Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Adrenomed AG, the vascular integrity company, has announced that its proprietary sepsis drug candidate Adrecizumab (HAM8101) received a funding commitment of € 7.4 million from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the German funding initiatives for the clinical development of COVID-19 drugs and their manufacturing capabilities.
SciRhom GmbH has nominated the anti-iRhom2 antibody it will advance into clinical development. For this antibody, the company has closed an agreement with a top-tier biopharmaceutical manufacturer for the CMC development.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced updated results from the Phase 3 CROWN trial, which evaluated LORBRENA (lorlatinib, available in Europe under the brand name LORVIQUA) versus XALKORI (crizotinib) in people with previously untreated anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD) has provided a data update from the ongoing study of the company’s lead innate cell engager (ICE) AFM13 precomplexed with cord blood-derived natural killer (cbNK) cells.
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180) and Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”) have announced the results of the prespecified final progression-free survival (“PFS”) analysis and the interim overall survival (“OS”) analysis of the JUPITER-02 study (NCT03581786), a pivotal Phase 3 trial in first-line treatment of recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (“NPC”).
Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) announced today an award in the binding arbitration of two matters arising under its license agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Janssen) relating to daratumumab.
Elastrin Therapeutics Inc., a privately held biotechnology company leveraging a platform to develop therapeutics that render calcified tissue and organs supple again, has announced the closing of a $10 million funding round led by Kizoo Technology Capital, a early-stage investor in breakthrough rejuvenation technologies. Other investors in the round include Starbloom Capital and SC Launch.
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH opened a new branch in Cologne. The new unit will showcase the company’s pharmaceutical, biotechnology and active ingredient plant expertise and represents Glatt’s first location in North Rhine-Westphalia.
INEOS Nitriles has announced their intention to invest in a world scale Acetonitrile production facility at their key operating site in Köln, Germany.
Moderna, Inc., (NASDAQ:MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and the nonprofit scientific research organization IAVI have announced a new collaboration to employ mRNA technology to meet the challenge of a range of global health threats.