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Cancer treatment
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Blueprint Medicines strikes $1.7bn worth deal with Roche for pralsetinib
Swiss pharma giant Roche and US precision therapy company Blueprint Medicines have entered into a worldwide licensing and…
July 15, 2020
Ascentage, Acerta to evaluate APG-2575, CALQUENCE combo in r/r CLL/SLL
Ascentage Pharma has entered into a clinical collaboration with Acerta Pharma, the hematology research and development center of…
June 22, 2020
Pinpoint Therapeutics secures funds for developing autophagy inhibitors for cancer
Pinpoint Therapeutics, a US biopharma company focused on developing autophagy inhibitors for cancer treatment, has secured $1 million…
February 13, 2020
MicroMedicine to introduce new white blood cell isolation technology at SITC annual conference
MicroMedicine, a US life sciences technology company, will launch Sorterra Cell Isolation System, a white blood cell isolation…
November 6, 2019
Amgen to take 20.5% stake in Chinese biotech company BeiGene for $2.7bn
US biopharma company Amgen has signed an all-cash deal to acquire a 20.5% stake in Chinese biotech company…
November 5, 2019
Eli Lilly completes $8bn acquisition of Loxo Oncology to expand oncology portfolio
Eli Lilly and Company, the US-based pharmaceutical giant, has finalised its $8 billion acquisition of Connecticut-based biopharmaceutical firm…
March 9, 2019
Bexion Pharmaceuticals advances BXQ-350 cancer drug trial with phase 1 part 3 launch
Bexion Pharmaceuticals has launched part 3 of its phase 1 clinical trial for BXQ-350, an investigational cancer treatment…
February 24, 2019
EC approves ADCETRIS for treating CD30+ Stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma
The European Commission (EC) has officially expanded the approval of Takeda Pharmaceutical’s ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) to include the…
February 11, 2019
GSK completes $5.1bn acquisition of Tesaro to boost oncology pipeline
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the British pharmaceutical powerhouse, has successfully concluded its $5.1 billion acquisition of Tesaro, a leading oncology-focused…
February 10, 2019
Pfizer’s Vizimpro receives EMA approval recommendation for NSCLC treatment
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has given a significant boost…
February 3, 2019