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...

2021-01-12 13:02 6840

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...

2021-01-12 12:26 1970

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...

2021-01-12 08:21 2228

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...

2021-01-12 04:38 1590

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...

2021-01-07 21:20 2874

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...

2021-01-07 20:31 2961

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...

2021-01-07 20:00 2556

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...

2021-01-07 17:00 4609

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...

2021-01-06 21:54 6977

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...

2021-01-06 21:52 7056

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 ...

2021-01-06 21:00 4464

RedHill Biopharma's RHB-204 Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for NTM Disease

TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, NC, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) ("RedHill" or "the Company"), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that RHB-204 has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and...

2021-01-06 20:24 6307

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...

2021-01-06 15:11 2721

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") ...

2021-01-05 20:30 11907

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...

2021-01-05 09:00 2644

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...

2021-01-05 08:32 3051

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...

2021-01-05 08:00 3852

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 ...

2021-01-04 22:30 4026

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...

2021-01-04 08:00 4554

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 ...

2020-12-31 22:38 8742