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AskBio Phase Ib trial of AB-1005 gene therapy in patients with Parkinson’s disease meets primary endpoint

Bayer AG and Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced today the completion of the 18-month data collection in the Phase Ib clinical trial for AB-1005 (AAV2-GDNF),…

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Novartis expands production of Pluvicto™ with addition of its largest and most advanced radioligand therapy manufacturing facility in Indianapolis

Novartis announced today that it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for commercial manufacturing of PluvictoTM (INN: lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan / USAN: lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan) at its new large-scale, state-of-the-art radioligand therapy (RLT)…

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AbbVie and Umoja Biopharma Announce Strategic Collaboration to Develop Novel In-Situ CAR-T Cell Therapies

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), and Umoja Biopharma (Umoja), an early clinical-stage biotechnology company, today announced two exclusive option and license agreements to develop multiple in-situ generated CAR-T cell therapy candidates in oncology using Umoja’s proprietary VivoVecTM platform. The first agreement provides AbbVie…

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Innate Pharma Strengthens Leadership and Appoints Two New Members to Its Executive Board

Innate Pharma SA (Euronext Paris: IPH; Nasdaq: IPHA) (“Innate” or the “Company”) today announced that it has strengthened the Company’s leadership and corporate governance with the appointment of two new Executive Board members. Arvind Sood, Executive Vice President (EVP), President…

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Global Botulinum Toxin In Urology Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report 2023-2030

The “Botulinum Toxin In Urology Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Application (Overactive Bladder, Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity), By End-use (Hospitals, Urology Clinics), By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2023 – 2030” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global botulinum toxin in…

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BridgeBio announces FDA clearance of IND application for BBO-8520, a first-in-class direct inhibitor of KRASG12C

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) (“BridgeBio” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases and cancers, has announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the investigational new drug (IND) application for BBO-8520,…

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AskBio Phase Ib trial of AB-1005 gene therapy in patients with Parkinson’s disease meets primary endpoint

Bayer AG and Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced today the completion of the 18-month data collection in the Phase Ib clinical trial for AB-1005 (AAV2-GDNF),…

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Statement following the Thirty-seventh Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee for Polio

The thirty-seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 12 December 2023 with Committee members and advisers meeting face to face, and via…

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Patritumab Deruxtecan Granted Priority Review in the U.S. for Certain Patients with Previously Treated Locally Advanced or Metastatic EGFR-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Daiichi Sankyo (TSE: 4568) and Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, (NYSE: MEK) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and granted Priority Review to the Biologics License Application (BLA)…

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Novo Nordisk invests more than 16 billion Danish kroner in expansion of production facilities in Chartres, France

Novo Nordisk today announced the investment of more than 16 billion Danish kroner (2.1 billion euros) starting in 20231 to expand the existing production site in Chartres, France, for the current and future product portfolio within serious chronic diseases. The investment…

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Execution of Sub-license Agreement from Ping An-Shionogi Hong Kong to Juniper Therapeutics and SAR approval in Singapore regarding ensitrelvir fumaric acid, a treatment drug for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.  (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Chief Executive Officer: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.; hereafter “Shionogi”) announced Ping An-Shionogi (Hong Kong) Limited (Head Office: Hong Kong, China; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Tatsumori Yoshida; hereafter “Ping An-Shionogi Hong Kong”) and…

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EMA Recommends Arpraziquantel for Treatment of Schistosomiasis in Preschool-Aged Children

Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) contributed to the development of a pediatric formulation to treat schistosomiasis as a member of the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium (Consortium). The Consortium announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products…

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