STOCKHOLM–– Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq: CALT) (Nasdaq Stockholm: CALTX) today announced that its commercial partner Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK) received approval from the Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region, China. The approval for Nefecon is for the treatment of primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) in adults at risk...
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To accelerate the development of gene therapies for the 30 million Americans who have been diagnosed with a rare disease, in October 2021 the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 10 pharmaceutical companies, and five nonprofit organizations announced the creation of the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC)....
Villejuif, France – Aglaia Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing promising new therapies that can overcome resistance to current targeted therapies in cancer patients, today announces the successful completion of a €4M ($4.7M) seed funding round. Advent France Biotechnology (AFB) led the round, with the participation of Crédit Mutuel Innovation and Pierre Fabre. AFB also acted...
Curing cancer has been the dream of countless doctors and researchers over the decades. Yet some types of cancer, whether because they affect relatively few people or lack influential advocates, receive less attention and funding than others. A recent gift to Harvard Medical School (HMS) is boosting efforts to understand...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and LOUISVILLE, Ky. – NORGINE B.V. (Norgine) a leading European specialist pharmaceutical company and US WorldMeds (USWM), a Kentucky-based specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced an exclusive licensing agreement by which Norgine will register and commercialise difluoromethylornithine, DFMO (eflornithine) in Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States, Australia and New Zealand. DFMO is a repurposed molecule investigated for use...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – This year, nearly 2 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer. But one-quarter won’t fill their expensive prescriptions, and another 20% will ration their drugs due to cost – which can total $15,000 per month or more. But thanks to a partnership between NOVA ScriptsCentral and...
LEXINGTON, Mass. — Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VYGR), a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing neurogenetic medicines, today announced a strategic collaboration and capsid license agreement with Novartis Pharma AG, a subsidiary of Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) to advance potential gene therapies for Huntington’s disease (HD) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)....
NoviSystems, a Research Triangle-area company that empowers data-driven decision making, has commercially launched Fusion Analytics, its platform to help hospitals, drug manufacturers and other complex businesses gain answers and insights that can save them time and money. NoviSystems has assembled a team of senior advisers to help apply Fusion Analytics...
LEXINGTON, Mass. – Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRNA) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Novo Nordisk under which Novo Nordisk will acquire Dicerna, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of investigational ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) therapeutics, for $38.25 per share in cash, which represents a total equity value...
Novo Nordisk has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (Dicerna) for a total equity value of approximately USD 3.3 billion. The acquisition of Dicerna’s ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) platform is a strategic addition to Novo Nordisk’s existing research technology platforms and supports the strategy of using a...