Ferring, Blackstone invest $570m in nadofaragene firadenovec gene therapy

Ferring, Blackstone invest $570m in nadofaragene firadenovec gene therapy

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss specialty biopharmaceutical group, has teamed up with private investment platform Blackstone Life Sciences to jointly invest more than $570 million in nadofaragene firadenovec (rAd-IFN/Syn3), an investigational gene therapy. Currently, nadofaragene firadenovec is in late-stage development for the treatment of patients with high-grade, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) unresponsive, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). […]

Blackstone Life Sciences and Novartis launch Anthos Therapeutics to target high-risk cardiovascular diseases

Blackstone Life Sciences and Novartis launch Anthos Therapeutics to target high-risk cardiovascular diseases

In a strategic partnership aimed at advancing cardiovascular treatments, Blackstone Life Sciences has teamed up with Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis to create Anthos Therapeutics, a new biopharma company focused on developing innovative therapies for high-risk cardiovascular patients. With an initial capital infusion of $250 million, Blackstone Life Sciences will oversee the development and operational control […]