Following positive advice from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), the first biologic treatment for inflammatory skin disease, hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), is now available in Scotland on the NHS.
Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi has announced the first peer-reviewed publication of its phase 3 study investigating ensitrelvir to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.
Alys Pharmaceuticals, an immuno-dermatology focused company, has launched with $100 million financing by Medicxi and an R&D pipeline enabled by multiple platform technologies.
Sano Chemicals has begun its phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial of Occidiofungin, a new treatment to cure recurrent vaginal yeast infections or vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC).
Vicore Pharma has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company Nippon Shinyaku to commercialize Vicore’s idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) drug candidate C21 in Japan.
Just – Evotec Biologics has expanded its relationship with Advanced BioScience Laboratories (ABL), a global CDMO serving the US Government and biopharmaceutical industry.
GSK’s vaccine Arexvy is currently undergoing regulatory review with the potential of being approved in Europe for use in adults aged between 50 and 59 who are at an increased risk for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection.
Rani Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on the oral delivery of biologics, has announced encouraging results from its phase 1 study of RT-111, a RaniPill capsule containing an ustekinumab biosimilar, CT-P43.
Ion exchange resin manufacturer Purolite and bioprocessing technology firm Repligen have announced the commercial launch of Praesto CH1, an affinity resin designed to purify specialized mAbs such as bispecifics and recombinant antibody fragments.
Orano Med, a biotech firm developing targeted alpha therapies for oncology, has announced the launch of its ATLab (alpha therapy laboratory) in Onnaing, France.
AbbVie has announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended epcoritamab (tepkinly), its treatment for adults with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), an aggressive and fast-growing blood cancer, whose cancer...
Synthetic biology company Asimov has launched its new LV edge packaging system, which it claims will improve the cost efficiency and reduce the supply chain risk of lentiviral production.
Biotechnology company Vergent Bioscience has revealed that VGT-309, its investigational tumor-targeted fluorescent imaging agent, is able to help surgeons see lung tumors in real time during surgical procedures.
We sat down with Xiaojun Liu, director of AAV process development at ReciBioPharm, to discuss the growing need for carefully designed platforms to deliver safe and cost-effective AAV therapies to patients at pace.
Dermatology biopharma company Arcutis has launched ZORYVE, a topical foam for the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis, in the United States for individuals 9 years of age and older.
PlaqueTec, a company identifying endotype-specific biomarkers to advance precision medicine for coronary artery disease (CAD), and the Flow Cytometry Facility at the Babraham Institute have announced a collaboration to develop a bespoke cell phenotyping...
Danish biotech company Vesper Bio has been awarded a grant worth $873,000 by The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) to assess sortilin inhibition in Parkinson’s disease.
Stimulants, amphetamines, and methylphenidates are currently the first-line treatment for moderate to severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the seven major global markets; France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, the US, and Japan....
Despite the current Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor market being valued at approximately $6 billion, sales specifically for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are predicted to be nearly $5 billion by 2032 in the seven major markets.
TrakCel, a provider of cellular orchestration systems to the cell and gene therapy (CGT) industry, has launched its own consultancy services to share its process development knowledge with the broader community of CGT developers.
Abbott and Tandem Diabetes Care recently announced the wireless integration of Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus continuous glucose monitor with the Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump in the US.
CellVoyant, an AI-first biotechnology spin-out from the University of Bristol accelerating the development of novel cell therapies, has announced a £7.6 million seed round.
Sexual health pharmaceutical company Futura Medical has extended its exclusive licensing agreement with Cooper Consumer Health for the rights to commercialize its topical, gel-based erectile dysfunction treatment.
Following the news that AbbVie has launched Produodopa to treat severe motor fluctuations in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the European Union (EU), Christine Wong, neurology analyst at GlobalData, offers her view:
Ariceum Therapeutics, a biotech company developing radiopharmaceutical products for the diagnosis and treatment of certain hard-to-treat cancers, has submitted an application with the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to...
Transgene and NEC are planning to extend their randomized phase 1 trial into a phase 2 study in 2024 to further demonstrate the potential of TG4050, a neoantigen vaccine for head and neck cancers.
Merck has announced a new licensing agreement with Inspirna for ompenaclid, a first-in-class treatment currently in phase 2 development for RAS-mutated (RASmut) advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).
AstraZeneca and Ionis have received FDA approval for Waiuna, their treatment for polyneuropathy in life-threatening disease transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR).
Irish pharmaceutical company Shorla Oncology and consultancy firm Eversana have announced the U.S. launch of JYLAMVO, the first oral methotrexate solution.
Biotherapeutics company MediWound has secured an additional $6.7 million in funding from the US Department of Defense to advance its non-surgical burn treatment for the US Army.
At Veeva R&D and Quality Summit 2023, Bio Pharma Reporter caught up with Courtney Gilbert, senior director, business system management and innovation, PV operations and global process enablement, at Merck.
Hervé Affagard is the CEO and co-founder of MaaT Pharma and president of Alliance Promotion Microbiote. We sat down with him to discuss the company's promising lead product for gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease.
BioPharma Reporter and Outsourcing Pharma presents its latest round-up of the movers, shakers and key announcements in the pharma industry. From Stand Up To Cancer, Astraveus and KBI Biopharma, we break down the key changes.
