Biopharma News

This acquisition grants Bionano access to BioDiscovery’s clinical software solution for variant analysis.

Enzyvant’s Rethymic is the first FDA approved treatment for congenital athymia.

Element’s acquisition of Nanosyn is the latest in a series of moves made to strengthen the company’s North American presence.

MHRA has awarded an ‘Innovation Passport’ to CellResearch for its umbilical cord lining stem cell therapy, CorLiCyte.

Pacira’s acquisition grants them access to Flexion’s pain management portfolio.

AstraZeneca reports that its combination antibody therapy, AZD7442, reduced chances of severe COVID-19 or death by as much as 67%.

Supernus will acquire Adamas’ Parkinson's disease treatment portfolio through a $400 million acquisition.

The approval of ChemoCentryx’s Tavenos (avacopan) provides a new treatment for active anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis.

AstraZeneca’s tezelpelumab was granted orphan drug designation by FDA for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis.

Pfizer may pay up to $630 million for access to Voyager’s novel AAV capsids in transgene research.

Pfizer and BioNTech’s request would make them the first vaccine accessible to individuals under the age of 12.

The agency received a marketing authorization application a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 patients.

The agency’s human medicines committee approved an additional site in West Point, Pa. in the United States for the manufacture of Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The collaboration between Sunovion, Sumitomo Dainippon, and Otsuka will focus on four compounds designed to treat neuropsychiatric health conditions.

Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics' oral antiviral medication reduced the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 by 50% relative to placebo in a Phase III clinical study.

Takeda will use Selecta Bioscience’s ImmTOR platform to develop gene therapies for lysosomal storage disorders.

AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Caelum Biosciences gives them access to CAEL-101, a promising light chain amyloidosis treatment.

Pure Psyence, Pure Extracts and Psyence’s joint venture company, will develop psilocybin-derived treatments.

Merck’s 11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron gives them access to their lead therapeutic candidate, sotatercept.

Rengeron’s trial found that REGEN-COV significantly reduced viral load of patients with COVID-19.

FDA granted orphan drug designation to Catalyst Biosciences’ MarzAA for the treatment of Factor VII Deficiency.

FDA approved AbbVie’s Qulipta (atogepant) as a preventative migraine treatment.

In an amendment to their existing contract manufacturing agreement, Celsian and Poly Pharm expand GEN-1 program collaboration to add clinical and commercial batches of investigational vaccine.

New data finds J&J COVID-19 vaccine and booster to provide increased protection against COVID-19.

Lonza’s investment in its Stein and Basel facilities in Switzerland aims to expand its overall drug product development and manufacturing services.

Celularity and Oncternal’s collaboration will focus on therapeutics targeting Orphan Receptor 1, which is linked to aggression and survival in solid tumor cells.

Novartis’ acquisition of Arctos Medical could lead to significant advancements in optogenetic therapies for patients with vision loss.

The topline data from Pfizer and BioNTech’s trial suggests that a 10 µg vaccine is safe and effective among the 5 to 11 age group.

Moderna’s newest insights include an overall efficacy review, a study on breakthrough infections, and a study on long-term immunity.

Takeda’s Exkivity (mobocertinib) was approved by FDA for the treatment of patients with lung cancer.