Drug DeliveryInfectious Disease August 25, 2022 Bavarian Nordic and PAHO sign agreement for monkeypox vaccines By PBR Staff Writer Under the terms of the deal, the company will facilitate access to its monkeypox vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the countries that participate
RegulationApprovals August 24, 2022 Merck’s end-stage renal disease therapy secures FDA fast track designation By PBR Staff Writer The monoclonal antibody is being investigated to reduce the risk of major thrombotic cardiovascular events in ESRD patients MK-2060 is a new Factor XI inhibitor and has been designed to
RegulationApprovals August 23, 2022 Indonesia approves Takeda’s dengue vaccine Qdenga By PBR Staff Writer The vaccine has been approved for preventing dengue disease in people aged six years to 45 years. Qdenga has been developed based on a live-attenuated dengue serotype 2
Neurology August 22, 2022 FDA approves Axsome Therapeutics’ oral antidepressant Auvelity By vbandhakavi Auvelity is claimed to be the first and only oral N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist with multimodal activity that has been approved to treat MDD. It is said
RegulationApprovals August 19, 2022 Oncopeptides receives EU marketing authorisation for RRMM therapy By PBR Staff Writer The regulator has approved Pepaxti in combination with dexamethasone to treat adult multiple myeloma patients who have received at least three lines of therapies previously, whose disease is
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development August 18, 2022 Bristol Myers Squibb acquires Turning Point for $4.1bn By PBR Staff Writer The latest move follows a definitive merger agreement signed by the companies for the transaction in June. As announced previously, Bristol Myers Squibb purchased all outstanding shares of
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development August 17, 2022 Senda raises funds to advance programmable medicines platform development By PBR Staff Writer Flagship Pioneering took part in the financing round, which has also seen participation from new investors, including Bluwave Capital, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Stage 1 Ventures, and Samsung
RegulationApprovals August 16, 2022 Inhibrx gets EC orphan drug designation for chondrosarcoma therapy By PBR Staff Writer The latest move follows a positive opinion issued by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). A precision-engineered, tetravalent death receptor 5 (DR5) agonist antibody, INBRX-109 has been designed for
RegulationApprovals August 15, 2022 China’s NMPA approves InnoCare’s orelabrutinib to treat Marginal Zone Lymphoma By PBR Staff Writer Orally available bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, orelabrutinib irreversibly binds to BTK for inducing downstream kinase inactivation and cell death. It has been designed with a single ring
RegulationApprovals August 12, 2022 FDA approves Genentech’s sNDA for influenza therapy in children By PBR Staff Writer Xofluza is indicated to treat acute uncomplicated influenza in healthy children aged five to less than 12 years with symptoms for not over 48 hours. The regulatory approval