Tag: Autoimmune diseases
AstraZeneca to acquire Gracell Biotechnologies for $1.2bn to expand cell therapy capabilities
AstraZeneca has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. (Gracell, NASDAQ: GRCL) for an upfront cash payment of $1.0 billion, representing a 62% ... Read More
Immutep taps Charles River for IMP761 LAG-3 antibody preclinical study
Immutep Limited, an Australian biotech company specializing in LAG-3 immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has partnered with Charles River Laboratories to conduct a GLP ... Read More
Gilead Sciences partners with EVOQ Therapeutics on immunotherapies
American biopharma major Gilead Sciences and immunotherapy company EVOQ Therapeutics have entered into a partnership to develop and market immunotherapy products. Under the collaboration and ... Read More
Amgen to acquire American biopharma company ChemoCentryx for $3.7bn
Amgen has agreed to acquire ChemoCentryx, a biopharma company engaged in developing medications for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancer, in an all-cash deal worth ... Read More
French biotech company Step Pharma raises €35m in a Series B round
Step Pharma has raised €35 million in a Series B financing round for advancing STP938, its lead CTPS1 inhibitor into clinical development for the treatment ... Read More
Pandion bags $795m deal with Astellas for pancreas-targeted immunomodulators
Pandion Therapeutics has bagged a $795 million worth license and collaboration deal with Japanese pharma company Astellas Pharma for the research, development, and commercialization of ... Read More
Alexion to acquire Boston-based Syntimmune in $1.2bn deal
Alexion acquisition of Syntimmune : US pharma company Alexion Pharmaceuticals has signed a deal of around $1.2 billion to acquire Syntimmune, a Boston-based clinical-stage biotech ... Read More
Researchers find ACE inhibitors can stop memory loss in lupus patients
Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York claim that ACE inhibitors - a class of drugs that are widely used in ... Read More