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News and Trends 5 Sep 2022

Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent shows sustained improvement in lung function in children

A maintenance therapy from Sanofi and Regeneron, added to other asthma medications, has shown sustained improvement in lung function, low-rate of asthma attacks and a consistent safety profile for up to two years in children. Results from the longest global phase 3 open-label extension trial in the age group six to 11 years old with […]

September 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 5 Sep 2022

Astellas ‘encouraged’ by menopause symptom treatment results in China

Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced topline results from its phase 3 MOONLIGHT 3 clinical trial in women in mainland China evaluating the long-term safety and tolerability of fezolinetant, an investigational oral, nonhormonal compound being studied for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) associated with menopause. VMS, characterized by hot flashes and/or night […]

September 5, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Sep 2022

Synairgen to collaborate on study of patients hospitalized due to respiratory viruses

Synairgen plc is to collaborate on a University of Southampton study on acute respiratory viral infection and recovery in hospital patients. The UNIVERSAL (Understanding Infection, Viral Exacerbation and Respiratory Symptoms at Admission-Longitudinal) trial is an observational study being led by the Clinical Trials Unit of the University of Southampton in the U.K. to explore and […]

September 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Sep 2022

Avacta’s drug targeting soft tissue sarcoma granted Orphan Drug Designation by FDA

A drug to treat soft tissue sarcoma has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Clinical stage oncology drug company Avacta Group plc has produced a form of the generic chemotherapy, doxorubicin AVA6000. About Avacta’s drug The drug has been modified using the company’s pre|CISION technology and Affirmer […]

September 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Abivax pulls in €49.2M but needs more to complete ulcerative colitis program

French biotech company Abivax has completed an oversubscribed €49.2 million ($49 million) financing round. This included U.S. and European biotech specialist investors, led by TCGX, with participation from Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Deep Track Capital, Sofinnova Partners, Invus, and Truffle Capital through the completion of two transactions. The first was a reserved capital increase of […]

September 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Neukio Biotherapeutics completes financing round for development of cell therapy products

Neukio Biotherapeutics, a Chinese company committed to developing novel cell therapy products, has closed $50 million in a series A-1 funding round. The investment round was led by CD Capital, with the participation of Alwin Capital and Surplus Capital as new investors. Existing shareholders Lilly Asia Ventures, Sherpa Healthcare Partners and IDG Capital have continued […]

September 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Kintor Pharmaceutical drug gets positive results for breast cancer

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Ibex reports positive outcomes for AI-supported diagnosis of breast cancer

Ibex Medical Analytics have just announced positive outcomes for its Galen Breast solution in diagnosing multiple cancer types and further expanding its portfolio for breast cancer diagnosis. The CE-marked artificial-intelligence is generally available as the company partners with laboratories, hospitals and health systems across Europe. Ibex Medical Analytics says Galen Breast supports improved quality and […]

September 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Psoriasis pustules disappear in over half of patients using Boehringer Ingelheim drug

More than half of patients treated for psoriasis with an intravenous injection showed no visible pustules just one week after receiving treatment. Boehringer Ingelheim announced today (September 2) that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first treatment option, SPEVIGO, for generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) flares in adults. SPEVIGO is a novel, […]

September 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Cancer drug for children and young people with glioblastoma given to patients in study

Clinical-stage bio company, Onxeo, has announced that the first patients have been enrolled and treated in a phase 1b/2 clinical study. The study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of AsiDNA2, a DDR inhibitor combined with radiotherapy in children, adolescents or young adults with relapsed high grade glioma (HGG). Onxeo, which focuses on drugs […]

September 2, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Beyond Biotech podcast 12: Gate Neurosciences, Oncolyze, 3Brain

This week’s podcast guests are Mike McCully, CEO of Gate Neurosciences; Steven Evans, CEO and co-founder of Oncolyze; and Philipp Markolin, scientific marketing specialist at 3Brain. We also have our weekly chat with global commercial real estate services company JLL, and this week it’s a chat with Amber Schiada, head of life sciences research in […]

September 2, 2022

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Manus Bio receives additional funding to fight malaria with biotech

U.S. biomanufacturer Manus Bio has received a fourth award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a scalable production route for the potential antimalarial drug, artemisinin. The $2 million award will enable Manus Bio to begin scaling up the biological process it has developed towards the chemical intermediate, dihydroartemisinic acid. Economical and scalable […]

September 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Sep 2022

New discovery could lead to drug development for brain cancer

According to researchers, a study at Tel Aviv University in Israel effectively eradicated glioblastoma, a highly lethal type of brain cancer. The researchers achieved the outcome using a method they developed based on their discovery of two critical mechanisms in the brain that support tumor growth and survival: one protects cancer cells from the immune […]

September 1, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent shows sustained improvement in lung function in children

Astellas ‘encouraged’ by menopause symptom treatment results in China

Synairgen to collaborate on study of patients hospitalized due to respiratory viruses

Avacta’s drug targeting soft tissue sarcoma granted Orphan Drug Designation by FDA

Abivax pulls in €49.2M but needs more to complete ulcerative colitis program

Neukio Biotherapeutics completes financing round for development of cell therapy products

Ibex reports positive outcomes for AI-supported diagnosis of breast cancer

Psoriasis pustules disappear in over half of patients using Boehringer Ingelheim drug

Cancer drug for children and young people with glioblastoma given to patients in study

Beyond Biotech podcast 12: Gate Neurosciences, Oncolyze, 3Brain

Manus Bio receives additional funding to fight malaria with biotech

New discovery could lead to drug development for brain cancer

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