Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Sanofi has reported net income of €1,6 billion for Q4 2016 which is 6% down compared to the same period last year. The full year income was €7.3 billion, 0.9% down from the last year.
Zealand Pharma has reported royalty revenue from Sanofi’s sales of Lyxumia (lixisenatide) outside the United States of €0.7 million for Q4 2016 and annual royalty revenue of €3.3 million in 2016.
Teva ‘s chief executive officer Erez Vigodman has stepped down from its position, and the Israel’s largest drugmaker has appointed Dr. Yitzhak Peterburg, who has served as Chairman of the Teva’s Board since January 2015, as Interim President CEO.
Nanobiotix has appointmented Alain Dostie, a senior executive from the pharmaceutical industry, as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a French based biopharmaceutical company Cellectis an Investigational New Drug (IND) approval to start first phase clinical trial with UCART123 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN)
Advanced Oncotherapy has dropped taking legal measures against Sinophi Healthcare Limited (Sinophi), as the companies have agreed to terminate the purchase from March and October 2015.
Kiadis Pharma has started its phase III trial with its major products for blood cancer hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) ATIR101.
Innate Pharma’s “EffiKIR” trial of lirilumab as a single agent maintenance treatment in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first complete remission, did not meet its primary efficacy endpoint of leukemia-free survival (LFS).
Ablynx has applied its caplacizumab to European Medicines Agency for approval to use it for a form of blod clotting disorder.
TiGenix will present results from its Phase III trial of Crohn`s disease drug, named Cx601, at the upcoming 12th Annual Congress of the…