While the value of partnerships and collaborations have climbed mostly upward in recent years, the most impressive increase has been seen with deals that are worth $1 billion or more – led in 2023 with a $22 billion antibody-drug conjugate pact between Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. and Merck & Co. Inc. Read More
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. took to the stage this week at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to talk up its pipeline, including the phase III program testing XEN-1101 in focal-onset seizures (FOS), due to complete enrollment in the second half of this year. It’s an indication where such other players as Biohaven Ltd. are busy, too. Several million adults are afflicted with FOS in the U.S., with close to a half-million pediatric patients. Read More
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published new enablement guidelines Jan. 10 to provide more consistency across technologies to ensure patent applications truly enable the breadth of their claims in keeping with the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision last year in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi SA. Read More
Tough times can create great companies if they can navigate the turbulence, a panel of biopharma executives and academics told attendees at the Wuxi Global Forum 2024. Companies must learn how to endure bad periods and thrive during the good times, said Mathai Mammen, CEO of Fogpharma Inc., because those disparate financial and scientific cycles will never go away. Right now, the money part is tough, but the science is thriving Read More
With a sizeable series B financing well underway, Actimed Therapeutics Ltd. is preparing to advance its compound, S-pindolol benzoate (ACM-001), into a phase IIb/III trial to treat cachexia secondary to colorectal cancer, having also recently completed a £4.75 million (US$5 million) series A extension round. Read More
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted for review Hutchmed’s NDA for sovleplenib (HMPL-523) for treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Arch, Ariceum, Clearmind, Fermion, GSK, Mirati, Mitochon, Stada, TME, Vertex. Read More
