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QurCan lands Lilly deal to advance CNS and PNS nucleic acid therapies
Business

QurCan lands Lilly deal to advance CNS and PNS nucleic acid therapies

Toronto-based QurCan Therapeutics has entered an exclusive research and collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) to develop nucleic...

4d ago
Second negative CHMP trend vote clouds MaaT Pharma's European path for MaaT013
Regulatory & Policy

Second negative CHMP trend vote clouds MaaT Pharma's European path for MaaT013

France-based MaaT Pharma (Euronext: MAAT) received a second negative trend vote from the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products...

4d ago
FDA approves Curium’s Bexlutry, challenging Novartis’ Lutathera monopoly in GEP-NETs
Regulatory & Policy

FDA approves Curium’s Bexlutry, challenging Novartis’ Lutathera monopoly in GEP-NETs

The US FDA has approved Bexlutry (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate), a radioligand therapy from Boston-based Curium, for the treatment of adults with somatostatin...

4d ago
FDA opens expedited IND pathway with rolling pre-IND review
Regulatory & Policy

FDA opens expedited IND pathway with rolling pre-IND review

The agency announced today the final design of its Expedited Investigational New Drug (IND) Pilot and opened applications for participation, with a deadline...

4d ago
Cellectis exits CAR-T development to focus on in vivo gene editing for metabolic diseases
Business

Cellectis exits CAR-T development to focus on in vivo gene editing for metabolic diseases

Cellectis (Euronext Growth: ALCLS / Nasdaq: CLLS), the Paris-based gene editing company, is ending internal development of its allogeneic CAR-T programs and...

4d ago
QL Bio completes RMB 30m Series C+ financing to advance metabolic disease pipeline
Business

QL Bio completes RMB 30m Series C+ financing to advance metabolic disease pipeline

Beijing QL Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has raised nearly RMB 300 million (USD 44.7 million) in a Series C+ financing round led by Cathay Capital, with...

4d ago
Definium’s LSD therapy posts second positive Phase III GAD result
Development

Definium’s LSD therapy posts second positive Phase III GAD result

New York-based Definium Therapeutics (Nasdaq: DFTX) has completed its pivotal Phase III GAD efficacy readouts with a second consecutive positive result,...

4d ago
PDS Biotech secures USD 11.3m initial PIPE to fund PDS0301 Phase III protocol submission
Business

PDS Biotech secures USD 11.3m initial PIPE to fund PDS0301 Phase III protocol submission

Princeton, New Jersey-based PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB) announced the initial closing of a PIPE financing led by Nant Capital, LLC, raising...

4d ago
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Novo Nordisk adopts ‘Novo’ identity and new culture framework to sharpen competitiveness
Business

Novo Nordisk adopts ‘Novo’ identity and new culture framework to sharpen competitiveness

Novo Nordisk (Nasdaq: NVO) is simplifying its public identity to "Novo" and adopting a new operating culture framework, moves the Denmark-based company said...

4d ago
GSK buys second Chimagen T cell engager in deal worth up to USD 750m
Business

GSK buys second Chimagen T cell engager in deal worth up to USD 750m

GSK (LSE/NYSE: GSK) has agreed to acquire a preclinical trispecific T cell engager (TCE) for multiple myeloma from Chimagen Biosciences, a privately held...

4d ago
Novo exits Ascendis TransCon obesity deal, returning once-monthly semaglutide rights
Business

Novo exits Ascendis TransCon obesity deal, returning once-monthly semaglutide rights

The newly renamed Novo has terminated its metabolic and cardiovascular disease collaboration with Ascendis Pharma (Nasdaq: ASND), returning worldwide rights...

4d ago
J&J reviews PIPE-307 future after second Phase II failure, in MDD
Development

J&J reviews PIPE-307 future after second Phase II failure, in MDD

Johnson & Johnson's muscarinic M1 receptor antagonist PIPE-307 (JNJ-5120) failed to separate from placebo in a Phase II depression trial, Contineum...

4d ago
Aptar and MGH develop predictive NAM for nose-to-brain drug delivery
Business

Aptar and MGH develop predictive NAM for nose-to-brain drug delivery

AptarGroup (NYSE: ATR) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have signed a research collaboration agreement to build an integrated translational platform...

Sep 15
One04 launches around Eleva’s Factor H program with kidney and AMD expansion plans
Business

One04 launches around Eleva’s Factor H program with kidney and AMD expansion plans

Germany-based One04 Therapeutics GmbH & Co. KG has launched as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company backed by D11Z.Ventures, following the separation...

4d ago
Tyra prices USD 400m offering to fund late-stage push for dabogratinib across three indications
Business

Tyra prices USD 400m offering to fund late-stage push for dabogratinib across three indications

Carlsbad, California-based Tyra Biosciences (Nasdaq: TYRA) announced the pricing of a USD 400 million underwritten public offering of common stock and...

Sep 14