Amidst a slew of end-of-week, positive EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) opinions is Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib). The selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors-1, -2 and -3 is for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Amidst a slew of end-of-week, positive EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) opinions is Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib). The selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors-1, -2 and -3 is for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Researchers from Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Inc. presented preclinical data for the first-in-class extracellular bispecific IgG degrader, BHV-1300, being developed for the treatment of neuroinflammatory and autoimmune disease.
Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. and Celltrion Inc. are making headway in Europe and U.S. with respective follow-on biologic products, with Samsung Bioepis the latest to gain EMA approval for Pyzchiva, a Stelara (ustekinumab, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.) biosimilar, on April 23.
Evotec SE and Variant Bio Inc. have signed a collaboration agreement to identify treatments for diseases caused by fibrosis. The partnership leverages Variant Bio’s genomic discovery capabilities and VB-Inference platform as well as Evotec’s expertise in antifibrotic drug discovery.
Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd., of Incheon, South Korea, is the latest to announce a win in the biosimilar space, gaining MFDS approval of Epyztek (SB-17) as the country’s first biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab, Janssen Pharmaceutical Inc.) on April 11.
Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd., of Incheon, South Korea, is the latest to announce a win in the biosimilar space, gaining MFDS approval of Epyztek (SB-17) as the country’s first biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab, Janssen Pharmaceutical Inc.) on April 11.
SARS-CoV-2 could proliferate in the lungs causing severe COVID-19 through a special type of immune cell. A group of scientists from Stanford University observed how this coronavirus infected interstitial macrophages through a CD209 receptor, triggering the inflammatory response observed in hospitalized patients.
The Scripps Research Institute has disclosed Ras-related protein Rab-27A/synaptotagmin-like protein 1 (SYTL1; JFC1) interaction inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of endotoxemia, sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome and cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS).
Following decisions in 2023 to back away from its lead neurological therapies and conserve cash, Eliem Therapeutics Inc. found a vote of investor confidence and a new direction through its acquisition of privately held Tenet Medicines Inc. and its anti-CD19 antibody for autoimmune disease.
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