Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson got the FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designation for its investigational prophylactic vaccine for the prevention of #respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)- mediated lower respiratory tract disease in adults aged 60 years or older. @JNJNews
Allergan got U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of Juvéderm VOLUMA XC, a hyaluronic acid gel dermal filler, with a TSK STERiGLIDE™ cannula for cheek augmentation to correct age-related volume deficit in the mid-face in adults over 21.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated will acquire Semma Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company pioneering the use of stem cell-derived human islets as a potentially curative treatment for type 1 diabetes, for $950 million in cash.
Bayer named Marianne De Backer PhD as the new Head of Business Development & Licensing of its Pharmaceuticals Division. She will report to Stefan Oelrich, Member of the Board of Management, Bayer AG, and President of the company’s Pharmaceuticals Division and join the Pharmaceuticals Executive Committee with immediate effect.
CARB-X, a global partnership led by Boston University, is awarding SutroVax of Foster City, California, USA, up to $1.64 million…
Medical Marijuana, the first-ever publicly traded cannabis company in the United States that launched the world’s first-ever cannabis-derived nutraceutical products, brands and supply chain, record revenue of $20.7 million in the second quarter of 2019, a 30.8% increase over the same quarter in 2018.
Trovagene will present new clinical data from its Phase 2 trial of onvansertib, in combination with Zytiga (abiraterone acetate)/prednisone, in…
ESSA posted a net loss of $3.3 million for the second quarter, 2019, compared to a net loss of $2.9 million for the same period last year, pointing out R&D expenses to be $1.95 million, compared to $0.99 million last year the same period.
DelMar Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday that 17 of the first 20 enrolled patients have received at least their first assessment, and nine have been assessed as having achieved a complete response (CR) (9/17, or 53%), seven have been assessed with stable disease (SD), (7/17, or 41%), while nine has been assessed as disease progression (PD) (1/17, or 6%).
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday said it got positive pivotal Phase 3 results for evinacumab, an investigational angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3) antibody, in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH).