Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Schreiner MediPharm will showcase its new Smart Blister Wallet, which is extendable from 32 to up to 64 cavities, at this year’s Pharmapack in Paris, on May 18 and 19.
Ribonexus, a biotechnology start-up developing new therapies that can overcome resistance to current targeted therapies in cancer patients has received €2 million ($2.19M) in funds from the French public investment bank Bpifrance.
Engitix Ltd (‘Engitix’), a biotechnology company developing a portfolio of programmes in fibrosis and solid tumours using its proprietary human extracellular matrix (ECM) platform, has entered into an agreement with Takeda to expand an existing collaboration to now include the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for fibrostenotic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Marinomed Biotech AG (VSE:MARI), an Austrian science-based biotech company with globally marketed therapeutics derived from innovative proprietary technology platforms, has announced today that the Carragelose-based nasal spray has been out-licensed for the South Korean market.
Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has announced results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -816 trial, which showed that neoadjuvant treatment with three cycles of Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with chemotherapy significantly improved event-free survival (EFS), a primary endpoint, compared to chemotherapy alone in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Recipharm, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has announces the closing of its acquisitions of advanced therapy CDMO Arranta Bio and virotherapy CDMO Vibalogics.
Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq:MRNA) has announced that Jorge Gomez will join Moderna as Chief Financial Officer, effective Monday, May 9, 2022. He will serve on Moderna’s Executive Committee and report to Chief Executive Officer, Stéphane Bancel.
Global pharmaceutical contract packaging organisation (CPO), Tjoapack has completed its expansion plans following a €10m+ plus investment at its Etten-Leur facility in the Netherlands.
Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), has announced the first participants have been dosed in the Phase 1/2 study of the company’s seasonal influenza vaccine candidates, mRNA-1020 and mRNA-1030.
Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: ATNM), has announced positive results from preclinical studies evaluating an anti-HER3 antibody, conjugated with an Actinium-225 (Ac-225) radioisotope payload, for targeting HER3-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells.