Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Merck said Monday that it iwll, through a subsidiary, initiate a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of ArQule for nearly $2.7 billion, or for $20 per share in cash.
Equillium got U.S. FDA’s Fast Track designation for itolizumab for the treatment of lupus nephritis, after startign the phase 1 study of itolizumab in patients with lupus and lupus nephritis in September 2019.
Inceptua Medicines Access, a business unit of the Inceptua Group, has announced the collaboration with Onconova Therapeutics to make available intravenous rigosertib via a Pre-approval Access Program in selected countries around the world.
Actinium Pharmaceuticals is advancing the development of low dose Iodine-131 apamistamab, a CD45 targeting antibody radiation-conjugate (ARC), as an alternative to today’s standard practice of chemotherapy-based lymphodepletion regimens like fludarabine/cyclophosphamide (Flu/Cy), which have been implicated in CAR-T toxicities including cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity.
Novartis Phase III Palladium clinical trial has met the primary endpoing, as it showed that QMF149, a once-daily fixed-dose combination of indacaterol acetate and mometasone furoate (IND/MF) in development, was superior to mometasone furoate (MF) at medium and high doses in improving lung function.
Eli Lilly said Thursday it will work with new leadership and strategic direction in oncology R&D, combining the Lilly Research Laboratories (LRL) oncology organization and Loxo Oncology, which was acquired by Lilly in early 2019.
Today Novartis holds an investor event in London to provide a comprehensive overview of the its progress in advancing its industry-leading R&D pipeline.
Anavex Life Scienceshas announced late breaking oral communication at CTAD 2019, by presenting the interim 2-Year (104)-Week) data from the Phase 2a ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) extension study, with Alzheimer’s disease patients followed for up to five years, at the 12th Clinical Trials On Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) 2019 Conference in San Diego, CA (December 4-7, 2019).
Bayer said Wednesday it is transforming its IT function to further accelerate the digitalization of the company, by which leading IT providers will take over standardized services, such as the provision of digital workplaces for employees or the global operation of IT infrastructure.
ViGeneron GmbH, a gene therapy company, announced the closing of its series A financing round led by WuXi AppTec and Sequoia Capital China, which will enable ViGeneron to accelerate its proprietary viral vector-based gene therapy platforms and drive product development in its two lead ophthalmic gene therapy programs.