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News and Trends 30 Aug 2022

Hemophilia drug from Sanofi and Sobi has license application accepted for priority review by FDA

The Biologics License Application (BLA) for Efanesoctocog alfa, a drug to treat the rare and life-threatening blood disease, hemophilia A, has been accepted for priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Efanesoctocog alfa (BIVV001) is being developed and commercialized as part of a collaboration between Sanofi and Sobi was given the target […]

August 30, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

More News! 22 Nov 2018

First Drug for Rare Inflammation Syndrome Approved by FDA

The FDA has approved the first drug for the treatment of a rare condition in which the body produces too many active immune cells, developed in a Swiss-Swedish partnership. The antibody drug, emapalumab, is approved to treat primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. This condition is a rare, often fatal syndrome in which the immune system produces too […]

November 22, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 23 Jan 2018

Swedish Biotech Can Now Fast-Track its Metabolic Disorder Drug

Sobi will enter the clinic after the Investigational New Drug application for its rare metabolic disorder candidate was accepted by the FDA. The Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) will begin clinical trials for SOBI003, its candidate for the rare metabolic disorder, Sanfilippo syndrome type A. This was made possible as the FDA’s accepted the company’s Investigational New Drug […]

January 23, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 4 Nov 2016

Roche hits a Speed Bump on the way to a Hemophilia Cure

The Swiss pharma is gearing up for a battle with Novo Nordisk in Hemophilia, but a safety setback might slow its progress. There is a ‘bloody’ battle in Europe that no one is talking about: who will claim the next Hemophilia blockbuster drug? Roche has established itself as a force to be reckoned with via […]

November 4, 2016 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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News and Trends 17 May 2016

Rare Disease Biopharma can now sell Hemophilia treatment across whole of EU

Sobi has received market approval by the European Comission for Alprolix, a long-duration protein therapy that protects hemophilia B patients from uncontrolled bleeding. With a focus on rare diseases, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) has clinical programmes in diseases like alkaptonuria, tyrosinaemia and hemophilia – a disease with which Sobi is particularly invested. Its candidate for hemophilia […]

May 17, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 1 Mar 2016

French Ipsen closes €700M deal for Californian Cancer Drug

Ipsen is paying Exelixis $200M upfront, plus $545M in future milestones to acquire commercialization rights for a multi-organ cancer candidate outside US, Canada and Japan. California-based Exelixis has found an European partner to license the small molecule drug, cabozantinib. Ipsen, a French biotech group, will have comercialization rights for cabozantinib worldwide, except in the US and […]

March 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 13 Oct 2015

Global Hemophilia AID project achieves first milestone with donations from Swedish Biotech

The Hemophilia Aid Program has just touched down the first batch of treatments in its target developing countries, as part of a 10-year commitment from US Biogen (Massachusetts) and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (SOBI) from Stockholm via the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH)’s AID project. The relief effort pledges to ship over 1 billion units […]

October 13, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 22 Aug 2015

What happened this week? Biotech revolutionizes Coffee, Paris N°1 Biocluster, a DNA-made Computer…

Welcome in our Top of the week list! This week is full of uncommon stories. Did you know that we can create the best coffee from Biotech techniques? The New York-based startup Afineur can do this! Even more crazy, what do you think of a DNA-made computer? Quite strange, right! Well, if you’re curious, read […]

August 22, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Joachim Eeckhout

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