Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Seungpil Yu will hold a retirement ceremony and conclude his 46-year term as a pharmaceutical executive.

SEOUL, South Korea, May 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Seungpil Yu is a living witness to the long history of Yuyu Pharma, which celebrated its 80th anniversary this year, having laid the foundation for Yuyu Pharma to continue to thrive well into its 100th year. While in the United States, Dr. Yu r...

2021-05-28 21:00 3911

Samsung Biologics Adds Four Global ISO Certifications For BCMS, Energy, Health & Safety, and Environmental Management

* Expanding upon its existing ISO22301 certification, Samsung Biologics is now fully certified with Business Continuity Management System for Security and Resilience across all business areas * Samsung Biologics adds ISO50001, ISO45001, ISO14001 for Energy Management, Occupational Health and ...

2021-05-28 20:00 3558

CStone Announces the First-in-Class Registrational Clinical Trial of Sugemalimab Met its Primary Endpoint in Stage III NSCLC and Plans to Submit a New Drug Application

* Sugemalimab becomes the world's first anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibody to successfully improve progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without disease progression after concurrent or sequential chemoradiotherapy * Sugemalimab is also t...

2021-05-28 08:10 9100

AffaMed Therapeutics Announces Approval for the Phase IIb Clinical Study of AM006 in China for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

SHANGHAI, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AffaMed Therapeutics ("AffaMed"), a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing critical unmet medical needs in ophthalmic, neurological and psychiatric disorders, today announced thatChina's National Medical Products Administrati...

2021-05-28 08:00 2623

Viatris Signs Memorandum of Understanding with The Defeat NCD Partnership at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Reveals initial findings of the Viatris sponsored report at a high-level panel discussion GENEVA and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS) and The Defeat-NCD Partnership (DNCD) at The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) toda...

2021-05-28 06:36 9807

Daewoong, first-in-class PRS-inhibitor for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis(IPF) shows promising result in early stage clinical test

* We confirmed the safety of 'DWN12088' and secured grounds for establishing treatment dosage * Confirming the potential as a treatment for IPF and planning to apply for Ph.2 within 2021 * 2nd ODD granted as treatment for systemic sclerosis from the US FDA SEOUL, South Korea, May 27, 2021...

2021-05-27 21:00 2121

ProBioGen and Minapharm Pharmaceuticals incorporate MiGenTra GmbH - A Healthcare Transforming Medicines Company

BERLIN and CAIRO, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ProBioGen and Minapharm Pharmaceuticals announce the incorporation of ProBioGen's subsidiary "MiGenTra" with headquarters inBerlin and access to a site in Cairo, which will house its principal manufacturing plant. The formation of MiGenTra accelerate...

2021-05-27 17:00 3266

Betagenon AB announces new CEO and new Chairman of the Board

STOCKHOLM, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Betagenon AB, a Sweden-based company focused on development of AMPK activator compounds, today announced that James Hall BM, BCh, D.Phil has joined this month as CEO.  Dr. Hall brings extensive senior healthcare and life science experience, including 12 yea...

2021-05-27 15:46 1744

Foresee Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of CAMCEVI® for the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer; Accord BioPharma to Head the U.S. Commercialization

TAIPEI, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Foresee Pharmaceuticals (6576.TWO), ("Foresee") announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for CAMCEVI® 42 mg, a ready-to-use 6-month subcutaneous depot formulation of leuprolide mesylate, as a ...

2021-05-27 11:33 3188

Boan Biotech Grants AstraZeneca Exclusive Rights to Promote Boyounuo(R) (Bevacizumab Injection) in Specific County Markets of China

SHANGHAI, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Luye Pharma Group announced today that its holding subsidiary, Boan Biotech, has signed an agreement with AstraZeneca China regarding the promotion rights to the anticancer drugBoyounuo®  (Bevacizumab Injection), under which the former will grant to the latte...

2021-05-26 23:03 21078

TransThera announces collaboration with Roche to evaluate TT-00420 as part of a novel combination to treat GI cancers in China

NANJING, China, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TransThera Biosciences Co. Ltd. ( "TransThera" ), a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing innovative therapeutics across oncology, cardiovascular, and inflammatory diseases with major unmet medical needs globally and inChina,  to...

2021-05-26 21:00 1972

Gracell Biotechnologies Hosting Key Opinion Leader Webinar on High Risk Multiple Myeloma, Treatment Challenges and Dual-Targeting CAR-T with Overnight Manufacturing - a Novel Approach for Treatment of Multiple Myeloma

SUZHOU, China and PALO ALTO, Calif., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GRCL) ("Gracell"), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing highly efficacious and affordable cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, today ...

2021-05-26 21:00 10935

Merck Accelerates Scale Up of Lipids to Meet Covid-19 Demand

- Introduces new synthetic cholesterol product nine months ahead of schedule - Offers high purity, scalability, and consistent quality - One of a few companies that produces lipids in quantities needed to meet demand for mRNA therapeutics, including Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine   DARMSTADT,...

2021-05-26 20:00 3454

RedHill Biopharma Receives Allowances for U.S. Patent Applications Covering Opaganib and RHB-107 for COVID-19

The two patents protect opaganib and RHB-107 for the treatment of COVID-19 until at least 2041 once granted Enrollment in opaganib's global Phase 2/3 study in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 is almost 100% complete RHB-107's ongoing Phase 2/3 study is enrolling U.S. non-hospitalized p...

2021-05-26 19:12 10123

Sinovant Sciences and Nabriva Therapeutics Announce Positive Topline Results from Phase 3 Trial of Lefamulin in Chinese Adults with Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP)

- Lefamulin was shown to be non-inferior to moxifloxacin, with 76.8% of lefamulin-treated patients meeting the efficacy endpoint of Investigator Assessment of Clinical Response (IACR) at Test of Cure (TOC), compared to 71.4% of patients treated with moxifloxacin - Lefamulin was generally safe an...

2021-05-26 05:00 3224

I Peace's cell manufacturing facility "Peace Engine Kyoto" receives third-party certification as US cGMP compliant: the facility now meets the standard for both the US and Japanese markets

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- I Peace, Inc. (CEO: Koji Tanabe ), aPalo Alto-based biotech start-up focusing on Nobel Prize-winning technology "induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)" received a third-party certification as US FDA cGMP compliant for its manufacturing facility "Pea...

2021-05-26 03:00 1923

Nanoform and Celanese Explore Ways to Enhance Drug Delivery

HELSINKI, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoform Finland Plc, an innovative nanoparticle medicine enabling company, and Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global specialty materials company, today announced plans to explore the synergies between their respective technologies in the field of nanop...

2021-05-25 21:45 2157

Seegene reports solid results in the first quarter of 2021 with KRW 351.8 billion

* SEEGENE POSTS KRW 193.9 BIL. IN OPERATING PROFIT, UP 388% ON-YEAR * OPERATING PROFIT RATIO AT 55%, DESPITE CONSTANT INVESTMENT IN R&D AND EMPLOYEES SEOUL, South Korea, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene Inc. (KQ 096530), a molecular diagnostics company reported its financial results for th...

2021-05-25 15:33 12363

Clinical Trial Application of ASC40 Combined with Bevacizumab to Treat Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma Accepted by China NMPA

HANGZHOU and SHAOXING, China, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX code: 1672) today announces that following the consultation with China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), the clinical trial application of ASC40 combined with bevacizumab to treat patients with re...

2021-05-25 08:30 3853

Innovent Announces First Patient Dosed in China in the Global Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Pemigatinib as the First-line Treatment of Unresectable or Metastatic Cholangiocarcinoma

SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune and other major dis...

2021-05-25 08:00 12180

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