Tag: AstraZeneca

October 11, 2016 Off

Biocartis’ Idylla technology could enhance molecular diagnostic testing

By Dino Mustafić

Biocartis Group NV, a Belgian innovative molecular diagnostics company has published a comparative study organised by AstraZeneca where 12 different KRAS mutation detecting technologies, including Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), were compared for the detection of KRAS mutations in lung cancer, using blinded samples.

July 1, 2016 Off

AstraZeneca, LEO Pharma agree on Trolakinumab global rights deal

By Dino Mustafić

AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with LEO Pharma A/S (LEO Pharma), a specialist in dermatology care, for the global licence to tralokinumab in skin diseases. As explained by AstraZeneca, Tralokinumab is a potential new medicine (an anti-IL-13 monoclonal antibody) that has completed a Phase IIb trial for the treatment of patients with atopic dermatitis, an inflammatory skin disease resulting in itchy, red, swollen and cracked skin.