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Rexulti television ad

FDA chides Otsuka for making false or misleading claims in Rexulti advertising

Nov. 21, 2023
By Tamra Sami
The U.S. FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion is calling out Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. for making “false or misleading claims and representations about the efficacy of Rexulti” in a television advertisement.
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Rexulti television ad

FDA chides Otsuka for making false or misleading claims in Rexulti advertising

Nov. 15, 2023
By Tamra Sami
The U.S. FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion is calling out Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. for making “false or misleading claims and representations about the efficacy of Rexulti” in a television advertisement.
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Colorectal cancer 3D illustration

FDA approves Takeda’s fruquintinib in colorectal cancer

Nov. 13, 2023
By Tamra Sami
The U.S. FDA approved Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) nearly 20 days ahead of its Nov. 30 PDUFA date for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. “Fruzaqla is the first targeted therapy approved in the U.S. for mCRC regardless of biomarker status or prior types of therapies in more than a decade,” Stefanie Granado, head of Takeda’s U.S. Oncology business unit, told BioWorld.
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Colorectal cancer 3D illustration

FDA approves Takeda’s fruquintinib in colorectal cancer

Nov. 9, 2023
By Tamra Sami
The U.S. FDA approved Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) nearly 20 days ahead of its Nov. 30 PDUFA date for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. “Fruzaqla is the first targeted therapy approved in the U.S. for mCRC regardless of biomarker status or prior types of therapies in more than a decade,” Stefanie Granado, head of Takeda’s U.S. Oncology business unit, told BioWorld.
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Otsuka’s sibeprenlimab meets endpoints in phase II IgAN trial

Nov. 7, 2023
By Tamra Sami
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s sibeprenlimab (VIS-649) met the primary efficacy endpoint in a phase II trial for treating immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), demonstrating that 12 months of treatment resulted in significant reductions in proteinuria compared to placebo.
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Yamaha Motors spins out antibody profiling company Tuning Fork Bio

Nov. 7, 2023
By Tamra Sami

Japan’s Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. is driving efforts in precision medicine by spinning out antibody profiling business Tuning Fork Bio to analyze antibodies in blood to better visualize people's current health conditions.


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Esophageal cancer

Oncolys esophageal cancer drug Telomelysin hits phase II endpoints

Oct. 31, 2023
By Tamra Sami
Oncolys Biopharma Inc.’s lead compound Telomelysin (suratadenoturev, OBP-301) met the primary endpoint of exceeding the predefined threshold of local complete response, confirming clinical benefit in a phase II study in locally advanced esophageal cancer combined with radiation.
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Esophageal cancer

Oncolys esophageal cancer drug Telomelysin hits phase II endpoints

Oct. 27, 2023
By Tamra Sami
Oncolys Biopharma Inc.’s lead compound Telomelysin (suratadenoturev, OBP-301) met the primary endpoint of exceeding the predefined threshold of local complete response, confirming clinical benefit in a phase II study in locally advanced esophageal cancer combined with radiation.
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Rhee Byung-geon, CEO, GI Innovation; Atsushi Sugita, CEO, Maruho

GI Innovation inks second GI-301 licensing deal with Japan’s Maruho for $220M

Oct. 24, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Korean bioventure GI Innovation Inc. inched closer to achieving its goal of “five tech transfer deals in five years” with another licensing deal for its allergy drug, GI-301, with Japan-based Maruho Co. Ltd. for ₩298 billion (US$220.7 million), although share prices still dropped on the news.
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Rhee Byung-geon, CEO, GI Innovation; Atsushi Sugita, CEO, Maruho

GI Innovation inks second GI-301 licensing deal with Japan’s Maruho for $220M

Oct. 18, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Korean bioventure GI Innovation Inc. inched closer to achieving its goal of “five tech transfer deals in five years” with another licensing deal for its allergy drug, GI-301, with Japan-based Maruho Co. Ltd. for ₩298 billion (US$220.7 million), although share prices still dropped on the news.
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