Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Novartis has received FDA approval for Beovu, the only anti-VEGF in wet AMD recommended to maintain eligible patients on up to three-month dosing intervals immediately after the loading phase with no compromise in efficacy, for AMD patients, which are in risk from causes blindness and loss of independence.
Annie Martin, Global Head of Presicion Medicine, has discussed the future of targeted therapy and genomic profiling, describing how to…
Biom’up SA, a specialist in surgical hemostasis, announces its flagship product, HEMOBLAST Bellows, has been approved for open as well as laparoscopic surgery by the Australian TGA regulatory authority for commercialization in the sizeable and growing Australian market.
Kodiak Sciences will present emerging data from the Phase 1b clinical study of KSI-301 in treatment-naïve patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), and Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO) in San Francisco, in an upcoming event, at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
Nevakar, ophthalmology specialist pharmaceutical company has entered into a $17.5 million product financing agreement with an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital Partners, L.P. for the continued development of five differentiated, sterile injectable products.
Novartis’ company Avexis said that it’s Phase 1/2 Srong study for intrathecal (IT) administration of AVXS-101, showed that patients aged 2 to 5, with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 2 achieved a mean increase of 5.9 points from baseline in HFMSE scores, nearly double the clinically meaningful threshold, at a mean duration of follow-up time of 9.3 months.
Swiss-based biopharmaceutical drugmaker Debiopharm presented results for its novel IAP antagonist Debio 1143 from phase two trial, for high-risk Head and Neck cancer patients, which met its primary goal of increasing treatment efficacy compared to CRT and placebo.
Azelis, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, will acquire Orkila, the top specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor throughout Africa and the Middle East.
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) said Monday it will Dova Pharmaceuticals for an upfront payment of $27.50 per share in cash and, one non-tradeable Contingent Value Right (CVR), with an additional $1.50 for shareholders upon approval of Doptelet for use in Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia (CIT) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
FDA has approved Invokana (canagliflozin) to treat diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and DKD, which is the only diabetes medicine indicated to slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy (also known as DKD) and reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients with T2D and DKD.