At the IDWeek 2023 infectious disease conference held last week in Boston, fungal infections got the audience’s attention during the session titled, “The antifungal evolution: novel strategies for a changing world.” With the emergence of some resistant pathogens such Candida auris and the growing disease burden in the population at risk for life-threatening fungal infections, these pathogens are more than ever standing out within the infectious diseases arena.
Drug discovery in Japan has been steadily declining, and it has reached a crisis point where swift action is needed or pharma companies will leave Japan or stop listing products here, said speakers at the BioJapan 2023 meeting held Oct. 10 to 13 in Yokohama, Japan.
Insanity has often been defined as doing the same thing and expecting different results, and Japan seems to be trapped in that rut largely because it can’t seem to do innovation differently, said speakers at the BioJapan 2023 meeting held Oct. 11 in Yokohama, Japan.
Japan’s economy has remained stagnant for the last few decades, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has heralded the biotech industry as a strategic industry to attract global partners, which was also one of the expectations for the BioJapan 2023 conference held Oct. 10-12 in Yokohama, drawing attendees from more than 37 countries and was the first live biotech industry event that welcomed foreigners since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Precision cancer biotech Abion Inc. announced a positive interim phase II readout for ABN-401, its novel c-mesenchymal-epithelial transition (c-MET)-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lighting a runway to its next trial as a combination regimen.
New and updated clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics
, including: Aprea, Aulos, Avistone, Beyond Cancer, Black Diamond, Cogent, Omega, Ose, Puma, Revolution, Verastem.
In a study published in Nature on Oct. 11, coinciding with the beginning of IDWeek 2023 in Boston, researchers from Harvard Medical School described EVEscape, a method for anticipating the movements of SARS‑CoV‑2 by predicting potential mutations likely to escape current vaccines and treatments.
New and updated preclinical data presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics conference in Boston, by: Astrazeneca, Boundless Bio, Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Fusion Pharmaceuticals, Phio Pharmaceuticals, Scorpion Therapeutics.
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and affiliated organizations presented data from a study that aimed to identify new pathogenic genes for autosomal dominant hypotrichosis (hair loss).
Apogee Therapeutics Inc. recently presented preclinical data on its lead candidate, APG-777, a fully optimized and half-life extended antibody targeting IL-13 for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and asthma.