ADC Approval Buoys Spirits in Cancer Treatment Space
The FDA recently approved an antibody-drug conjugate drug from ADC Therapeutics as a treatment for…
May 11, 2021 - 7 minutes
MSD
MSD Enters Covid-19 Vaccine Race by Acquiring Themis Bioscience
The US-based big pharma MSD has entered the race to be the first to develop…
May 28, 2020 - 3 minutes
Austrian Vaccine Developer Signs Deal with MSD in ‘Blockbuster Indication’
Vienna-based Themis Bioscience will develop vaccine candidates against an undisclosed disease target in partnership with…
August 22, 2019 - 2 minutes
Are PD-1 and PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibitors As Good As We Thought?
Checkpoint inhibitors, especially those targeting PD-1 and PD-L1, are exploding in popularity. But how much…
April 9, 2018 - 4 minutes
MSD Offers €464M to Buy German Biotech Fighting Cancer with RNA
MSD is back in the RNA field with the acquisition of Rigontec, a German biotech…
September 6, 2017 - 1 minute
German Biotech Unveils Positive Phase II Results for Alzheimer’s
Probiodrug has disclosed encouraging results of its latest Phase IIa trial to assess its lead…
June 12, 2017 - 3 minutes
Berlin Biotech Advances its Cancer Drug in a New Trial with Keytruda
Noxxon Pharma has teamed up with the NCT in Heidelberg to conduct a Phase I/II…
May 16, 2017 - 2 minutes
TCR and Checkpoint inhibitors: A Match made in Heaven for Blood Cancer
Adaptimmune and MSD are collaborating to test a therapy for multiple myeloma that combines some…
October 28, 2016 - 2 minutes
UPDATE: Sanofi defeated in the Race to acquire Medivation
Even more Big Pharma join the fight to acquire the extremely desirable Medivation, a Biotech developing…
August 22, 2016 - 3 minutes
And now, Immuno-oncology gets EMA’s pre-approval for Lung Cancer
MSD has received EMA pre-approval for its famous anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda. It could soon be…
June 28, 2016 - 2 minutes
How will the UK’s Potential Exit from the EU Affect the Biotech Industry?
I'm a UK Expat in Berlin, and whilst I admit confusion over where exactly the…
March 15, 2016 - 6 minutes
New Discovery unites Australia, Germany and UK Against Blood Cancers
Cancer Research UK has teamed up with MSD (Merck) and the Wellcome Trust to co-develop some…
February 1, 2016 - 2 minutes
