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Pharma & Biotech Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Roche to present new two-year data for its Vabysmo and Susvimo at Angiogenesis, Exudation and Degeneration 2022 on 12 February

In the YOSEMITE and RHINE studies in diabetic macular edema, at least 60% of eligible Vabysmo patients could extend treatment to every four months at two years, compared to 50% at year one Almost 80% of eligible Vabysmo patients could extend treatment to every … Read the full press release

QIAGEN gibt neue Meilensteine für seinen Tuberkulose-Test QuantiFERON bekannt

HILDEN, Deutschland, GERMANTOWN, Maryland (USA), und SHANGHAI, China, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN NV (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA), ein deutscher Anbieter von Sample-to-Insights-Lösungen, die es Kunden ermöglichen, Einblicke in die Bausteine des Lebens – DNA, RNA und Proteine … Read the full press release

QIAGEN annonce de nouvelles étapes pour son test de tuberculose QuantiFERON

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) HILDEN, Germany / GERMANTOWN, MD, United Staes / SHANGHAI, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN NV (NYSE : QGEN ; Frankfurt Prime Standard : QIA), une société allemande fournisseur de solutions Sample to Insights qui permettent aux clients de débloquer des informations sur … Read the full press release

QIAGEN announces new milestones for its QuantiFERON tuberculosis test

(PRESS RELEASE) HILDEN, Germany / GERMANTOWN, MD, United Staes / SHANGHAI, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA), a German provider of Sample to Insights solutions that enable customers to unlock insights from the building … Read the full press release

Smart exosomes from an Australian technology leader

(PRESS RELEASE) MELBOURNE, Australia, 3-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Australian technologist Dr Ian Dixon founded Exopharm in 2013 with the vision to harness the unique properties of exosomes as a new class of medicine. Dixon’s decisive early entry into exosome therapeutics … Read the full press release

Almirall arbeitet mit Ablexis und AlivaMab Discovery Services zusammen, um seine Entwicklungsbemühungen für innovative Behandlungsoptionen für Patienten mit schweren Hauterkrankungen zu beschleunigen

Durch diese Lizenzvereinbarung mit Ablexis erhält Almirall Rechte zur Nutzung der AlivaMab®-Maustechnologie für die Forschung, Entwicklung und Vermarktung von Antikörpern AlivaMab Mouse bietet hochmoderne transgene Mausplattformen, die humane therapeutische Antikörper mit hoher Vielfalt liefern Almirall wird mit AlivaMab Discovery Services … Read the full press release

Almirall partners with Ablexis and AlivaMab Discovery Services to accelerate its development efforts for innovative treatment options for patients suffering from severe skin diseases

Through this license agreement with Ablexis, Almirall is granted rights to use the AlivaMab® Mouse technology for research, development, and commercialisation of antibodies AlivaMab Mouse offers state-of-the-art transgenic mouse platforms delivering highdiversity human therapeutic antibodies Almirall will partner with AlivaMab … Read the full press release

Merck atteint le cap du 1,5 milliardième don de praziquantel en partenariat avec l’Organisation mondiale de la santé pour le traitement de la schistosomiase, maladie tropicale négligée, en Afrique subsaharienne

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) DARMSTADT, 24-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck (ETR : MRK), une multinationale allemande leader dans le domaine scientifique et société technologique spécialisée dans les soins de santé, les sciences de la vie et l’électronique, a annoncé que la société … Read the full press release

Merck hits the 1.5 billionth mark of praziquantel donation in partnership with the World Health Organization for the treatment of neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa

(PRESS RELEASE) DARMSTADT, 24-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck (ETR: MRK), a German multinational leading science and technology company in healthcare, life science, electronics, has announced the company hit a milestone mark in its donation of praziquantel for the treatment of … Read the full press release

Zweite Phase-3-Studie für Dupixent/Dupilumab: Das Medikament kann Juckreiz und Hautläsionen bei Patienten mit unkontrollierter Prurigo nodularis deutlich reduzieren

Dupixent ist das erste und einzige Medikament mit positiven Phase-3-Ergebnissen bei Prurigo nodularis, was den potenziellen Nutzen einer gezielten Behandlung von IL-4 und IL-13, zentralen Treibern von Typ-2-Entzündungen, zur Behandlung von Juckreiz und Hautläsionen bestätigt Die Daten bestätigen die Ergebnisse … Read the full press release

Tony Wood tritt die Nachfolge von Dr. Hal Barron als Chief Scientific Officer bei GlaxoSmithKline R&D an

Tony Wood übernimmt im August 2022 die volle Verantwortung für die F&E von GSK Hal Barron wechselt im August 2022 vom CSO zu einem GSK Non-Executive Director mit zusätzlichen Verantwortlichkeiten zur Unterstützung von Forschung und Entwicklung (PRESSEMITTEILUNG) LONDON, 19-Jan-2022 — … Read the full press release

Second Phase 3 trial for Dupixent/Dupilumab: the medicine can significantly reduce itch and skin lesions in patients with uncontrolled prurigo nodularis

Dupixent is the first and only medicine to demonstrate positive Phase 3 results in prurigo nodularis, confirming the potential benefit of targeting IL-4 and IL-13, central drivers of type 2 inflammation, to address itch and skin lesions Data confirm results … Read the full press release

Tony Wood to succeed Dr Hal Barron as Chief Scientific Officer at GlaxoSmithKline R&D

Tony Wood to assume full accountability for GSK R&D in August 2022 Hal Barron to transition in August 2022 from CSO to a GSK Non-Executive Director with additional responsibilities to support R&D (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 19-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline … Read the full press release

WACKER Group and biotech startup Biosyntia partner over the development of a large-scale production process for fermentation-based biotin, also known as vitamin B7

Joint press release by WACKER and Biosyntia (PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH/ COPENHAGEN, 11-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — WACKER Group (ETR: WCH), a German multinational chemical company, has announced it will partner with Biosyntia, a biotech startup within synthetic biology and metabolic engineering … Read the full press release

Bayer to use Mammoth’s CRISPR systems for the development of vivo gene-editing therapies

Agreement strengthens Bayer’s new cell and gene therapy platform further / Supports Mammoth’s vision of unlocking the full potential of novel CRISPR systems / Mammoth to receive upfront payment of USD 40 million, and potential future milestone payments of more … Read the full press release

Novartis, Molecular Partners: Ensovibep has the potential to be an important new treatment option in the combat of rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Topline results from the randomized EMPATHY Part A study in acute COVID-19 ambulatory patients comparing single intravenous doses of ensovibep, a DARPin antiviral therapeutic candidate vs. placebo, met the primary endpoint of viral load reduction over eight days The secondary … Read the full press release

QIAGEN announces two new collaborations for its dPCR platform QIAcuity: Atila BioSystems and Actome

Expanding range of applications for growing base of QIAcuity digital PCR instruments Two new collaborations: Atila BioSystems expands menu to non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), while Actome partnership designed to enable for the first time protein analysis using digital PCR technology … Read the full press release

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: Alexion granted an exclusive worldwide licence to develop, manufacture and commercialise NI006 as part of an agreement with Neurimmune AG

Investigational human monoclonal antibody in Phase Ib development for the treatment of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, a systemic, progressive and fatal condition (PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 7-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca (LON: AZN), a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has announced … Read the full press release

AstraZeneca completes the transfer of Eklira/Tudorza and Duaklir global rights to Covis Pharma Group for $270 million

(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 5-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca (LON: AZN), a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has announced the completion of the transfer of its global rights to Eklira (aclidinium bromide), popular as Tudorza in the US, and Duaklir … Read the full press release

Patients and R&D Leaders Jointly Present at EU Conference on Progress with Patient-Input to Transform Medicine Development

(PRESS RELEASE) New York, NY, United States, 5-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The Conference Forum announced the launch of the 6th annual EU Patients as Partners in Medicines Development conference to take place virtually on January 24-25th, 2022 GMT time. ​​This … Read the full press release