Thermo Fisher to acquire GSK API Site for €90 M

World |  News | 0 Comment | 20 May, 2019

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. the world leader in serving science, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a drug substance manufacturing site in Cork, Ireland, from GlaxoSm...Read more

Lonza, Synpromics enter Biomanufacturing Partnership

World |  News | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2019

Synpromics Ltd, the leader in gene control, and Lonza Pharma & Biotech announce a partnership for the commercialisation of a number of inducible promoters to improve the manuf...Read more

Inovio, Qiagen enter into a precision medicine partnership

World |  News | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2019

Inovio Pharmaceuticals and QIAGEN have announced a collaboration to co-develop a diagnostic test to identify patients most likely to respond to VGX-3100, Inovio's immunotherapy to trea...Read more

SpinalCyte launches initiative to highlight advances in Fibroblast Technology

World |  News | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2019

SpinalCyte, LLC, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on regrowth of the spinal disc using Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDFs) has announced a new comprehensive resource to ra...Read more

DNA Script raises $38.5 M in Series B financing

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2019

DNA Script has announced an oversubscribed Series B fundraising of $38.5M led by LSP, one of Europe’s largest and most experienced healthcare investment firms. Bpifrance, th...Read more

J & J outlines strategy to deliver Above-Market Growth

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2019

Johnson & Johnson will host a meeting with industry analysts to review the strategy of its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies to deliver above-market, compound annual growth through 2023....Read more

FDA approves EYLEA injection for diabetic retinopathy

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has announced that USFDA has approved EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection to treat all stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR), and thereby reduce the risk of blin...Read more

Pfizer acquires clinical stage biotech Therachon

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Pfizer has recently entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the shares of Therachon Holding AG, a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on rare diseases, wi...Read more

Merck-Pfizer’s combination drug gets FDA nod to treat RCC

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Merck and Pfizer Inc. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BAVENCIO® (avelumab) in combination with axitinib(Inlyta) for the first-line treatm...Read more

Sekisui pours $1.9 M in microbial biopharma CDMO biz

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Sekisui Diagnostics Enzyme business announces the completion of a new BioProcess Innovation Centre at the site in Maidstone, Kent by the end of 2019, following a $1.9 million...Read more

NIH facilitates first Tribal data-sharing agreement with Navajo Nation

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has facilitated a data-sharing and use agreement between the Navajo Nation and NIH grantees of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outc...Read more

IQVIA launches dedicated solutions for medtech, diagnostic industry

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

IQVIA has announced the launch of IQVIA MedTech and its dedicated industry focused solutions and services for the medical device and in vitro diagnostics market, and for companies with comb...Read more

Philips announces collaboration with Medtronic

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

Royal Philips has announced a collaboration with Medtronic to further advance treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), a common heart rhythm disorder. Through the agreement, Medtr...Read more

Ascension Healthcare announces positive update on its IP portfolio

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

Ascension Healthcare, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercialising nano lipid technologies for unmet medical needs has announced that it has received a not...Read more

Brain imaging AI leader icometrix raises $18 m in new funding

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

icometrix, the global expert in brain imaging Artificial Intelligence solutions, has raised $18 million through a partnership led by Forestay Capital alongside Optum Ventures and ...Read more

WHO to establish technical advisory group for digital health

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

WHO is establishing a global multi-disciplinary technical group to advise on issues related to digital health. WHO’s newly-established Digital Health Department will work to harness ...Read more

ReGenTree commences clinical study for Dry Eye Syndrome

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2019

ReGenTree, LLC (the Company), a joint venture company between GtreeBNT and RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, announced that it initiated a randomized, double masked, placebo-controlled...Read more

Vedanta Biosciences closes extended $45.5 million Series C funding

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2019

Vedanta Biosciences, a clinical-stage company developing a new category of therapies for immune-mediated diseases based on rationally-defined consortia of human microbiome-derived bacteria,...Read more