Western Australia’s private investment group Tattarang has launched a new AU$250 million (US$173.6 million) investment fund called Tenmile that will invest in early stage Australian biotech and med-tech companies. One of Australia’s largest private investment groups, Tattarang is owned by the Forrest family and has five business divisions made up of real estate, agriculture, energy, mining and hospitality.
Growing the international competitiveness of Taiwan’s biotech sector is one of six key strategies Taiwan’s government is heavily invested in, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told attendees via video during the recent BIO Asia-Taiwan conference in Taipei.
“If you can see the future, you can change it. People say your eyes are the window to your soul, but the eyes are actually the window to your future health,” Toku Eyes Ltd. Founder and CEO Ehsan Vaghefi told BioWorld.
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. announced a AU$66 million (US$46.39 million) capital raise to fund its phase III pivotal trial for injectable Zilosul (pentosan polysulfate) to treat osteoarthritis of the knee.
Women now have a new treatment option for dealing with the pain associated with endometriosis with U.S. FDA approval of Myfembree (relugolix/estradiol/norethindrone acetate) for managing moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis in premenopausal women.
Kringle Pharma Inc.’s phase II trial evaluating its recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor ligand, oremepermin alfa, failed to meet both primary and secondary endpoints in a study of its potential to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Neither the primary endpoint of overall response rate nor the key secondary endpoint of progression free survival achieved statistical significance in Isofol Medical AB’s phase III Agent study of arfolitixorin in combination with 5 fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), licensee Solasia Pharma KK reported.
Kringle Pharma Inc.’s phase II trial evaluating its recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor ligand, oremepermin alfa, failed to meet both primary and secondary endpoints in a study of its potential to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Women now have a new treatment option for dealing with the pain associated with endometriosis with U.S. FDA approval of Myfembree (relugolix/estradiol/norethindrone acetate) for managing moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis in premenopausal women.
Neither the primary endpoint of overall response rate nor the key secondary endpoint of progression free survival achieved statistical significance in Isofol Medical AB’s phase III Agent study of arfolitixorin in combination with 5 fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), licensee Solasia Pharma KK reported.
