Category: North America

March 16, 2017 Off

USPTO favorable to Ceylad

By Dino Mustafić

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been favorable to Ceylad for the fourth time for production of Allogenic TCR-Deficient CAR-T cells.

March 15, 2017 Off

InDex Pharmaceuticals gets patent grant in USA

By Dino Mustafić

Sweden-based pharmaceutical development company focusing on immunological diseases InDex Pharmaceuticals Holding AB has been granted a patent covering 19 compounds from the company’s DIMS platform by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

March 14, 2017 Off

FDA OK’s Novartis’s breast cancer drug

By Dino Mustafić

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novartis’s Kisqali (ribociclib, formerly known as LEE011) in combination with an aromatase inhibitor as initial endocrine-based therapy for treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

March 13, 2017 Off

Biotechnology companies stocks report

By Dino Mustafić

iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology exchange-traded fund has gained 13% so far this year, more than double the SPDR S&P 500 ETF’s 6.3% rise, as the potential for new drugs and mergers and acquisitions has rekindled interest in the beaten-down sector.