The University of Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital have secured C$68,000 ($48,694) from Brain Cancer Canada for a research initiative spearhead by Dr Patrick Sipila and Dr Aru Narendran, aimed at improving outcomes for children with aggressive brain cancers.
AbbVie and ADARx Pharmaceuticals have announced a partnership and licence option deal for developing small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) therapeutics targeting various disease areas such as immunology, oncology, and neuroscience.
Regenxbio has announced the acceptance of its biologics license application (BLA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its gene therapy clemidsogene lanparvovec (RGX-121) for review to potentially treat Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II), also referred as Hunter syndrome.
InnoCare’s B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL2) inhibitor, Mesutoclax (ICP-248), has secured breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) from the China National Medical Products Administration’s (NMPA) Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE).
Sirius Therapeutics has secured around $50m in a Series B2 funding round for the clinical development of small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics targeting cardiometabolic disorders.
US-based firm MIRA Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from its board of directors to acquire SKNY Pharmaceuticals, a company engaged in the development of SKNY-1 oral drug candidate for weight loss and smoking cessation.
German life science company Evotec has been awarded a $2.5m grant from The Gates Foundation (GF) to enhance the development of tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimens.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to Alterity Therapeutics' oral agent ATH434 for treating multiple system atrophy (MSA).
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Moleculin Biotech two additional patents with claims covering the company’s drug candidate Annamycin.
PCI Pharma Services (PCI) has concluded the acquisition of Ajinomoto Althea, a sterile fill-finish contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) based in the US.
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