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PRINCETON, N.J. — UroGen Pharma Ltd., a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing novel solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers, today announced a licensing agreement with MEDAC GmbH to develop a next-generation novel mitomycin-based formulation for urothelial cancers. UGN-103, UroGen’s RTGel® technology combined with medac’s licensed mitomycin, is a...
Minnesota nice is being proven all over again. A young man from Africa says he is proof of that as doctors in St. Paul rebuild not only his face but his entire future. Even for skilled specialists, the surgical case on the table before them is a challenge. “It’s kind...
Orphan Therapeutics, LLC and Ikaria Holdings, Inc announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the final section of the New Drug Application (NDA) filing seeking marketing approval for Lucassin (terlipressin for injection) for the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) Type-1. The filing was completed on May...
Basel, Switzerland – Sandoz, a global leader in biosimilar and generic medicines, today announced that the US Supreme Court has denied its petition to review the Federal Circuit’s July 2020 decision concerning the Sandoz biosimilar Erelzi® (etanercept-szzs) for reference medicine Enbrel®* (etanercept). The Federal Circuit previously ruled against Sandoz in...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – In the retinas of human eyes, the cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision, daylight vision, and the perception of small details. As vision scientists from the Division of Experimental Retinal Therapies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Gustavo D. Aguirre and William A. Beltran have been working for...
Hong Kong – A crucial player in genomic integrity maintenance, DNA Polymerase Theta (Polθ) provides a potential synthetic lethal relationship in BRCA-deficient tumors, which are particularly prevalent in certain tumor types including triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) and ovarian cancers. In fact, BRCA-deficient tumors account for 11-16% of TNBC cases, and...