Interius Biotherapeutics Inc. has been granted Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval and clinical trial notification clearance by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to begin a first-in-human trial of INT-2104, its lead in vivo CAR candidate for treatment of B-cell malignancies.
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) made significant changes to some of its regulations, including those for software-based medical devices. The TGA said that entities that are switching their products to a higher risk classification can continue to offer them for six months after Nov. 1, 2024, if they have an application on file with the TGA, but only if the sponsor notified the agency of such intent prior to May 25, 2022.
On the heels of an AU$100 million (US$66.5 million) capital raise, Immutep Ltd. announced positive top-line results in first-line head and neck cancer with its lead candidate, eftilagimod, in combination with Merck & Co. Inc.’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab).
Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd. announced a AU$70 million (US$46.69 million) institutional placement, and as part of that capital raise, radiopharma company Lantheus Holdings, Inc., has agreed to make an initial equity investment of AU$7.5 million.
On the heels of an AU$100 million (US$66.5 million) capital raise, Immutep Ltd. announced positive top-line results in first-line head and neck cancer with its lead candidate, eftilagimod, in combination with Merck & Co. Inc.’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab).
Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd. announced a AU$70 million (US$46.69 million) institutional placement, and as part of that capital raise, radiopharma company Lantheus Holdings, Inc., has agreed to make an initial equity investment of AU$7.5 million.
Opthea Ltd. announced it plans to raise up to AU$227.3 million (US$150 million) to extend its cash runway through the data readout for its two phase III pivotal trials of sozinibercept (OPT-302) in wet age-related macular degeneration.
Fledgling biotech Ternarx Pty Ltd. has emerged from stealth mode and is the first of its kind in Australia to develop targeted protein degrader technology to destroy disease-causing proteins that cannot be targeted by conventional drugs. The Melbourne-based company will initially develop targeted protein degraders against currently undrugged transcription factors in cancers with significant unmet need, starting with neuroblastoma and prostate cancer.
Opthea Ltd. announced it plans to raise up to AU$227.3 million (US$150 million) to extend its cash runway through the data readout for its two phase III pivotal trials of sozinibercept (OPT-302) in wet age-related macular degeneration.
Australian radiopharmaceutical company Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced its IPO on the Nasdaq to raise $200 million to advance its late-stage radiopharma candidates. Headquartered in Melbourne, Telix has operations in the U.S., Europe (Belgium and Switzerland) and Japan with an extensive pipeline of theranostic radiopharmaceutical candidates.
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