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Novartis, Peptidream expand peptide discovery effort in $2.7B deal

May 1, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Novartis Pharma AG continues to build up its radiopharmaceutical powerhouse and has expanded a peptide discovery collaboration with Peptidream Inc. in a deal worth up to $2.71 billion. Under the multi-program agreement, Kawasaki, Japan-based Peptidream will use its peptide discovery platform system technology to identify and optimize novel macrocyclic peptides against targets selected by Novartis for potential conjugation to radioligand therapies or other applications for both therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.
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Neurocrine advances Nxera’s NBI-1117568 in schizophrenia

April 16, 2024
By Tamra Sami
Nxera Pharma Co. Ltd. announced that its partner, Neurocrine Biosciences Inc., is advancing NBI-1117568 to phase II trials for treatment of schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders.
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FDA accepts Daiichi/Astrazeneca’s BLA for Trop2 breast cancer drug

April 9, 2024
By Tamra Sami
The U.S. FDA accepted for review Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.’s and Astrazeneca plc’s BLA for datopotamab deruxtecan to treat adults with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who have received prior systemic therapy for unresectable or metastatic disease.
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FDA accepts Daiichi/Astrazeneca’s BLA for Trop2 breast cancer drug

April 3, 2024
By Tamra Sami
The U.S. FDA accepted for review Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.’s and Astrazeneca plc’s BLA for datopotamab deruxtecan to treat adults with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who have received prior systemic therapy for unresectable or metastatic disease.
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Astellas wins first approval of Vyloy in gastric cancer in Japan

April 2, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approved Astellas Pharma Inc.’s Vyloy (zolbetuximab) to treat a type of advanced gastric cancer on March 26, making it the first anti-claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody to gain regulatory clearance worldwide.
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Astellas wins first approval of Vyloy in gastric cancer in Japan

March 27, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approved Astellas Pharma Inc.’s Vyloy (zolbetuximab) to treat a type of advanced gastric cancer on March 26, making it the first anti-claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody to gain regulatory clearance worldwide.
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Shionogi’s oral COVID-19 antiviral wins full approval in Japan

March 12, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Shionogi & Co. Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, gained standard approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for Xocova (ensitrelvir fumaric acid) on March 5, making it the first COVID-19 antiviral to win full approval in the country.
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New schizophrenia target draws Boehringer in €755M Sosei deal

March 12, 2024
By Jennifer Boggs
Sosei Group Corp. is getting €25 million (US$27.3 million) up front in a global collaboration and option-to-license deal with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH aimed at developing GPR52 agonists, a new target for schizophrenia designed to potentially address positive, negative and cognitive symptoms at the same time.
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New schizophrenia target draws Boehringer in €755M Sosei deal

March 11, 2024
By Jennifer Boggs
Sosei Group Corp. is getting €25 million (US$27.3 million) up front in a global collaboration and option-to-license deal with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH aimed at developing GPR52 agonists, a new target for schizophrenia designed to potentially address positive, negative and cognitive symptoms at the same time.
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Shionogi’s oral COVID-19 antiviral wins full approval in Japan

March 6, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Shionogi & Co. Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, gained standard approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for Xocova (ensitrelvir fumaric acid) on March 5, making it the first COVID-19 antiviral to win full approval in the country.
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