BNC Korea Inc. is picking up exclusive commercial rights to Kariya Pharmaceuticals ApS’ dual GLP-1/GIP agonists for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease in five countries – a move that comes shortly after BNC Korea dropped $1.5 million into the Danish pharma for a 4.5% stake.
Building D&D Pharmatech Inc. has been a rollercoaster ride, according to CEO Seulki Lee. The U.S. and Korea-based biotech is on another ascent, having scored U.S. FDA fast track designation for its metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) drug, ahead of its third attempt at a public listing.
China’s Visen Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. is targeting an IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange with three rare endocrine disease therapies licensed-in from Denmark’s Ascendis Pharma A/S, including U.S. FDA-approved Skytrofa (lonapegsomatropin).
China’s Visen Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. is targeting an IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange with three rare endocrine disease therapies licensed-in from Denmark’s Ascendis Pharma A/S, including U.S. FDA-approved Skytrofa (lonapegsomatropin).
Building D&D Pharmatech Inc. has been a rollercoaster ride, according to CEO Seulki Lee. The U.S. and Korea-based biotech is on another ascent, having scored U.S. FDA fast track designation for its metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) drug, ahead of its third attempt at a public listing.
Following the U.S. FDA’s March 11 approval of Novo Nordisk A/S’ glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, Wegovy (semaglutide), to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued guidance ensuring coverage.
Guard Therapeutics AB has presented progress within the company’s preclinical development platform, the GTX platform, aimed at developing new peptides based on the endogenous protein α-1-microglobulin.
Researchers from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation presented a novel targeted therapeutic peptide for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Several highly pathogenic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, share a conserved mechanism of infection via the fusion of the viral and host membranes employing a six-helix bundle (6-HB) heptad repeat.
Using interactions between viral peptides and human proteins as a starting point, researchers from Enyo Pharma Inc., the University of Lyon and other institutions were able to bootstrap themselves to a mitochondria-targeting small molecule that showed activity in a mouse model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with chronic kidney disease.
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