Biotechnology
Innovent Announces NMPA Acceptance of a Supplemental New Drug Application for Sintilimab as Second-Line Therapy for Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, Jan. 12, 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 cancer, metabolic, autoimmune and other major disea...
Valo Raises $190 Million in Series B Financing and Unveils Select Therapeutic Programs
Details of Initial Therapeutic Programs to be Shared at the 39th J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference BOSTON, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Valo Health LLC (Valo), the technology company working to transform the drug discovery and development process and accelerate the creation of life-changin...
DarwinHealth Scientists Publish Foundational Research Identifying Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Cancer Cell States and Drug Response
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DarwinHealth, Inc., a New York-based biotechnology and cancer drug discovery company announces the January 11, 2021 online publication in Cell of a landmark paper, "A Modular Master Regulator Landscape Controls Cancer Transcriptional Identity,"[1,2] in whic...
MedSkin Solutions Dr. Suwelack AG Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for MatriDerm® - Its Three-Dimensional Acellular Collagen Elastin Dermal Matrix Portfolio
MedSkin Solutions Dr. Suwelack AG announces receiving FDA 510(k) clearance for its flagship Med Care product portfolio MatriDerm®. HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MatriDerm® is a single-use three-dimensional acellular dermal matrix composed of bovine collagen fibers and bovine el...
Caprion-HistoGeneX Acquires Clinical Logistics Inc., a Virtual Central Specimen Management CRO, and Expands its Support of Clinical Trials Specimen Logistics
MONTREAL, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Caprion-HistoGeneX, a leading global contract research laboratory services provider backed by Arsenal Capital Partners, announced today the acquisition of Clinical Logistics Inc. ("CLI"), a Virtual Central Specimen Management CRO based inHalifax, Canada. The...
Kira Pharmaceuticals Announces $53.5 Million Series B+ Financing to Advance LOGIC Drug Discovery Platform and Pipeline of Complement-targeted Therapies
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SUZHOU, China, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kira Pharmaceuticals, a global biotechnology company pioneering a new generation of complement-targeted therapies to treat immune-mediated diseases, today announced the first closing of an oversubscribed$53.5 million Series B+ fina...
IACTA Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaleads to Develop the World's First Epithelial Protective Drug Harnessing Endogenous Analgesia for the Topical Treatment of Acute and Chronic Ocular Pain
- Ocular Pain, a $10+ billion global market, with significant unmet medical need - License agreement aims to accelerate global development of DENKIs, leveraging expertise and resources of both companies IRVINE, California, PARIS, HONG KONG, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IACTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc...
Merck Acquires AmpTec to Expand mRNA Capabilities for Vaccines, Treatments and Diagnostics
- Adds to Merck's lipid manufacturing expertise, providing an integrated offering across mRNA value chain - AmpTec's differentiated polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based technology has shown to have advantages over other technologies for mRNA manufacturing - Diagnostics business focused on produ...
Everest Medicines Announces CTA Approval by China NMPA for Phase 3 Trial of Sacituzumab Govitecan-Hziy for Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
SHANGHAI, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients inGreater China and other parts of Asia, today announced th...
Everest Medicines Initiates Submission of New Drug Application in Singapore for Sacituzumab Govitecan-Hziy for the Treatment of Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
SHANGHAI, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients inGreater China and other parts of Asia, announced today th...
INOVIO's VGX-3100 Demonstrates Positive Phase 2 Efficacy In Treatment of Precancerous Vulvar Dysplasia Caused by HPV-16/18
- DNA immunotherapy candidate VGX-3100 demonstrated clinically significant reduction of HPV-16/18-associated precancerous vulvar lesions in 63% of treated participants six months after treatment - Phase 2 results indicate that VGX-3100 can be a safe, tolerable and efficacious adjunct to current ...
RedHill Biopharma's RHB-204 Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for NTM Disease
TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, NC, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RedHill
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JOYSBIO's COVID-19 antigen test kit is capable of detecting the new SARS-COV-2 strain found in the United Kingdom and the United States
BINHAI, Tianjin, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the world watches a concerning new strain of SARS-COV-2 first identified in theUnited Kingdom, one global biotech company has announced that their antigen test kit can detect the variant. JOYSBIO Biotechnology Co.'s SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test K...
Global Cord Blood Announces NHC Policy Update
HONG KONG, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) (the "Company"),China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage services, today reported thatChina's National Health Commission ("NHC") ...
Y-Biologics signed License Agreement with 3D Medicines for T cell bispecific engager in Greater China territory
DAEJEON, South Korea and SHANGHAI, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Korean biotech company Y-Biologics and theChina-based biopharmaceutical company 3D Medicines have entered into a License Agreement granting exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize YBL-013, a T cell bi-sp...
Ascentage Pharma Announces its 9th Orphan Drug Designation from the US FDA in 2020, Setting a Record for Chinese Biopharmaceutical Companies
SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 5, 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 Adm...
Antengene Announces Submission of IND Application in China for a Global Phase 3 Trial of ATG-010 (Selinexor) in Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, Jan. 5, 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 oncolo...
AGC Biologics Confirms Cell and Gene Therapy Commercial Expertise as Manufacturer of Orchard Therapeutics' Newly Approved Libmeldy(TM)
SEATTLE, Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AGC Biologics, a leading global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), is the first manufacturer of Orchard Therapeutics' Libmeldy™, which was recently approved by the European Commission (EC) as a one-time therapy for ...
Antengene Submits NDA for ATG-010 (Selinexor) in South Korea for rrMM and rrDLBCL
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, Jan. 4, 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 oncolo...
RedHill Biopharma Announces Positive Top-Line Safety and Efficacy Data from Phase 2 COVID-19 Study of Opaganib
Preliminary data from the non-powered U.S. Phase 2 study of 40 hospitalized patients shows that orally-administered opaganib was safe, with no material safety differences between opaganib and control arms Consistent trends demonstrate greater improvement in reducing oxygen requirement by end of ...
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