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Ocugen's gene therapy gets FDA RMAT for geographic atrophy
Regulatory & Policy

Ocugen's gene therapy gets FDA RMAT for geographic atrophy

Ocugen, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCGN), a Malvern, Pennsylvania-based biotechnology company, announced that the US FDA has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced...

Jul 31
J&J's Rybrevant Faspro gains priority review for head and neck cancer after immunotherapy failure
Regulatory & Policy

J&J's Rybrevant Faspro gains priority review for head and neck cancer after immunotherapy failure

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced that the US FDA has granted Priority Review to the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for amivantamab...

Jul 31
Astrin Bio and University of Minnesota report plasma proteomics classifier for early-stage breast cancer detection
Discovery

Astrin Bio and University of Minnesota report plasma proteomics classifier for early-stage breast cancer detection

Researchers at Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Astrin Biosciences, working with collaborators at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic,...

Jul 31
Kaigene licenses Japan rights to FcRn inhibitor KG006 to Taisho in deal worth up to USD 378m
Business

Kaigene licenses Japan rights to FcRn inhibitor KG006 to Taisho in deal worth up to USD 378m

Rockville, Maryland-based Kaigene, Inc. has granted Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. exclusive rights to develop, register, and commercialize KG006 (CT-P77)...

Jul 31
Apnimed raises USD 192m in IPO ahead of Q1 2027 sleep apnea drug decision
Business

Apnimed raises USD 192m in IPO ahead of Q1 2027 sleep apnea drug decision

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Apnimed, Inc. (Nasdaq: APMD), whose lead oral sleep apnea candidate carries an active FDA new drug application (NDA) and a Q1...

Jul 31
miRecule partners with EMS subsidiary to expand RNA delivery beyond the liver
Business

miRecule partners with EMS subsidiary to expand RNA delivery beyond the liver

Gaithersburg, Maryland-based miRecule, Inc. and Brazil-based Rio Biofarma Brasil Ltda. (RBBL), an EMS S.A. subsidiary, announced a research collaboration to...

Jul 31
EU approves Datroway as first TROP2 ADC with OS benefit in first-line metastatic TNBC
Regulatory & Policy

EU approves Datroway as first TROP2 ADC with OS benefit in first-line metastatic TNBC

The European Commission has approved Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan) as monotherapy for the 1st-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or...

Jul 31
Karyopharm to file myelofibrosis sNDA after FDA backs SVR35 surrogate endpoint
Regulatory & Policy

Karyopharm to file myelofibrosis sNDA after FDA backs SVR35 surrogate endpoint

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI), headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, announced plans to submit a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to...

Jul 31
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FDA grants Aspen RMAT designation for cell therapy in Parkinson's disease
Regulatory & Policy

FDA grants Aspen RMAT designation for cell therapy in Parkinson's disease

San Diego-based Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. announced receipt of US FDA Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation for sasineprocel (ANPD001),...

Jul 31
Relation expands GSK collaboration to USD 110m with MORGAN foundation model for target discovery
Business

Relation expands GSK collaboration to USD 110m with MORGAN foundation model for target discovery

UK-based Relation Therapeutics Limited and GSK have announced an expanded research collaboration focused on generating large-scale human cellular...

Jul 30
Sumitomo's enzomenib gets FDA orphan drug designation for ALL
Regulatory & Policy

Sumitomo's enzomenib gets FDA orphan drug designation for ALL

Marlborough, Massachusetts-based Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (SMPA) has secured US FDA orphan drug designation for enzomenib (DSP-5336) in acute...

Jul 30
Pfizer's Litfulo succeeds in Phase III vitiligo trials, setting up rivalry with Rinvoq
Development

Pfizer's Litfulo succeeds in Phase III vitiligo trials, setting up rivalry with Rinvoq

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) reported positive topline Phase III results for ritlecitinib (Litfulo) in nonsegmental vitiligo (NSV), positioning the drug to become the...

Jul 30
Candid's trispecific CND319 enters first-in-human testing under UCB
Development

Candid's trispecific CND319 enters first-in-human testing under UCB

San Diego-based Candid Therapeutics has initiated a first-in-human Phase I clinical trial of CND319, a dual-targeting T-cell engager (TCE) designed to...

Jul 30
Kite-backed study identifies inherited genetic predictors of CAR-T toxicity and expansion
Discovery

Kite-backed study identifies inherited genetic predictors of CAR-T toxicity and expansion

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, working with colleagues at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Santa Monica,...

Jul 30
Inovio raises USD 20m ahead of make-or-break FDA decision on INO-3107
Business

Inovio raises USD 20m ahead of make-or-break FDA decision on INO-3107

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: INO) announced the pricing of a USD 20 million underwritten public offering on July 29,...

Jul 30