The UK Competition and Markets Authority has cleared AstraZeneca’s proposed acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alexion). As a result, the acquisition is expected to close on 21 July 2021. Following closing, the new AstraZeneca shares issued to Alexion shareholders will be admitted to listing on the premium listing segment of...
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WILMINGTON, Del. — AstraZeneca has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gracell Biotechnologies Inc., a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, furthering the AstraZeneca cell therapy ambition. The proposed acquisition will enrich AstraZeneca’s growing pipeline of cell therapies with...
AstraZeneca’s Alexion has exercised its option to acquire all remaining equity in Caelum Biosciences for CAEL-101, a potentially first-in-class fibril-reactive monoclonal antibody (mAb) for the treatment of light chain (AL) amyloidosis. AL amyloidosis is a rare disease in which misfolded amyloid proteins build up in organs throughout the body, including...
Cambridge, England – AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) and Lynparza (olaparib) have been approved in the European Union (EU) as treatment for certain patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. Imfinzi plus chemotherapy as 1st-line treatment followed by Lynparza and Imfinzi has been approved for patients with mismatch repair proficient (pMMR)...
WILMINGTON, Del. — Updated exploratory results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab) in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy demonstrated a clinically meaningful long-term overall survival (OS) benefit at three years for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC). These results from TOPAZ-1, which are the longest survival...
WILMINGTON, Del. — Positive high-level results of the ADRIATIC Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the dual primary endpoints of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) who had not progressed...
Cambridge, England – AstraZeneca on Monday released high-level results from the Phase III LAURA study, demonstrating clinical benefit for Tagrisso (osimertinib) as a maintenance treatment for patients with unresectable, stage III, EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. The pharma did not reveal specific data in its announcement but said that Tagrisso...
BOSTON, Mass. — Astria Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATXS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing life-changing therapies for allergic and immunological diseases, today announced positive initial proof-of-concept results from the ALPHA-STAR Phase 1b/2 clinical trial evaluating STAR-0215, a monoclonal antibody inhibitor of plasma kallikrein, in hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients. Initial results demonstrate...
AUSTIN, Texas — Natera, Inc., a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, presented new data on its personalized and tumor-informed molecular residual disease (MRD) test, Signatera™, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2024 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI), that took place January 18 – 20, 2024 in San Francisco,...
STOCKHOLM — Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq: CALT, Nasdaq Stockholm: CALTX) (“Calliditas”), today announced data presentations highlighting additional analyses from the Phase 3 NefIgArd study with Nefecon in adults with primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN), as well as pre-clinical data on the treatment of Alport syndrome with setanaxib, a novel NOX inhibitor,...