LabCorp’s Covance Drug Development segment is set to acquire Envigo’s non-clinical research services business, while Envigo’s Research Models Services business will purchase the Covance Research Products business.
Atomwise, a biotech company using artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery, and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a not-for-profit research and development organization working to deliver new treatments for neglected diseases, announced that promising drug-like compounds have been discovered in a program to develop first-in-class treatments for Chagas disease.
Gilead Sciences has entered into a partnership with insitro for the discovery and development of novel therapies for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a chronic form of liver disease.
San Diego-based Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Inc., officially announced a joint research and development agreement with South Korea’s SCM Lifescience Co., Ltd., for the development of diabetes therapies using pancreatic beta cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
Catalent has agreed to acquire contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), Paragon Bioservices, in a deal valued at around $1.2bn.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY, along with its subsidiaries together referred to as “Dr. Reddy’s”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of 42 approved, non-marketed Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) in the U.S.
Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio) has secured an investment of $235m to accelerate its business of developing and manufacturing Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) gene therapies for rare and generally untreatable genetic disorders.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced a collaboration to discover, develop and commercialize new RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics for a broad range of diseases by addressing disease targets expressed in the eye and central nervous system (CNS), in addition to a select number of targets expressed in the liver.
Celltrion has entered into a partnership with iProgen Biotech, a pre-clinical stage Canadian biotechnology company, for the development of a series of antibody-drug conjugates against HER21 and CD20 and other validated antibody targets.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi have agreed to conclude the research and option phase of the companies’ 2014 RNAi therapeutics alliance in rare genetic diseases.
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