South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. is rolling out a tweaked plan to merge its three affiliates – electing for a two-way merger followed by consolidation with the final branch – in its latest efforts to rise through the ranks and emerge as a “true” big pharma.
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. is rolling out a tweaked plan to merge its three affiliates – electing for a two-way merger followed by consolidation with the final branch – in its latest efforts to rise through the ranks and emerge as a “true” big pharma.
Vesalius Biocapital Partners Sàrl has called a first close on its fourth fund at €95 million (US$103 million) and now is targeting a total of €150 million, with new investors to be accepted on a "rolling closing" basis until the final close in 2024.
Despite imperfect data and the use of post hoc analyses to overcome a failed endpoint, the U.S. FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10-4 June 28 that Ipsen SA’s ultra-rare bone disease drug, palovarotene, demonstrated efficacy in treating patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).
Just as the U.S. mpox public health emergency declaration is about to end, the FDA is releasing a draft guidance on developing drugs and biologics to treat infections caused by the virus.
Europe is losing its innovative edge in biopharma, especially when it comes to advanced therapy medicinal products, including tissue, gene and cell therapies used to prevent, treat and cure rare conditions and some cancers.
Two research teams independently reported in the Oct. 5, 2022, issues of Nature (Duke University) and Nature Biotechnology (Stanford University) on the development of RNA sensing technologies designed to target cell-specific RNA sequences to form a double-stranded RNA:RNA hybrid that is then edited by endogenous ADAR proteins to remove a stop codon and ultimately enabled to express any protein placed within the construct. The target design typically starts from single-cell RNA transcriptomics data that previously identified cell-specific RNA transcriptomics.
It is well known that the development of a new drug is exorbitantly expensive and is a process which usually fails. Researchers at PrecisionLife posit that failure and the many patients with unmet treatment needs result from an over simplistic view of disease pathogeneses and an overreliance on a narrow range of target genes and pathways.
Quoted European tech investor Gimv is setting up an independent life sciences arm and said it will increase both the size of its investments and the number of companies it backs.
Another spate of U.S. FDA guidances for prescription drug manufacturers includes updates for carton labeling, product-specific advice and recommendations on mitigating potential drug shortages.
