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Veritas, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical partner for new ASO candidates

July 8, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Veritas In Silico Inc. (VIS) entered a joint research agreement with Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. to use VIS’s mRNA structural motif analyzing platform technology, called Ibvis, to develop antisense oligonucleotide drug candidates.
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Taiho’s pizuglanstat fails in phase III DMD trial

July 8, 2025
By Tamra Sami
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In yet another fail for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) field, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s pizuglanstat (TAS-205) did not meet the primary endpoint in a phase III trial. The phase III Reach-DMD trial, a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind and open-label, extension study of pizuglanstat in patients with DMD showed no significant difference in the mean change from baseline to 52 weeks in the primary endpoint of time to rise from the floor in the ambulatory cohort of the study.
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Bioversys, Shionogi in CHF529M lung infection collaboration

July 3, 2025
By Nuala Moran
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Antibiotics specialist Bioversys AG has sealed a potential CHF529 million (US$667.5 million) deal with Shionogi Co. Ltd., in which they will work together on novel ansamycins for treating multidrug-resistant lung infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
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Bioversys, Shionogi in CHF529M lung infection collaboration

July 2, 2025
By Nuala Moran
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Antibiotics specialist Bioversys AG has sealed a potential CHF529 million (US$667.5 million) deal with Shionogi Co. Ltd., in which they will work together on novel ansamycins for treating multidrug-resistant lung infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
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Otsuka licenses Harbour’s bispecific T-cell engager for $670M

June 24, 2025
By Tamra Sami
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Harbour Biomed is out-licensing its B-cell maturation antigen and CD3 bispecific T-cell engager HBM-7020 for autoimmune diseases to Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in a deal worth up to $670 million.
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Avata, Oceanus partner on cannabidiol for epilepsy, schizophrenia

June 24, 2025
By Tamra Sami
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Avata Biosciences Holdings Ltd. and Oceanus Bio Inc. have inked a drug discovery and development deal worth up to $95 million for two of Avata’s cannabidiol compounds.
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Otsuka licenses Harbour’s bispecific T-cell engager for $670M

June 23, 2025
By Tamra Sami
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Harbour Biomed is out-licensing its B-cell maturation antigen and CD3 bispecific T-cell engager HBM-7020 for autoimmune diseases to Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in a deal worth up to $670 million.
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Avata, Oceanus partner on cannabidiol for epilepsy, schizophrenia

June 18, 2025
By Tamra Sami
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Avata Biosciences Holdings Ltd. and Oceanus Bio Inc. have inked a drug discovery and development deal worth up to $95 million for two of Avata’s cannabidiol compounds.
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Astellas nabs Evopoint’s CLDN18.2-targeting ADC for $1.34B

June 3, 2025
By Tamra Sami
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In yet another China antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) deal, Astellas Pharma Inc. is inlicensing a phase I/II ADC targeting Claudin 18.2 from Evopoint Biosciences Co. Ltd. for up to $1.34 billion.
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Astellas nabs Evopoint’s CLDN18.2-targeting ADC for $1.34B

May 30, 2025
By Tamra Sami
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In yet another China antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) deal, Astellas Pharma Inc. is inlicensing a phase I/II ADC targeting Claudin 18.2 from Evopoint Biosciences Co. Ltd. for up to $1.34 billion.
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