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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Sanofi has bolstered its push into mRNA-based therapies with a new licensing deal – but not as might be expected with some up-and-coming biotech company. Sanofi is the first pharma company to partner with Baidu on its LinearDesign AI platform, which has been developed specifically to optimise the sequence of mRNA-based vaccines and drugs.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

ImmunityBio has licensed technology underpinning a COVID-19 vaccine that could be administered orally rather than by injection from UK biotech iosBio. ImmunityBio’s vaccine design drives both antibody and T-cells to the spike (S) protein and nucleocapsid (N) protein.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In only its second year of operations, Cambridge, UK startup Dunad Therapeutics has already attracted a big pharma partner for its protein degradation platform. billion in milestones – and covers drug candidates against up to four disease targets.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2022

DJS focuses on the discovery and development of antibody therapies that act on difficult-to-drug disease-causing proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Wide-ranging drug discovery capabilities of AbbVie will be used by DJS for making antibody therapies and new biology insights against targets such as GPCRs.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Swiss pharma group Roche has doubled down on a partnership with Jnana Therapeutics, paying $50 million upfront to tap into the Boston-based biotech drug discovery platform for a wide-ranging push across cancer, immune-mediated, and neurological diseases. The post Roche deepens ties with Jnana with a second licensing deal appeared first on.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 19, 2023

ImmunoForge has expanded its licence agreement with Duke University in North Carolina, US, to jointly improve research and drug development opportunities. ImmunoForge will expedite the development of new drugs based on the elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) platform technology originally developed by Duke’s Professor Ashutosh Chilkoti.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 29, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acc epted to review ImmunityBio’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for N-803 to treat Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) carcinoma in situ (CIS) patients with or without Ta or T1 disease.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Eli Lilly has bolstered its position the fast-emerging area of protein degrader drugs, agreeing a $1.6 billion-plus deal with Lycia Therapeutics spanning up to five drug targets. The protein degrader approach has attracted a series of big-ticket licensing deals in the last couple of years.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Astellas Pharma has won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Vyloy (zolbetuximab) as a first-line treatment for adults with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. The drug is specifically indicated for patients whose tumors are HER2-negative and express claudin 18.2 months from 15.5

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 23, 2023

As such, the SLE and LN marketplace is dominated by generics, and GSK’s Benlysta and AstraZeneca’s Saphnelo are the only drugs that have gained marketing approval specifically for SLE in more than 50 years. In previous years, Benlysta has managed to grow the lupus market in terms of value, having generated approximately $492.9m

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The drug, JTX-1811, is a monoclonal antibody designed to selectively deplete immunosuppressive tumour-infiltrating T regulatory (TITR) cells. . The drug targets CCR8, a chemokine receptor enriched on TITR cells. The results spooked investors and caused shares in Jounce to fall, but the drug is continuing through phase 2 trials.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Avrobio has received rare pediatric disease designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational gene therapy, AVR-RD-04, designed to treat cystinosis. AVR-RD-04 works by genetically modify a patient's hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to express the gene that encodes the cystinosin protein.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

In the past year, Hemgenix has been granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has received conditional marketing authorisation from the European Commission (EC) and the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 13, 2022

Sanofi has joined a growing list of drugmakers going after alpha-synuclein targeting drugs for Parkinson’s disease, licensing a bispecific antibody from South Korea’s ABL Bio in a deal that could be worth more than $1 billion.

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XTalks

JULY 19, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency use authorization (EUA) to Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the fourth authorized vaccine in the US against COVID-19. Nevertheless, 77 percent of those polled said that even if a protein-based COVID shot were authorized in the US, they still would not get it.

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XTalks

JUNE 20, 2022

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a leading RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics biopharmaceutical company, announced it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RNAi therapeutic Amvuttra (vutrisiran) for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (ATTR) amyloidosis in adults.

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JUNE 21, 2022

Armed with new phase 3 data, AstraZeneca is preparing to file for regulatory approval of eplontersen, an antisense drug for one of the complications of the disease transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) it licensed from Ionis in a $3.6 The post AZ preps FDA filing for $3.6bn amyloidosis drug eplontersen appeared first on.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 8, 2020

AbCellera Biologics has been in the spotlight since coming up with Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody drug bamlanivimab, and looks set to capitalise on that exposure with a sizeable initial public offering. Bamlanivimab is directed against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, designed to block the virus’ attachment and entry into human cells.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Clinical stage pharmaceutical company Cantex Pharmaceuticals has obtained a global licence from Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development to develop the small-molecule drug azeliragon into a treatment for inflammatory lung diseases, including COVID-19.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 2, 2022

Sosei Heptares , a corporate brand of Sosei Group Corporation, has signed a new drug discovery partnership and option-to-license agreement with AbbVie for discovering, developing and marketing new therapies for neurological ailments. On signing of the deal, AbbVie will make an upfront payment of $40m to Sosei Heptares.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS) has granted expanded approval to Novavax partner SK bioscience for the Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), for use as a booster dose in adults aged 18 and above. Nuvaxovid is a protein-based vaccine created from the genetic sequence of the initial SARS-CoV-2 virus strain.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

An oral inhibitor of exportin 1 (XPO1), Nexpovio works by selectively attaching to hindering the nuclear export protein XPO1. It prevents the tumour suppressor, growth regulatory and anti-inflammatory proteins’ nuclear export, causing their build-up in the nucleus and boosting their anti-cancer activity in the cell.

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Pharma Times

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Agreement covers protein-alkylating, tumour-activated pro-drug payload series for ADC development

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 8, 2022

Jazz Pharma has bolstered its pipeline of cancer drugs through a $1.3 billion licensing agreement with Werewolf Therapeutics that adds its first immuno-oncology candidate. As it is in the very early stages Jazz’s licensing deal is heavily back-weighted, but does include $1.26 Image by Lukas Bieri from Pixabay .

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 7, 2021

AstraZeneca has snapped up another Ionis-discovered drug for its pipeline, this time phase 3 candidate eplontersen for the disease transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR). billion in milestones depending on sales levels if the antisense-based drug reaches the market.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

ACI-35.030, partnered with Johnson & Johnson, is designed to stimulate the body to generate antibodies against tau protein, one of the factors though to play a role in the development of AD dementia. In AD, the protein goes haywire, forming tangles that have been linked to cell damage and neuronal death.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 23, 2023

Seagen specialises in developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) which will complement Pfizer’s oncology portfolio. Seagen will maintain its operations in the Seattle area and will leverage Pfizer’s protein-engineering capabilities to develop next-generation biologics.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Novartis has licensed a potential drug for Parkinson’s from Belgium’s UCB that it thinks could be the first oral, disease-modifying drug for the disease – if it can avoid the fate of earlier drugs in the class. billion if the drug reaches the market and hits sales objectives.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 1, 2023

According to GlobalData, Phase I drugs for Cervical Cancer have an 81% phase transition success rate (PTSR) indication benchmark for progressing into Phase II. GlobalData’s report assesses how MP-0310’s drug-specific PTSR and Likelihood of Approval (LoA) scores compare to the indication benchmarks. Buy the report here.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 1, 2023

According to GlobalData, Phase I drugs for Colorectal Cancer have a 76% phase transition success rate (PTSR) indication benchmark for progressing into Phase II. GlobalData’s report assesses how MP-0310’s drug-specific PTSR and Likelihood of Approval (LoA) scores compare to the indication benchmarks. Buy the report here.

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MARCH 30, 2021

Basel, March 30, 2021 — Novartis has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic applications for a library of Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) targeting agents including FAPI-46 and FAPI-74, through an assignment agreement with iTheranostics, Inc., an affiliate of SOFIE Biosciences, Inc.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 14, 2022

Novavax and its partner SK bioscience have obtained a Post Approval Change Application approval from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS) for the Covid-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373), to be used in adolescents of the age 12 to 17 years.

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MAY 12, 2022

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Celgene unit has clearly been impressed by progress in its four-year-old alliance with Evotec on protein degradation. These small drug compounds destabilise proteins by bringing them into proximity with enzymes called E3 ubiquitin ligases that cause them to be broken down.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

AstraZeneca has clearly made the rare disease transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) a key component of its rare disease pipeline, licensing a second drug candidate in the space of a couple of months. Tafamidis is thought to work by stabilising the misfolded proteins. The new agreement comes just days after AZ closed a $3.1

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Pfizer

JULY 26, 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. Pfizer and BioNTech Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy With Study Start of Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate Based on Enhanced Spike Protein Design. deliesschef. Tue, 07/26/2022 - 17:41.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

According to the US biopharma company, genetic analyses of publicly available sequences for the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 suggest the mutations in the viral spike protein that have made them more transmissible shouldn’t affect the way Veklury (remdesivir) works. The UK strain – known as B.1.1.7

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a priority review of the biologics license application (BLA) for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ’ pozelimab to treat children and adults with ultra-rare CHAPLE disease. C5 is a protein that is involved in the activation of the complement system.

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