South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety signed a confidentiality agreement with Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency to boost bilateral regulatory cooperation in the field of medical devices.
Under a new licensing deal announced July 8, JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. granted Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. rights to its adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids for use in up to five of Alexion’s genomic medicines programs.
Roche AG subsidiary Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Singapore’s Gero Pte. Ltd. plan to tackle age-related diseases by collaborating to identify drug targets through Gero’s AI-driven human data-first platform.