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