Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BIOVECTRA, a leading specialized contract development and manufacturing organization, for $925 million.Based in Canada, BIOVECTRA produces biologics, highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients, and other molecules for targeted therapeutics.
Sobi® announced the publication of full results from the Phase 3 XTEND-Kids study in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) confirming the safety and efficacy profile of ALTUVOCT® (efanesoctocog alfa), in children younger than 12 years old with severe haemophilia A.
Loci Orthopaedics Ltd, an orthopaedic medical device company, announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed €12.8 million Series A financing. The financing round was led by new investors Seroba, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JJDC, Inc., (JJDC) and the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund.
YARAL Pharma Inc. the U.S. generics subsidiary of IBSA (Institut Biochimique SA), a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, announced that they are now the exclusive supplier of the authorized generic levothyroxine sodium capsules in the United States. Levothyroxine Sodium Capsules are used to treat hypothyroidism.
DiscGenics, Inc., a privately held, late-stage clinical, biopharmaceutical company developing allogeneic, cell-based, regenerative therapies for musculoskeletal degeneration, announced publication of results in the International Journal of Spine Surgery from the combined Phase I/Phase II, first-in-human clinical study of an allogeneic disc progenitor cell therapy (IDCT or rebonuputemcel) for painful lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced the reintroduction of Susvimo® (ranibizumab injection) 100 mg/mL for intravitreal use via ocular implant for the treatment of people in the United States (U.S.) with wet, or neovascular, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), following the end of a voluntary recall.
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Vabysmo® (faricimab-svoa) 6.0 mg single-dose prefilled syringe (PFS) for use in the treatment of wet, or neovascular, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular edema (DME) and macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO).
Boehringer Ingelheim and OSE Immunotherapeutics SA (OSE), a clinical stage biotech company announced that Boehringer will be progressing their first-in-class SIRPα immuno-oncology program into the next phase in clinical development. As part of the program, Boehringer will move forward with an improved next generation SIRPα inhibitor antibody, which will now be tested in a Phase 1b study.
Bruker Corporation is pleased to announce the successful installation of a 1.2 GHz NMR spectrometer at the Leibniz Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) in Berlin, accepted in the second quarter of 2024. This ultra-high field NMR system positions FMP among leading institutions worldwide with access to 1.2 GHz NMR, enabling breakthrough biomolecular research.
Radionetics Oncology, a biotechnology company discovering and developing novel small molecule G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) targeted radiopharmaceuticals to treat a broad range of solid tumors, announced the formation of a strategic relationship with Eli Lilly and Company to take forward Radionetics’ proprietary GPCR targeting small molecule radiopharmaceuticals.