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News and Trends 26 Jun 2023

AbbVie takes step forward in Europe with migraine drug

AbbVie says the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CMHP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of atogepant for the prophylaxis of migraine in adults who have four or more migraine days per month. If approved, AbbVie will be the only company to offer a once daily oral […]

June 26, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 23 Jun 2023

Six biotech companies in South Korea you should know about

A major player in the machinery, electronics and telecommunications market, South Korea’s growing biotech industry has made headlines over the past few years. Home to hundreds of biopharmaceutical companies, the sector saw ₩2.8 trillion ($2.14 billion) worth of investments pour in, according to 2021 statistics. One of the largest contract drug developers, Samsung Biologics, headquartered […]

June 23, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

New disease characteristic seen as NMD Pharma reports Charcot-Marie-Tooth results

NMD Pharma A/S, a clinical stage biotech company developing first-in-class, small molecule ClC-1 inhibitors for neuromuscular disorders, has presented results from ESTABLISH1, an observational study of neuromuscular function in patients with the inherited neurological conditions Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) types 1 and 2. The results were revealed in a poster presentation at the Peripheral Nerve Society Annual […]

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Podcast 23 Jun 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 51

This week, we look at biomarkers, among other topics, with founder and CEO of Sapient, Mo Jain. We also have an overview of the Lund Spring Symposium with Dan Larhammar, Thoas Fioretos, and Sander van Deventer. Sapient Sapient is an end-to-end biomarker discovery organization dedicated to accelerating the mapping of circulating chemistries in humans through […]

June 23, 2023

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

Breakthrough treatment for skin infections?

A research team led by Kelvin Yeung from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has designed a new microneedle patch that provides an effective non-antibiotic approach for the treatment of skin infections. The design engineered with ultrasound-responsive zinc-based metal-organic framework (MOF) […]

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

European Coalition for Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling launched

The European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE) along with Exact Sciences, Guardant Health, Illumina, MSD and Novartis, have launched the European Coalition for Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (ECGP), to improve cancer care through increased routine clinical access and reimbursement of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP) in Europe. CGP is a method of testing tumors that […]

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

Sarepta gets approval for first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accelerated approval of ELEVIDYS (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), an Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy for the treatment of ambulatory pediatric patients aged 4 through 5 years with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) with a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene. This indication is approved under accelerated approval […]

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Jun 2023

SandboxAQ launches new division to boost drug development

After several years of stealth development, SandboxAQ has announced its bio-pharma molecular simulation division, AQBioSim, and some of its customers. The division is helping bio-pharma and research institutions achieve breakthroughs in treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other conditions. The company is currently working with biopharma companies and university research labs, including AstraZeneca, Sanofi and […]

June 23, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Jun 2023

Alchemab Therapeutics unveils Alzheimer’s candidate

Alchemab Therapeutics, an antibody discovery company identifying naturally occurring antibodies from individuals resilient to disease, has unveiled data on ATLX-1088, its newly-discovered preclinical Alzheimer’s candidate, at the Antibody Industrial Symposium in Tours, France. ATLX-1088 is a potential first-in-class human antibody targeting CD33, a cell surface protein thought to have a key role in Alzheimer’s disease. […]

June 22, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Jun 2023

Ovarian cancer study finds key genes for potential treatments

New study is increasing knowledge of why some women with the most lethal form of ovarian cancer respond much better to treatment than others. Researchers at Imperial College London in the U.K. have confirmed that the tumors of some women with high-grade serious ovarian cancer (HGSOC) contain a type of lymphoid tissue – known as […]

June 22, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Jun 2023

FDA approves type 2 diabetes drug for children 10 and older

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) 10 mg and 25 mg tablets to lower blood sugar along with diet and exercise in children 10 years and older with type 2 diabetes, Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have announced. “As the burden of type 2 diabetes increases among young […]

June 22, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Jun 2023

Nanobody company Attovia Therapeutics launches with $60M

Alamar Biosciences, a company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of diseases, and Frazier Life Sciences, have launched Attovia Therapeutics, a company focused on creating a pipeline of biotherapeutics in immune-mediated disease and cancer. The company, based on Attobody, Alamar’s novel proprietary biparatopic nanobody platform, concurrently closed a $60 million Series A financing […]

June 21, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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AbbVie takes step forward in Europe with migraine drug

Six biotech companies in South Korea you should know about

New disease characteristic seen as NMD Pharma reports Charcot-Marie-Tooth results

Beyond Biotech podcast 51

Breakthrough treatment for skin infections?

European Coalition for Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling launched

Sarepta gets approval for first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

SandboxAQ launches new division to boost drug development

Alchemab Therapeutics unveils Alzheimer’s candidate

Ovarian cancer study finds key genes for potential treatments

FDA approves type 2 diabetes drug for children 10 and older

Nanobody company Attovia Therapeutics launches with $60M

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