Researchers from Janssen Pharmaceutica NV reported the discovery of novel potent fluoroallylamide induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1 inhibitors for the treatment of hematologic malignancies.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV has synthesized new macrocyclic compounds acting as induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Circadian rhythm disorders are associated with psychiatric disorders including depression, bipolar disease and schizophrenia. To target casein kinase I isoform delta (CKI-delta), Janssen Pharmaceutica NV scientists sought potent, selective, brain-penetrant CKI-delta inhibitors which can be dosed daily and orally.
Remix Therapeutics Inc., a company developing small molecules to manipulate RNA processing, stands to earn upward of $1 billion through a new strategic collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. A Cambridge, Mass.-based startup, Remix last year patented new RNA splicing modulators. It will receive an initial payment of $45 million for research funding plus potential preclinical, clinical, commercial and sales milestone payments, and royalties. Janssen gains exclusive rights to three targets with applications in immunology and oncology.
Shares of Alkermes plc slipped 15% Nov. 9 on news that longtime partner Janssen Pharmaceutica NV plans to partially terminate two license agreements related to know-how royalties on U.S. sales of paliperidone products using Alkermes’ nanoparticulate technology. While the move is expected to result in only a modest near-term impact on the Dublin-based firm’s bottom line, it took both company management and investors by surprise.
Blocking the interaction between two dengue virus (DENV) nonstructural proteins, NS3 and NS4B, with a newly developed small-molecule inhibitor resulted in potent antiviral activity in mouse models, according to an international collaborative study led by scientists at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), CD3 the Centre for Drug Design and Discovery in Leuven, and Janssen Pharmaceutica in Beerse, Belgium.
A collaboration aimed at identifying and developing potential new antimalarial drug candidate drugs has been announced between Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, and Janssen Pharmaceutica, with assistance from Johnson & Johnson Innovation.
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV and Exelixis Inc. are among the many companies releasing new data ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU), which runs Feb. 11-13.
CAJICA, Colombia – The 33 countries across Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean are taking vastly different approaches to secure, acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines. A handful of the region’s wealthier countries have signed deals with vaccine suppliers or plan to manufacture them, but it is unclear how others will source or distribute vaccines to protect roughly 657 million people. Many are counting on the COVAX initiative.
HONG KONG – Sanofi SA has finally ended its clinical development of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s efpeglenatide as a type 2 diabetes treatment, and the Korean firm is now considering how to move forward with developing the once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist, which employs Hanmi's Lapscovery delivery technology.
