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News and Trends 4 Jan 2023

Actimed Therapeutics raises £10M for cancer cachexia treatment

Actimed Therapeutics Ltd has completed its second and final £5 million ($6 million) tranche of seed financing. The round was closed with an investment by Indian pharmaceutical company, Mankind Pharma, marking Mankind’s first overseas investment of this type. Actimed Therapeutics is a U.K. based clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovation to the […]

January 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Janssen looks for talquetamab marketing approval

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has submitted a marketing authorisation application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of talquetamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Talquetamab is an investigational, off-the-shelf (ready to use), bispecific T-cell engager antibody targeting both GPRC5D, a novel drug […]

January 3, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Legend Biotech new drug application approved in China

Legend Biotech Corporation has announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has formally accepted its new drug application (NDA) for ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel). This submission is based on data from the confirmatory phase 2 clinical study CARTIFAN-1, conducted in China, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of cilta-cel in adult patients with relapsed or […]

January 3, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Newron announces interim results from treatment-resistant schizophrenia trial

Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. has announced what it says are “very compelling new results” from the first 100 enrolled patients to have reached the six-month timepoint in its international study of evenamide as an add-on to an antipsychotic (excluding clozapine) in patients with moderate to severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), who were not responding to their current […]

January 3, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Jan 2023

Sensorion announces first patient enrolled in cisplatin-induced ototoxicity trial

Sensorion has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its phase 2a proof of concept clinical trial of SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients suffering from cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. Cisplatin and other platinum-based compounds are essential chemotherapeutic agents for many cancers. A serious side effect of these therapies is ototoxicity, or permanent and irreversible hearing loss, […]

January 3, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Dec 2022

First CAR-T technology trial for patients with T-cell leukemia subtype authorized

The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Products (AEMPS) has approved the CARxALL clinical trial led by the company OneChain Immunotherapeutics (OCI). It will be the world’s first trial with CAR-T technology for patients with a subtype of T-cell leukemia. The CARxALL trial will evaluate, for the first time, the CAR-T CD1a (OC-1) therapy. This […]

December 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Dec 2022

Positive Dupixent eosinophilic esophagitis phase 3 results

The New England Journal of Medicine has published results from a positive phase 3 trial showing adults and adolescents treated with Dupixent (dupilumab) 300 mg weekly experienced significant improvements in signs and symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), which were sustained for up to one year. EoE is a chronic, progressive inflammatory disease that damages the […]

December 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 21 Dec 2022

Watch: Mauritius – clinical trials and emerging biotech hub

The Economic Development Board (EDB) in Mauritius commenced its operations as a statutory body in 2018 following the merger between the Board of Investment, Enterprise Mauritius and the Financial Services Promotion Agency. The overarching objective of the EDB is to ensure greater coherence and effectiveness in implementing policies and draw the vision for the economic […]

December 21, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 21 Dec 2022

Pfizer diabetes and obesity study triggers Sosei Heptares windfall

Sosei Group Corporation has been notified by Pfizer that the first subject in a phase 2 clinical trial has been dosed with Pfizer’s candidate PF-07081532. This triggers a $10 million payment to Sosei Heptares. PF-07081532 is a once-daily, next-generation oral small molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist in development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. […]

December 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 20 Dec 2022

Verona Pharma drug meets COPD phase 3 trial endpoints

Verona Pharma plc has announced positive results of its phase 3 ENHANCE-1 trial evaluating nebulized ensifentrine for the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ENHANCE-1 trial successfully met its primary and key secondary endpoints demonstrating significant improvements in lung function, symptoms and quality of life measures. In addition, ensifentrine substantially reduced the […]

December 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

UroGen completes bladder cancer phase 3 trial enrollment

UroGen Pharma Ltd. says its phase 3 ENVISION study of investigational agent UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical solution in development for the treatment of LG-IR-NMIBC is fully enrolled. The study targeted enrollment of 220 patients across 90 sites and, assuming positive findings, UroGen anticipates submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) for UGN-102 in 2024. “Completing enrollment […]

December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

SoftOx receives chronic wound study report

Norwegian company SoftOx Solutions AS says it has received the final report and analysis of its phase 1 study evaluating the safety and tolerability of SoftOx Biofilm Eradicator (SBE-01). SBE-01 is SoftOx’s antimicrobial solution for the treatment of chronic wounds. The study is a first-in-human investigation of the safety, tolerability, and antimicrobial efficacy of single […]

December 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Actimed Therapeutics raises £10M for cancer cachexia treatment

Janssen looks for talquetamab marketing approval

Legend Biotech new drug application approved in China

Newron announces interim results from treatment-resistant schizophrenia trial

Sensorion announces first patient enrolled in cisplatin-induced ototoxicity trial

First CAR-T technology trial for patients with T-cell leukemia subtype authorized

Positive Dupixent eosinophilic esophagitis phase 3 results

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Verona Pharma drug meets COPD phase 3 trial endpoints

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