Pharmaceuticals

Ascentage Pharma Announces 2020 Annual Results and Reports Launch Readiness for Its Core Drug Candidate

SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., March 31, 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 released its annual results for full ...

2021-03-31 23:27 3380

BIOVAXYS files FDA pre-IND meeting request and briefing package for COVID-T

VANCOUVER, BC, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BioVaxys Technology Corp. (CSE: BIOV) (FRA:5LB) (OTC:LMNGF) ("BioVaxys"), the world leader in haptenized antigen vaccines for antiviral and cancer applications, announced today that it is has filed a pre-IND (Investigational New Drug) meeting request ...

2021-03-31 20:00 3600

Future Health: Innovative Health Around the World

LONDON, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- It started with the UK but the renowned organisers of Future Health Innovation have recently announced the launch of a full series of digital events - the Health Week Series. Concentrating on key markets around the world, there will be a Summer and Autumn ev...

2021-03-31 18:36 2385

CStone Announces China NMPA New Drug Approval of Precision Therapy AYVAKIT® (avapritinib) for the Treatment of Adults with Unresectable or Metastatic PDGFRA Exon 18 Mutant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

SUZHOU, China, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals (CStone, HKEX: 2616), a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative immuno-oncology therapies and precision medicines, today announces that the National Medical Products Administration ...

2021-03-31 18:20 7366

Everest Medicines Announces China NMPA Approval of Clinical Trial Application to Evaluate Trodelvy® in a Phase 2 Basket Trial for a Variety of Cancers with High TROP-2 Expression

SHANGHAI, March 31, 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 ...

2021-03-31 10:27 4380

Menarini Silicon Biosystems launches CELLSEARCH® Circulating Multiple Myeloma Cells Assay, a new non-invasive test to monitor disease status in clinical research studies

BOLOGNA, Italy and HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Menarini Silicon Biosystems, a pioneer of liquid biopsy and single cell technologies, announced today the launch of a new assay to meet the needs of pharma companies, CROs, clinicians and research scientists working on mult...

2021-03-31 10:00 5754

Viva Biotech Announced 2020 Annual Results

The Group's Revenue Surged by 115.7% YoY Revenue from the CFS Business Increased Significantly by 146.3% YoY Establish One-stop Service Platform for Novel Drug Discovery and Production via Internal Growth and External Expansion Financial Highlights of the year ended December 31, 2020: * Reve...

2021-03-31 07:03 4087

European Commission Approves mAbxience's Bevacizumab For The Treatment Of Certain Types Of Cancer

mAbxience, a global fully-fledged biotech company, with over a decade of experience in the development, manufacture and commercialization of biopharmaceuticals, is expanding patient access to biological treatments throughoutEurope. MADRID, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On 31 March 2021, the Eur...

2021-03-31 05:30 10875

Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services Expands Manufacturing Agreement with AstraZeneca to Include Drug Product Manufacturing

WETTEREN, Belgium, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services ("Aji Bio-Pharma"), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services, is pleased to announce a manufacturing agreement expansion with AstraZeneca to include drug product manufact...

2021-03-31 01:04 1856

GemVax's highly promising Phase II Alzheimer's disease clinical trial results targeting telomerase published in prestigious Alzheimer's Research & Therapy' journal

SEOUL, South Korea, March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GemVax & KAEL Co., Ltd. (Korea: 082270)("GemVax") has announced that a paper on GV1001, a novel Alzheimer's treatment based on telomerase modification, was published onMarch 26 th in the SCI-grade international journal 'Alzheimer's Research & Ther...

2021-03-30 19:21 3990

Ascletis Announces Investment Escalation in R&D of Cancer Lipid Metabolism and Oral Checkpoint Inhibitors

* Proposed Initiation of a Pivotal Phase II Trial of ASC40 in Combination with Bevacizumab in Chinese Patients with First Relapse of High-grade Astrocytoma * In-house discovered oral PD-L1 inhibitors demonstrated favorable anti-tumor activities in the animal model compared to a marketed anti-...

2021-03-30 08:00 4750

Novel Phenomics NASH In Vitro Assay Presented by InSphero AG and PharmaNest Inc at 2021 Society of Toxicology Meeting

Introduction of key technology to accelerate NASH drug discovery by combining 3D disease models and automated AI-based fibrosis quantification PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- During the 2021 Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting, researchers from Swiss-based InSphero AG...

2021-03-30 05:20 1517

Amplicore, Inc. Announces Closing of a Successful $4M Seed Funding Round

CINCINNATI, March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Amplicore Inc., an early-stage biopharmaceutical company currently developing locally delivered and minimally invasive therapeutic solutions for musculoskeletal diseases, has successfully closed its Series Seed round of funding at$4 million. Investments ...

2021-03-30 02:55 1780

Kazia Licenses Rights to Paxalisib in Greater China to Simcere, a Leading Chinese Pharmaceutical Company

SYDNEY, March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kazia Therapeutics Limited (ASX: KZA; NASDAQ: KZIA), an oncology-focused drug development company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Ltd (Simcere) (HKSE: 2096) to develop and commercialise...

2021-03-29 17:43 5810

Johnson & Johnson Announces Advance Purchase Agreement with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust for the Company's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company), has entered into an agreement with the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) to make available up to 220 million dos...

2021-03-29 16:07 6083

Henlius Plans to File the NDA of Novel anti-PD-1 mAb HLX10 for the Treatment of MSI-H Solid Tumours, the Phase 2 Clinical Trial has Met the Primary Endpoint

SHANGHAI, March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (2696.HK) announced that the Phase 2 study of its innovative PD-1 inhibitor HLX10 in patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair-deficient (MSI-H/dMMR) solid tumors that fail t...

2021-03-29 08:27 5109

Making Most out of Launched Products Fueling Diversified Innovation through Integrated Platform

SHANGHAI, March 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Henlius (2696.HK) announced the financial results for the year ended31 December 2020. 2020 marked a meaningful year for Henlius as the Company gathered the pace in commercialization and continued the momentum for innovation. The Company delivered a total r...

2021-03-28 11:16 3768

Genscript Biotech Reports Full Year 2020 Financial Results

Highlights: * Revenue of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately US$390.8 million, representing an increase of 42.9% as compared with approximatelyUS$273.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 * Gross profit of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2...

2021-03-27 02:16 7432

Modern Chinese Medicine Announces Year 2020 Annual Results

Solid growth with focus to broaden the distribution network and raise R&D efforts PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS * The Group posted a consolidated revenue of approximately RMB308.7 million for the year ended31 December 2020, representing an increase of approximately 41.1%. * For the year ended 31 D...

2021-03-26 22:08 12556

Saxenda® recommended for approval by European Medicines Agency committee for the treatment of obesity in adolescents aged 12-17 years

BAGSVÆRD, Denmark, March 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novo Nordisk today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) under the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended that the use of Saxenda® is expanded for the treatment of obesity in adolescents aged 12–17 years...

2021-03-26 21:31 4079

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