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Opinion 27 Sep 2023

Tackling the skilled labor shortage in biopharma manufacturing

By Brandy Bullen, founder & CEO of Sequoia Consulting Group The biopharma manufacturing sector stands at a critical juncture as it grapples with an increasingly pronounced skilled labor shortage. In…

September 27, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

In Depth 11 Sep 2023

Evolving biotech funding trends: VCs lead new series B deals, but early-stage deals require insider support

With biotech funding trends always evolving, HSBC Innovation Banking’s inaugural Venture Healthcare Report lays out the trends seen in the first half (1H) of 2023, where valuations underwent a necessary…

September 11, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

Assessing the EU Pharmaceutical Package – Positives, negatives and the impact on smaller pharma and biotech companies

After several delays, the EU Pharmaceutical Package was published on 26 April 2023. This is the first significant review in over two decades of the foundational legislation which governs the…

May 30, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 14 Feb 2023

Minoryx Therapeutics announces X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy data

Minoryx Therapeutics has announced that data from its phase 2/3 ADVANCE clinical trial of lead candidate, leriglitazone, has been published in The Lancet Neurology. The trial, assessing the efficacy and…

February 14, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Jan 2023

Active Biotech trial confirms eye treatment safety

Active Biotech has announced the completion of the phase I clinical study testing the safety and tolerability of its newly-developed laquinimod eye drop formulation in healthy subjects. According to the…

January 31, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

Biotech in Asia: looking forward to 2023

Masahiko Hayakawa, head of targeted protein degradation at Astellas Pharma Inc., gives us some insights into the state of the biopharma industry in 2023. Astellas is a Japanese headquartered pharmaceutical…

January 11, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Affibody signs €20 million loan agreement

Affibody Medical AB has received a €20 million ($21.2 million) venture debt loan facility from the European Investment Bank, EIB, backed by the InvestEU program. The investment will support Affibody’s…

December 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Dec 2022

Ascletis announces positive COVID-19 trial results

Ascletis Pharma Inc. has announced positive topline results from its phase I multiple ascending dose (MAD) study in healthy subjects for oral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) inhibitor ASC10 for COVID-19…

December 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 4 Nov 2022

Centogene launches rare and neurodegenerative disease Biodata Network

German company, Centogene N.V., today (November 4) announced its launch of Biodata Network, a portfolio of data-driven partnering solutions including licenses and insight report for biopharma and research institutions. The…

November 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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News and Trends 28 Oct 2022

Rila Therapeutics exits stealth mode to address renal fibrosis

Rila Therapeutics, a biotherapeutics company focused on addressing the critical unmet medical needs to treat renal fibrosis, has emerged from stealth mode. Rila Therapeutics has identified a promising, first-in-class allosteric…

October 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Oct 2022

FDA fast tracks Immutep non-small cell lung cancer candidate

Immutep Limited says the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to eftilagimod alpha (efti or IMP321) in combination with pembrolizumab for the treatment of…

October 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Oct 2022

OncoSec slashing staff numbers to prioritize pipeline

OncoSec Medical Incorporated is restructuring to prioritize development of its lead clinical candidate TAVO (TAVO-EP). TAVO is a plasmid encoding interleukin 12 (IL-12) delivered by intratumoral electroporation. Oncosec is reducing…

October 5, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Oct 2022

TrialSpark partners with Sanofi to acquire and develop clinical-stage novel therapies

TrialSpark has announced a new partnership with global pharma company Sanofi to explore novel methods of bringing new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently. The collaboration will focus on…

October 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Oct 2022

Spinoff Biohaven launches with $258M and “incredible pipeline”

Biohaven Ltd. launched today as a new publicly traded company focused on delivering innovative life-changing treatments for neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, including rare disorders. As of today, Biohaven has officially…

October 4, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Oct 2022

Patents granted for Poolbeg Pharma influenza and respiratory virus infections treatments

Poolbeg Pharma has been granted patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for POLB 001, a small molecule immunomodulator for the treatment of severe influenza and POLB 002,…

October 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Oncopeptides starts European commercialization of myeloma drug in Germany

Swedish biotech company Oncopeptides AB has initiated the commercial launch of Pepaxti (melphalan flufenamide) in Germany. It marks the first market in Europe where the drug is being launched. On…

October 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

FDA clears Kira Pharmaceuticals’ phase 2 trial for SLE-TMA treatment

Kira Pharmaceuticals says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the investigational new drug (IND) application for KP104, a first-in-class bifunctional biologic that selectively and synergistically targets the…

October 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Poxel granted orphan drug designation for kidney disease treatment

French biopharma company Poxel SA says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to PXL770 for the treatment of patients with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney…

October 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Incyte to acquire Medicxi-backed Villaris Therapeutics to tackle vitiligo

Incyte has entered into an agreement to acquire Villaris Therapeutics, an asset-centric biopharmaceutical company seeded by Medicxi and focused on the development of novel antibody therapeutics for vitiligo. The deal…

October 3, 2022 - 3 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)…

September 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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