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News and Trends 16 Dec 2022

Astellas gastric cancer drug meets phase 3 primary endpoint

Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced positive topline results from the phase 3 GLOW clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of zolbetuximab in combination with CAPOX (a combination chemotherapy regimen that includes capecitabine and oxaliplatin). Zolbetuximab is an investigational first-in-class claudin-18.2 (CLDN18.2) targeted monoclonal antibody, for the first-line treatment of patients with CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative, locally […]

December 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Nov 2022

Astellas meets primary endpoint in gastric cancer study

Astellas Pharma Inc. has announced positive topline results from its phase 3 SPOTLIGHT clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of zolbetuximab in combination with mFOLFOX6 (a combination regimen that includes oxaliplatin, leucovorin and fluorouracil). Zolbetuximab is an investigational first-in-class monoclonal antibody targeting Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2), for the first-line treatment of patients with CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative, […]

November 17, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Oct 2022

Astellas and Pantherna to work together on mRNA-based medicine through direct reprogramming

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Pantherna Therapeutics GmbH have entered into a new technology evaluation agreement for research to generate mRNA-based regenerative medicine programs using direct reprogramming (transdifferentiation). Direct reprogramming is the direct conversion of the fate of cells without passing through the pluripotent state. This agreement expands the scope of the technology evaluation agreement for […]

October 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 30 Sep 2022

Treatment for hot flushes and night sweats accepted for regulatory review by EMA

A treatment for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) has been accepted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for regulatory review. Astellas Pharma Inc., submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) for fezolinetant, an investigational oral, nonhormonal compound. VMS is characterized by hot flushes and/or night sweats which are common menopausal symptoms. Hot flushes The news […]

September 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Astellas, Seagen and Merck give details on urothelial cancer treatment

Astellas Pharma Inc., Seagen Inc. and Merck (known as MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada), have announced results from the phase 1b/2 EV-103 clinical trial (KEYNOTE-869) Cohort K investigating PADCEV (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) in combination with Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) and PADCEV alone as first-line treatment in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic […]

September 12, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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 22 Jul 2022

Astellas to create new biotech campus in South San Francisco

Astellas Pharma Inc. has unveiled plans to create an integrated biotechnology campus in South San Francisco as its West Coast innovation and research center. The new 154,000-square-foot building at 480 Forbes Boulevard will allow for the co-location of several Astellas business units and functions currently located independently throughout the San Francisco area. The new innovation […]

July 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jul 2022

Mogrify and Astellas to address sensorineural hearing loss

Biopharma company Mogrify Limited, and Japanese regenerative medicine firm Astellas Pharma Inc., have announced a collaborative research agreement on in vivo regenerative medicine approaches to address sensorineural hearing loss. Utilizing Mogrify’s direct cellular reprogramming platform, the collaboration will seek to identify novel combinations of transcription factors involved in cell differentiation to generate new cochlear hair […]

July 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Apr 2020

Anti-Aging Treatments at Forefront of Astellas’ €80M UK Acquisition

Japanese pharma giant Astellas has acquired the UK biotech Nanna Therapeutics for up to €80M (£69.5M) in a deal to boost the development of drugs for unspecified age-related conditions and mitochondrial diseases. Through the acquisition, Astellas gains access to Nanna’s drug discovery technology, which focuses on drugs that target the mitochondria, the energy-producing machinery in […]

April 28, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By David Kirk

News and Trends 15 Jan 2020

Adaptimmune to Take Off-The-Shelf CAR-T to Phase I with Astellas

The UK biotech Adaptimmune Therapeutics has inked a deal worth up to €806M with Japanese Astellas Pharma to complete phase I trials of candidate off-the-shelf T-cell therapies for cancer including CAR T-cell and TCR therapies. According to the deal, Adaptimmune will collaborate with Universal Cells, a subsidiary of Astellas. The partners will aim to identify […]

January 15, 2020 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 3 Apr 2017

Massive €800M Acquisition of Belgian Biotech treating Menopause

Astellas Pharma is acquiring Ogeda, getting hold of its promising Phase II candidate to treat menopause without hormonal therapy. After acquiring Ganymed Pharmaceuticals last October for a record €1.3B in German biotech, the Japanese Astellas Pharma is making a second massive acquisition in Europe. Its new addition is Ogeda, a Belgian biotech targeting GPCRs to treat gynecological […]

April 3, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 26 Dec 2016

The Largest Deals, Fundraising and Exits of 2016 in European Biotech

Curious about which technologies have attracted the most cash in biotech finance this year? Here’s a list of the most impressive cash movements of 2016 in Europe. Believe it or not, 2016 has been the worst year for biotech finance in a decade. The political scene has become unfavorable for British biotech after Brexit, and the uncertainty raised by […]

December 26, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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