News and Trends 14 Mar 2023
Astellas menopause study meets endpoints but leukemia drug disappoints
There was good and bad news this week from Japanese company Astellas Pharma Inc. as one of its trials yielded…
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Could new dementia treatment come from intestinal bacteria discovery?
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), one of the most common forms of dementia, has no cure. Previous studies suggested that…
News and Trends 2 Mar 2023
New lipid nanoparticle CRISPR delivery system developed
Lipid nanoparticles have been used to encapsulate CRISPR-Cas9 and deliver it to cells in mice, where it was highly effective…
News and Trends 10 Feb 2023
Heartseed and Novo Nordisk dose first patient in heart failure cell therapy study
Heartseed Inc. and Novo Nordisk A/S say Heartseed has successfully dosed the first patient in a phase 1/2 clinical study…
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News and Trends 10 Feb 2023
Beyond Biotech podcast 33: Astellas Pharma, Innovation Agency Lithuania, 4basebio
This week, our guests are Romualda Stragienė, director at Innovation Agency Lithuania and Andrius Sliuzas, export key account manager of…
News and Trends 9 Feb 2023
New method to design new peptide therapeutics
Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a novel method to design and develop peptide antibiotics in large numbers,…
News and Trends 26 Jan 2023
Lupus treatment hope from Japanese miRNA research
A group of researchers from the Graduate School of Medicine at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered the impact of…
News and Trends 12 Jan 2023
Ajinomoto and Exelixis to discover and develop novel ADCs to treat cancer
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. has signed a license agreement with Exelixis, Inc. to incorporate AJICAP, Ajinomoto Co.'s proprietary site-specific bioconjugation and…
News and Trends 9 Jan 2023
Selecta and Astellas sign LOPD treatment agreement
Selecta Biosciences, Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. have announced an exclusive licensing and development agreement for IdeXork (Xork). Xork is…
News and Trends 22 Dec 2022
Japanese companies look to reduce environmental impact
Japanese companies Astellas Pharma Inc., Eisai Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have agreed a…
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News and Trends 21 Dec 2022
Artificial DNA can kill cancer
Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have used artificial DNA to target and kill cancer cells in a…
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…
News and Trends 16 Dec 2022
Sosei Heptares and Lilly enter agreement on diabetes and metabolic diseases
Sosei Group Corporation has entered a drug discovery collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company to discover, develop and commercialize small…
News and Trends 15 Dec 2022
Cell reprogramming can reverse fibrosis after heart attack
Researchers in Japan may have found a way to repair cardiac damage in patients suffering from chronic heart attack and…
News and Trends 12 Dec 2022
Japanese research offers hope for Fukuyama muscular dystrophy patients
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) is the second most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy in Japan. The disease manifests…
News and Trends 7 Dec 2022
Scientists identify genetic variant causing ALS in some patients
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have identified a novel genetic variant found in some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
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News and Trends 22 Nov 2022
Arecor to start second type 2 diabetes clinical trial
Arecor Therapeutics plc says the BASG (Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen) has cleared the company’s clinical trial application (CTA) for…
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…
News and Trends 17 Nov 2022
New mitochondria study could pave way for disease treatments
Mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses of the cell,’ are important cellular structures that are vital for their role of generating energy. They…
News and Trends 10 Nov 2022
Novel branched lipid boosts mRNA delivery to cells
A novel branched lipid that is highly stable in storage and is highly efficient in delivering mRNA to cells has…