Category: North America

October 12, 2022 Off

Ginkgo in a deal with Merck

By Dino Mustafić

Enzyme biocatalysts can reduce costly synthesis and purification steps, thereby decreasing production costs. Through this collaboration, we aim to optimize…

April 29, 2022 Off

FDA Approves BMS’s Camzyos for the Treatment of Adults With Symptomatic New York Heart Association Class II-III Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

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Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Camzyos™ (mavacamten, 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg capsules) for the treatment of adults with symptomatic New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (obstructive HCM) to improve functional capacity and symptoms.

April 20, 2022 Off

Moderna: Clinical update on bivalent COVID-19 booster platform

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Moderna has announced new clinical data on its bivalent COVID-19 booster platform including data on the company’s first bivalent booster candidate, mRNA-1273.211, which includes mutations found in the Beta variant of concern, several of which have been persistent in more recent variants of concern including Omicron.

April 20, 2022 Off

GSK’s Daprodustat Receives FDA Filing Acceptance

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for GlaxoSmithKline’s daprodustat, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), for the potential treatment of patients with anaemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

April 15, 2022 Off

Nektar and BMS End Clinical Development of Bempegaldesleukin in Combination with Opdivo

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Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) have announced that based on results from pre-planned analyses of two late-stage clinical studies of bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) in combination with Opdivo (nivolumab) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and bladder cancer, the companies have jointly decided to end the global clinical development program for bempegaldesleukin in combination with Opdivo.