For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by the relentless, incurable disease called smallpox. In 1967, Dr. D.A. Henderson became director of a worldwide campaign to eliminate this disease from the face of the Earth. SMALLPOX—THE DEATH OF...
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A study of patients who were smokers at the time of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) diagnosis revealed possible links to improved survival outcomes with smoking cessation in this population. The study results were reported in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. This prospective, observational study was conducted at the...
SEONGNAM, South Korea — SN BioScience Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in South Korea, announced today that it has initiated the first patient dosing in its global Phase 1b/2 clinical trial evaluating SNB-101 (API: SN-38), a nanoparticle anticancer agent, in patients with Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC). This multi-center...
SEOUL, South Korea — SN Bioscience Co. Ltd. (CEO Park Young-hwan) announced on Feb 27 that the FDA had granted an orphan drug designation for pancreatic cancer for SNB-101 (API: SN-38), a new polymer nanoparticle drug under development, based on the pre-clinical data of SNB-101 on pancreatic cancer animal model....
SEONGNAM, South Korea — SN Bioscience Inc. (CEO Young Hwan PARK) announced that the FDA had granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) on December 10 for gastric cancer (including gastroesophageal junction cancer) to SNB-101 (API: SN-38) which is a polymer nanoparticle drug under phase 1b/2 clinical trial for small cell lung cancer....
EONGNAM, South Korea — In a strong endorsement of its cutting-edge drug delivery technology, SN BioScience announced that its anticancer candidate SNB-101 has been selected as a clinical-stage project under the 2025 Korea Drug Development Project, a government-initiated program led by the Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF). The program includes two years...
WALTHAM, Mass. — Sobi North America, the North American affiliate of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi®), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for avatrombopag (DOPTELET®) for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in pediatric patients one year and older with...
Stockholm, Sweden – Sobi® (STO: SOBI), today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Aspaveli® (pegcetacoplan) for the treatment of adult and adolescent patients aged 12 to 17 years with C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) or primary immune-complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) in combination with a renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitor, unless RAS...
WALTHAM, Mass. — Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi™) (STO:SOBI) announced today that Health Canada has approved EMPAVELI® (pegcetacoplan), a complement inhibitor, for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) or primary immune-complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) to reduce proteinuria. EMPAVELI® is a targeted C3 therapy...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sobi® (STO: SOBI) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion recommending the marketing authorisation of Aspaveli® (pegcetacoplan) for the treatment of adult and adolescent patients with C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) or primary immune-complex...