Gilead to acquire stake in cancer immunotherapy company Pionyr Immunotherapeutics

pharmanewsdaily- June 25, 2020

Gilead Sciences has agreed to acquire a stake of 49.9% in California-based cancer immunotherapy company Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, for $275 million. The pharma major has also ... Read More

Imperial College begins human trial of coronavirus vaccine candidate COVAC1

pharmanewsdaily- June 24, 2020

Imperial College London said that it has dosed the first healthy volunteer with its COVAC1 coronavirus vaccine candidate, which has been developed using the new ... Read More

Reneo Pharmaceuticals gets FDA ODD for REN001 in primary mitochondrial myopathies

pharmanewsdaily- June 23, 2020

Reneo Pharmaceuticals has been granted the orphan drug designation (ODD) for its lead drug candidate REN001 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ... Read More

ABM Therapeutics begins phase 1 trial of BRAF inhibitor ABM-1310

pharmanewsdaily- June 23, 2020

ABM Therapeutics said that the first cancer patient has been enrolled and dosed with its lead candidate ABM-1310, a BRAF inhibitor, in a phase 1 ... Read More

Pfizer begins phase 3 clinical trials of 20vPnC, RSVpreF, and MenABCWY vaccine candidates

pharmanewsdaily- June 22, 2020

US pharma giant Pfizer has initiated four phase 3 clinical trials within its present pipeline of investigational vaccines. The company's 20vPnC, which is a 20-valent ... Read More

Ascentage, Acerta to evaluate APG-2575, CALQUENCE combo in r/r CLL/SLL

pharmanewsdaily- June 22, 2020

Ascentage Pharma has entered into a clinical collaboration with Acerta Pharma, the hematology research and development center of excellence of AstraZeneca to assess the combination ... Read More

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals launches FabiFlu for COVID-19 treatment in India

pharmanewsdaily- June 21, 2020

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from India to launch Japan-based Fujifilm's antiviral drug favipiravir under the brand name FabiFlu for the treatment of COVID-19 in ... Read More

Roche gets FDA nod for cobas EZH2 Mutation Test as companion diagnostic for follicular lymphoma patients

pharmanewsdaily- June 20, 2020

Roche has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its cobas EZH2 Mutation Test as a companion diagnostic for TAZVERIK (tazemetostat), ... Read More

Piramal Pharma acquires solid oral dosage drug product facility in Sellersville

pharmanewsdaily- June 20, 2020

Piramal Pharma Solutions has agreed to acquire the solid oral dosage drug product manufacturing facility of G&W Laboratories in Sellersville, Pennsylvania for an undisclosed price. ... Read More

Merck completes acquisition of Austrian vaccine developer Themis Bioscience

pharmanewsdaily- June 19, 2020

Pharma giant Merck has wrapped up its previously announced acquisition of Austrian vaccine developer Themis Bioscience. The Austrian company is focused on developing vaccines and ... Read More