Tag Archives: autoimmune disease

Novartis Phase III Trials Show Ianalumab Significantly Improves Outcomes in Sjögren’s Disease

(IN BRIEF) Novartis has reported landmark Phase III results showing that ianalumab significantly reduced disease activity in patients with Sjögren’s disease, meeting primary endpoints in both the NEPTUNUS-1 and NEPTUNUS-2 trials. The treatment, which combines B-cell depletion and BAFF-R inhibition, … Read the full press release

Innovative Partnership: AstraZeneca and Quell Therapeutics Targeting Autoimmune Diseases with Engineered Treg Cell Therapies

(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca and Quell Therapeutics have announced a collaboration to develop innovative treatments for Type 1 Diabetes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Quell’s T-regulatory cell engineering technology will be used to create potential curative therapies. AstraZeneca has the option to … Read the full press release

AstraZeneca’s global biologics research and development arm MedImmune completed its acquisition of US-based Amplimmune for $225M plus $275M based on predetermined milestones

London, United Kingdom, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca today announced that on 4 October MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, completed its acquisition of Amplimmune, a privately-held, US-based biologics company focused on developing novel therapeutics in cancer immunology. As previously announced, … Read the full press release

LMU Dr. Klaus Dornmair and Prof. Jörg Prinz report for novel technique to fight tumors and to treat autoimmune diseases

16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Immunologists at LMU have come up with a new technique that can be used both to fight tumors and to treat autoimmune diseases. A new grant from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research will enable the … Read the full press release