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DRUG DISCOVERY 2024: CONNECTING MINDS, TRANSFORMING SCIENCE, EMPOWERING COMMUNITY

We are proud to be media partners of ELRIG's Drug Discovery 2024! Europe’s largest conference for the drug discovery community returns to London, with scientific tracks covering not only therapeutic...

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: August 29, 2024

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European Commission Approves Astellas’ PADCEVTM (enfortumab vedotin) in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Urothelial Cancer

First regimen approved in advanced urothelial cancer to demonstrate superiority to platinum-containing chemotherapy, the standard of care for nearly 40 years European Marketing Authorization based on positive overall survival and...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: August 28, 2024

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European Commission approves RYBREVANT®▼ (amivantamab) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer after failure of prior therapy

Patients with EGFR ex19del or EGFR L858R mutations, the most common EGFR mutations in NSCLC, have until now faced a poor prognosis and limited treatment options after disease progression on...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: August 27, 2024

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European Commission approves BALVERSA®▼ (erdafitinib) for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma

First pan FGFR kinase inhibitor to be approved in the European Economic Area, for adults with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma and susceptible FGFR3 alterations Approval based on THOR results,...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: August 23, 2024

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Cumulus Oncology and leadXpro Achieve Critical Milestone in GPR68 Drug Discovery Project  

Small Molecules Identified for Therapeutic Intervention in Oncology and Inflammation Edinburgh, Scotland, and Villigen, Switzerland, 20 August 2024 – Cumulus Oncology, Europe’s first oncology-focused biotech creation company, announces that, in...

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: August 22, 2024

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CHMP recommends RYBREVANT®▼ (amivantamab) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failure of prior therapy

Patients with EGFR ex19del or EGFR L858R mutations, the most common EGFR mutations in NSCLC, currently face a poor prognosis and limited treatment options after disease progression on osimertinib1,2,3,4 ​...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 26, 2024

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Deuterium Depletion Is the Key to Getting a Breakthrough in Cancer Therapy

Two review papers consolidate 30 years of research BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 25, 2024 / Biotech Newswire / -- HYD LLC for Cancer Research and Drug Development (HYD or the Company)...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 25, 2024

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ViroCell Biologics signs Master Services Agreement with prominent NCI-designated cancer centre

MSA enables collaboration on full suite of ViroCell’s viral vector manufacturing services to accelerate the cancer centre’s clinical development of novel gene-modified cell therapies Agreement follows ViroCell’s successful GMP manufacture...

Category: Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 22, 2024

Evotec and Pfizer collaborate to advance drug discovery in France

Multi-year collaboration will initially focus on early discovery research for metabolic and infectious diseases 11 July 2024, Hamburg, Germany – Evotec SE (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, MDAX/TecDAX, ISIN: DE0005664809; NASDAQ:...

Category: Drug Discovery
Posted: July 11, 2024

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Pan Cancer T secures €4.25m in Seed Extension Round to advance next-generation T cell therapies

July 11 2024, Rotterdam, the Netherlands – Pan Cancer T B.V., a pioneering biotech start-up developing next-generation T cell therapies for solid cancer treatment, has successfully closed a €4.25m Seed...

Category: Drug Delivery
Posted: July 11, 2024

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Concr launches trial using digital twins for outcome prediction in breast cancer

10 July 2024, London United Kingdom – Concr announces that first patients have been recruited to the VISION trial, an observational clinical study evaluating Concr’s therapeutic response predictive algorithm defining...

Category: Biotechnology
Posted: July 10, 2024

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Epsilogen announces CTA approval for phase 1b trial of MOv18 IgE in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

Phase 1b study expected to initiate in H2 2024 Previously reported phase 1 results showed MOv18 IgE to be safe and well-tolerated, with evidence of anti-tumour activity. 8 July 2024...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 8, 2024

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Stockholm 3 commercially available in the US

A3P Biomedical AB, a leading Swedish diagnostics company specializing in advanced prostate cancer diagnostics, and BioAgilytix, a global bioanalytical services provider, are excited to announce that Stockholm3 for early detection...

Category: Biotechnology
Posted: July 3, 2024

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Mission Therapeutics awarded $5.2m from The Michael J Fox Foundation and Parkinson’s UK to advance potential disease-modifying treatment MTX325

Investment will support investigation of Mission’s small molecule drug MTX325 in patients with early-stage Parkinson’s disease Marks latest step in Mission’s relationship with The Michael J Fox Foundation (MJFF), after...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: July 2, 2024

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RYBREVANT (amivantamab) in combination with chemotherapy is the first therapy approved by the European Commission for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with activating EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations

Approval is supported by the phase 3 PAPILLON study, which showed amivantamab plus chemotherapy significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 60% compared to chemotherapy alone 28...

Category: Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: June 28, 2024

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