May 23, 2020
Ipsen surveys give insight into the real-life burden of spasticity or cervical dystonia
Ipsen’s results reveal the need for longer-lasting symptoms control to improve patients’ perceived quality of life
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Category: Regions
May 22, 2020
Tricida nets from the offering approximately $193M
Tricida estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $193.0 million
May 22, 2020
U.S. FDA OKs Takeda’s Alunbrig for rare and serious lung cancer patients
Takeda’s Alunbrig long-Term results from the phase 3 ALTA 1L trial established Alunbrig as a superior first-line treatment compared to crizotinib for people with ALK+ metastatic NSCLC, including those with brain metastases.
May 22, 2020
Eagle Pharmaceuticals Announces Change to Virtual Format for 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRX) (“Eagle”) announced today that, due to public health and safety concerns related…
May 22, 2020
Sinovac secures $15M for COVID-19 vaccine dvelopment
Advantech Capital and Vivo Capital have invested $15 million in Sinovac Research and Development Co., Ltd. (“Sinovac R&D”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinovac, to further the development of an inactivated vaccine against COVID-19 named CoronaVac.
May 22, 2020
AstraZeneca gets more than $1B investment making the COVID-19 vaccine
AstraZeneca has concluded the first agreements for at least 400 million doses and has secured total manufacturing capacity for one billion doses so far and will begin first deliveries in September 2020.
May 22, 2020
Colorado BioScience Association Congratulates New Class of Boettcher Investigators
$1.88 million in biomedical research grant funding for 2020 Class DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cobioscience–The Boettcher Foundation has selected eight researchers to receive…
May 22, 2020
Enhertu granted orphan drug designation in the US for gastric cancer
Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) in the US for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer, including gastroesophageal junction cancer.
May 22, 2020
Teva has new Ajovya nalyses and latest Copaxone Data
Teva will present new data on Ajovy and on the long-term safety and efficacy of Copaxone at at the 6th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology
May 21, 2020
Indica Labs, Octo and Axle work with NIH to launch a global COVID-19 digital pathology repository
Indica Labs and Octo have announced online COVID Digital Pathology Repository (COVID-DPR), a virtual collection of high resolution microscopic COVID-related human tissue images hosted at the National Institutes of Health.