inhibitor, CFI-402257
NEW YORK and HONG KONG, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Treadwell Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for highly aggressive cancers, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) applic...
Seegene's High Multiplex PCR Assay Capable of Detecting New Omicron Variant
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene Inc. (KQ 096530), South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics company, today confirmed that its Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2 Master Assay is capable of detecting the Omicron's unique pattern of mutations. The well-established PCR-based test recogni...
JOYSBIO's SARS-COV-2 Antigen Rapid test detects OMICRON variant
TIANJIN, China, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- JOYSBIO, one of the world's leading manufacturers of lateral flow rapid tests, is proud to announce that their tests are available around the world. Furthermore, they've been able to show that their test can detect the new Omicron (B.1.1.529). This va...
ABM Therapeutics Receives IND Approval in China for BRAF Inhibitor ABM-1310
SAN DIEGO and SHANGHAI, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ABM Therapeutics (ABM), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a focus on treating brain cancers and cancer metastases, today announced that its IND application for ABM-1310, a new-generation BRAF inhibitor, has been approved by the N...
Mayne Pharma and Mithra Announce TGA Approval of NEXTSTELLIS® Oral Contraceptive
ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayne Pharma Group Limited (ASX: MYX) and Mithra Pharmaceuticals, SA (Euronext Brussels: MITRA) are very pleased to announce the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved the novel combined oral contraceptive NEXTSTELLIS® (14.2 mg of es...
Sciwind Biosciences Acquires Global, Exclusive Rights to Develop and Commercialize Sanofi's GIP Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of Metabolic Disease
HANGZHOU, China and SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciwind Biosciences Co., Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease, announced today that it has signed a global, exclusive license agreemen...
GBM AGILE Opens to Paxalisib in Canada
SYDNEY, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kazia Therapeutics Limited (ASX: KZA; NASDAQ: KZIA), an oncology-focused drug development company, is pleased to inform stakeholders that the GBM AGILE study in glioblastoma (NCT03970447) has opened at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre inToronto, Ontario. Thi...
OriCiro Genomics Launches New enzymatic DNA synthesis tool for commonly used vectors
TOKYO, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- OriCiro Genomics Inc., a pioneer in cell-free synthesis and amplification of genome-scale large DNA for advanced therapeutics and synthetic biology, today announced the launch of OriCiro® Cell-Free Switching system. In the biological sciences, cell-based clon...
PharmaBlock Appointed Dr. Wenfang Miao as Chief Executive Officer
NANJING, China, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmaBlock (300725.SZSE), an innovative chemistry products and services provider to support drug discovery, development, and commercialization, announced today that the former Senior Vice President of Quality, Dr.Wenfang Miao, is appointed as the com...
ST Pharm announces expansion of oligonucleotide facility, taking a leap towards the world's largest oligonucleotide CDMO
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 24, ST Pharm Co. Ltd., an API CDMO company in Republic of Korea, announced to build the second oligonucleotide manufacturing plant for an expansion of production facilities and to preoccupy the rapidly growing oligonucleotide therapeut...
Ascentage Pharma Appoints Mr. Yiqing Chen as Chief Financial Officer
SUZHOU, China, and ROCKVILLE, MD., Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced the appointment of Mr.Yiqing Chen as Chief Financ...
Hummingbird Bioscience Appoints Jan Møller Mikkelsen as Chairman of the Board
HOUSTON and SINGAPORE, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hummingbird Bioscience Holdings Limited, an innovative clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing precision therapies against hard-to-drug targets in cancer and autoimmune disease, today announced the appointment of Jan Møller Mikkels...
Ablaze Pharmaceuticals Launches with $75m Series A Financing to Bring Novel Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals to Treat Cancer Patients in the Greater China Market
SHANGHAI and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ablaze Pharmaceuticals ("Ablaze"), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative targeted radiopharmaceutical therapies (TRT) against tumor targets, announced a$75 million Series A finan...
Tang Prize Laureates Reflect on the Breakthroughs Made Possible by Cytokine Research
TAIPEI, Nov. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the inspiring opening speech, "Future Perspective of Cancer Immunotherapy," delivered by Nobel Prize and Tang Prize laureate Prof.Tasuku Honjo at the 14th Asia Pacific Federation of Pharmacologist Conference (APFP) onNovember 26, the 2020 Tang Prize...
Tang Prize Laureates Reflect on the Breakthroughs Made Possible by Cytokine Research
TAIPEI, Nov. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the inspiring opening speech, "Future Perspective of Cancer Immunotherapy," delivered by Nobel Prize and Tang Prize laureate Prof.Tasuku Honjo at the 14th Asia Pacific Federation of Pharmacologist Conference (APFP) onNovember 26, the 2020 Tang Prize...
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