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Hemab doses first volunteer in Phase I trial of HMB-003 for heavy menstrual bleeding
Development

Hemab doses first volunteer in Phase I trial of HMB-003 for heavy menstrual bleeding

Hemab Therapeutics (Nasdaq: COAG) has dosed the first healthy volunteer in a Phase I trial of HMB-003, a subcutaneous plasmin inhibitor designed ed to...

5d ago
CHMP's September meeting highlights
Regulatory & Policy

CHMP's September meeting highlights

The European Medicines Agency’s CHMP recommended 12 new medicines for approval and backed multiple label expansions at its September 14–17 meeting, while...

5d ago
CHMP backs J&J’s Tecvayli monotherapy after one prior myeloma therapy
Regulatory & Policy

CHMP backs J&J’s Tecvayli monotherapy after one prior myeloma therapy

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended an indication extension for Johnson & Johnson's Tecvayli...

Sep 18
Vertex withdraws EU filings to expand Kaftrio/Kalydeco to younger children
Regulatory & Policy

Vertex withdraws EU filings to expand Kaftrio/Kalydeco to younger children

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has withdrawn EU applications seeking to extend Kaftrio and Kalydeco combination treatment to children with cystic fibrosis aged one...

5d ago
BMS ends Orum’s AML program, extinguishing USD 80m in remaining milestone obligations
Business

BMS ends Orum’s AML program, extinguishing USD 80m in remaining milestone obligations

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has discontinued development of BMS-986497 (ORM-6151), the CD33-targeting degrader-antibody conjugate (DAC) it acquired...

Sep 18
Ultragenyx secures FDA approval for first treatment of Sanfilippo syndrome type A
Regulatory & Policy

Ultragenyx secures FDA approval for first treatment of Sanfilippo syndrome type A

The US FDA has granted standard full approval of Fayuvi (rebisufligene etisparvovec-hopf), an AAV9-based gene therapy from Novato, California-based...

Sep 18
Stanford Virtual Biotech links target expression patterns to higher drug success
Discovery

Stanford Virtual Biotech links target expression patterns to higher drug success

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a “Virtual Biotech” comprising tens of thousands of coordinated AI agents organized to mirror the divisions of...

5d ago
Merz Therapeutics expands Xeomin’s EU/EEA label to pediatric lower limb spasticity in cerebral palsy
Regulatory & Policy

Merz Therapeutics expands Xeomin’s EU/EEA label to pediatric lower limb spasticity in cerebral palsy

Germany-based Merz Therapeutics has received EU/EEA approval for Xeomin (incobotulinumtoxinA) to treat spasticity associated with pes equinus in children...

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Avacta’s FAP-activated exatecan PDC shows early clinical proof of mechanism
Development

Avacta’s FAP-activated exatecan PDC shows early clinical proof of mechanism

Avacta reported preliminary Phase Ia data for AVA6103, a fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-activated peptide-drug conjugate delivering the topoisomerase I...

5d ago
WuXi XDC grants Ona exclusive global license to WuXiTecan-2 for single ADC
Business

WuXi XDC grants Ona exclusive global license to WuXiTecan-2 for single ADC

Spain-based Ona Therapeutics has licensed WuXi XDC Cayman Inc.'s (HKEX: 2268) proprietary WuXiTecan-2 exatecan-based payload-linker platform on an exclusive...

5d ago
Dualitas lands USD 36.5m upfront in Roche bispecific discovery deal worth up to USD 1b
Business

Dualitas lands USD 36.5m upfront in Roche bispecific discovery deal worth up to USD 1b

South San Francisco-based Dualitas Therapeutics has signed a research collaboration and license agreement with Roche, granting the Swiss pharma access to...

5d ago
Boston Children’s-led team develops prime assembly for large DNA insertions
Discovery

Boston Children’s-led team develops prime assembly for large DNA insertions

A new genome editing approach that can insert DNA payloads of up to approximately 12 kilobases into defined genomic locations without generating...

5d ago
Lisata pivots from oncology to metabolic disease with Marea acquisition and USD 225m financing
Business

Lisata pivots from oncology to metabolic disease with Marea acquisition and USD 225m financing

Lisata Therapeutics has acquired Marea Therapeutics in a stock-for-stock transaction and closed a concurrent USD 225 million private placement, in a deal...

5d ago
North Immunology to go public via Aethlon reverse merger backed by USD 180m PIPE
Business

North Immunology to go public via Aethlon reverse merger backed by USD 180m PIPE

San Diego-based Aethlon Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEMD) has agreed to merge with North Immunology, Inc. in an all-stock transaction that will take the atopic...

5d ago
Matisse secures EUR 14m Series A to advance isupartob sodium into Phase II sepsis trial
Business

Matisse secures EUR 14m Series A to advance isupartob sodium into Phase II sepsis trial

Netherlands-based Matisse Pharmaceuticals B.V. has closed a EUR 14 million Series A financing round to fund a Phase II clinical trial of isupartob sodium,...

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