Category: Regions

July 8, 2020 Off

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Taiho Oncology, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Announce FDA and Health Canada Approval of INQOVI® (Decitabine and Cedazuridine) Tablets, Oral Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Therapy for Intermediate and High-Risk MDS and CMML

By BusinessWire

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Taiho Oncology, Inc.; and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. today announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved INQOVI® (decitabine and cedazuridine) tablets. The three companies are all part of the Otsuka group of companies.

July 2, 2020 Off

Abivax starts testing ABX464 with older Covid-19 patients

By Dino Mustafić

Abivax has treated the first patient in its Phase 2b/3 study of ABX464 in COVID-19 patients at the University Hospital Center in Nice, France (CHU Nice) in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, to see the the effects of early treatment in 1034 Covid-19 older or high-risk patients.

July 2, 2020 Off

EUSA Pharma gets FDA’s green light for further testing of siltuximab in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

By Dino Mustafić

EUSA Pharma, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology and rare disease, received the approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial to test intravenous siltuximab plus standard of care in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).