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C4XD and AstraZeneca enter $402m deal to develop respiratory disease therapy

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C4X Discovery (C4XD) and AstraZeneca have entered an exclusive global licensing agreement worth up to $402m to develop oral therapy to treat inflammatory and respiratory ailments. According to the deal, C4XD is entitled to get up to $16m in pre-clinical milestone payments before the commencement of the first clinical trial. .

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Eli Lilly’s Olumiant Wins FDA Approval as First Systemic Treatment for Alopecia Areata

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Olumiant is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor that was first discovered by Incyte and then licensed to Eli Lilly. It blocks the activity of JAK1 and JAK2 to interfere with the JAK-STAT signaling pathway to dampen the production of inflammatory cytokines through the modulation of gene expression.

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Burning Rock Announces an Exclusive in-Licensing of a Risk Stratification Test for Early Stage Lung-Cancer Patients from Oncocyte in China

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15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Burning Rock Biotech Limited (NASDAQ: BNR, the “Company” or “Burning Rock”) today announced that it entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Oncocyte Corporation (NYSE American: OCX) to bring DetermaRx , a risk stratification test for early stage lung cancer patients, to China.

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Tezepelumab NAVIGATOR Phase 3 Trial Met Primary Endpoint Of A Statistically Significant And Clinically Meaningful Reduction In Exacerbations In A Broad Population Of Patients With Severe Asthma

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1,2 Expression of TSLP is increased in the airways of patients with asthma and has been correlated with disease severity. NAVIGATOR and the PATHFINDER clinical trial program Building on the Phase 2b PATHWAY trial, the Phase 3 PATHFINDER program included two trials, NAVIGATOR and SOURCE. EMJ Allergy Immunol.

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Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy

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Astellas has licensed rights to a drug developed by Selecta Biosciences that could make more patients eligible for treatment with its gene therapy for inherited neuromuscular disorder Pompe disease. The post Astellas licenses companion drug for Pompe gene therapy appeared first on.

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Cash round sets up trial of InteRNA’s microRNA for cancer

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million ($22 million) in second-round financing as it prepares to start clinical trials of its lead drug candidate INT-1B3 for solid tumours. InteRNA is focusing on the development of gene-silencing drugs based on microRNA, naturally occurring, non-coding strands of RNA that are thought to regulate gene expression in cells.

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Tezepelumab granted Priority Review by U.S. FDA

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a Biologics License Application (BLA) and granted Priority Review for tezepelumab in the treatment of asthma. 8) There were no clinically meaningful differences in safety results between the tezepelumab and placebo groups in the NAVIGATOR trial.(8) EMJ Allergy Immunol.