Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Novo Nordisk got the right from the European Medicines Agency’s committee (EMA) to include data from the LEADER trial to Saxenda to the results from the trial showed the long-term effects of Victoza for type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease patients.
Novartis was cleared on Thursday by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for combination of Tafinlar (dabrafenib) with Mekinist (trametinib) for treating metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients whose tumors express the BRAF V600E mutation, which is fourth actionable genomic biomaker in metastatic NSCLC
Novartis’s Phase III Cantos study of ACZ885 (canakinumab), one of the largest in the company’s history, combined with standard of care in people with a prior heart attack and inflammatory atherosclerosis has met the primary endpoint.
ValiRx’s has formed an Advisory Board to support its main board in new strategic guidance and technical advice.
Herantis Pharma’s clinical study with its investigational gene therapy product Lymfactin for treating secondary lymphedema has advanced to the last patient cohort, owing to good reported safety, the company said Thursday.
Announcing the phase 2 testing on Monday, the company said that the multicenter study of EC-18 (Mosedipimod), the world’s first oral medicine candidate to prevent and treat Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia (CIN), will begin dosing its first patient in the Asan Medical Center of Seoul, Korea. Enzychem also said it hopes to have EC-18 be approved by the FDA.
Enable Injections debuts the first multi-vial/multi syringe system for biologics delivery. The small, handheld device can also be used for variable dosing based on patient’s weight, providing maximum flexibility and ease of use with a minimum of waste.
Sanovas, Inc., a Life Science technology company will establish a venture capital fund and Innovation Center at the Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and NanoBionics (SINANO) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to advance the company’s innovations and sales in China.
Texas is headed to San Diego this week to showcase the state’s thriving biotechnology and life sciences sector at the world’s largest biotechnology conference, BIO International. More than 16,000 biotechnology and pharmaceutical leaders are expected to attend the annual conference, said Texas Economic Development Corporation.
The world’s Ophtamology leader Novartis has reported that RTH258 (brolucizumab) 6 mg met the primary and key secondary endpoints in two Phase III studies, HAWK and HARRIER, with RTH258 3 mg, evaluated in HAWK, also met these endpoints.