RegulationApprovals December 26, 2022 Japan’s MHLW approves MediWound’s burn treatment Nexobrid By PBR Staff Writer NexoBrid is indicated to remove eschar in paediatric and adult patients with deep-partial and full-thickness thermal burns without surgery. Japan is claimed to be the world’s first country
Oncology December 23, 2022 Genmab files NDA for large B-cell lymphoma treatment in Japan By vbandhakavi The treatment is intended for such patients who have previously received two or more lines of systemic therapy. The JNDA filing is backed by the multicentre, open-label Phase
Neurology December 22, 2022 Vistagen agrees to acquire Pherin Pharmaceuticals By vbandhakavi Under the deal, Vistagen will offer nearly 12.4 million shares of the company’s common stock as well as a nominal cash payment. Pherin works on discovering and developing
Oncology December 21, 2022 Kite signs agreement to acquire biotech company Tmunity Therapeutics By vbandhakavi Kite will purchase all outstanding shares of Tmunity other than those the company already owns. The acquisition complements the existing in-house cell therapy research capabilities of Kite with
Gastric Cancer December 20, 2022 Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s ENHERTU gets approval in EU By PBR Staff Writer ENHERTU is a particularly engineered HER2 directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC) being jointly developed and commercialised by the two firms. Around 136,000 cases of gastric cancer are diagnosed
Research & Development December 15, 2022 Innovent and LG Chem sign agreement for gout disease therapy Tigulixostat By vbandhakavi As per the strategic partnership and license agreement terms, Innovent will obtain an exclusive right for developing and commercialising the therapy in China. For the China rights, LG
RegulationApprovals December 14, 2022 Boehringer Ingelheim receives EC conditional marketing approval for spesolimab By PBR Staff Writer Spesolimab has been developed to block the interleukin-36 receptor (IL-36R) activation. IL-36R is a signalling pathway in the immune system that is involved in the pathogenesis of many
Research & Development December 13, 2022 Merck initiates cash tender offer to buy Imago BioSciences By PBR Staff Writer The latest move follows a definitive agreement signed by the companies on 21 November this year. Merck stated that the tender offer will expire on 10 January next
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development December 12, 2022 HitGen, Nitrase partner for library-based drug discovery By PBR Staff Writer Nitrase Therapeutics is deploying its NITROME platform for developing several therapies that target nitrases, a new enzymes class discovered by the company. The platform has created leads for
RegulationApprovals December 9, 2022 Health Canada approves VBI Vaccines’ PreHevbrio for Hepatitis B By PBR Staff Writer PreHevbrio has been approved for active immunisation against infection which is caused by all known subtypes of HBV in people aged 18 years and above. It is said