Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) should better align its definitions and classifications for gene, cell and tissue frameworks with international regulators, stakeholders said.
Researchers have discovered how the tau protein turns from a normal to a disease state in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and have shown how the discovery could potentially deliver a therapeutic target.
Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd. subsidiary Urovant Sciences GmbH is out-licensing overactive bladder (OAB) treatment vibegron to Pierre Fabre Médicament to register and commercialize the drug in the EU, U,K, and Switzerland. Under the terms of the deal, Basel, Switzerland-based Urovant will receive up to $75 million in up-front payments, regulatory and sales milestones and royalties, while Urovant will retain full commercialization rights to vibegron in the U.S. and certain other markets.
Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is progressing three of its targeted copper theranostics through the clinic that are based on its sarcophagine technology that securely holds copper isotopes inside a cage-like structure, called a chelator. The SAR technology allows a unique pairing of copper isotopes, copper-64 and copper-67, for both cancer diagnosis and therapy.
The U.S. FDA has given Resapp Health Ltd. the green light for its 510(k) Sleepcheckrx app to detect moderate to severe sleep apnea in adults as a prescription-only software-as-a-medical device. The FDA cleared the app as a class II medical device. Brisbane, Australia-based Resapp submitted the 510(k) premarket notification to the FDA in November 2021 for Sleepcheckrx for at-home sleep apnea screening.
Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd. subsidiary Urovant Sciences GmbH is out-licensing overactive bladder (OAB) treatment vibegron to Pierre Fabre Médicament to register and commercialize the drug in the EU, U,K, and Switzerland. Under the terms of the deal, Basel, Switzerland-based Urovant will receive up to $75 million in up-front payments, regulatory and sales milestones and royalties, while Urovant will retain full commercialization rights to vibegron in the U.S. and certain other markets.
Volpara Health Technologies Ltd. joined forces with Microsoft Corp. to accelerate the research and development of software that uses mammograms to identify potential cardiovascular issues.
Clarity Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is progressing three of its targeted copper theranostics through the clinic that are based on its sarcophagine technology that securely holds copper isotopes inside a cage-like structure, called a chelator. The SAR technology allows a unique pairing of copper isotopes, copper-64 and copper-67, for both cancer diagnosis and therapy.
Orthocell Ltd. landed its first global licensing deal for its regenerative collagen medical device with Biohorizons Inc., one of the largest dental implant companies in the world. The licensing deal comes on the heels of the Perth, Australia-based company reporting final data from its nerve reconstruction study that showed patients continued to improve between 12- and 24-months post-treatment with its regenerative nerve repair device Remplir.
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has granted marketing authorization to SK Bioscience Ltd.’s COVID-19 vaccine, Skycovione (GB-510), marking the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to be approved. The company has already signed an advanced purchase agreement with the Korea Centers for Disease Control for 10 million doses of the vaccine.
