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Clinigen collaborates with Servier to expand access to specialised oncology and haematology medicines in South Africa

17 March 2025 -- London, UK -- Clinigen, the global speciality pharmaceutical services group, today announced that Equity Pharmaceuticals, part of the Clinigen Group, has entered into a new collaboration...

Category: Drug Delivery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 17, 2025

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Advarra Unveils Oncology Research Pulse

Content-driven program brings together clinical trial stakeholders to foster knowledge sharing and collaboration in cancer research 12 March 2025 -- Maryland, US -- Advarra, the market leader in regulatory review...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 12, 2025

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HUTCHMED Announces that it has Completed Enrollment of a Phase II Registration Study of Fanregratinib (HMPL-453) for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in China

6 March 2025 -- Hong Kong, Shanghai and New Jersey, US -- HUTCHMED (China) Limitedtoday announces that it has completed enrollment of its a Phase II trial of fanregratinib (HMPL-453)...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: March 6, 2025

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Ellipses In-Licences First in Class Novel Immuno-Oncology Agent with Potential as a Next Generation Checkpoint Inhibitor

11 February 2025 -- London, UK -- Ellipses Pharma Limited, a global drug development company focused on accelerating the development of cancer treatments through an innovative drug development model, announced...

Category: BioManufacturing, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 11, 2025

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Novel Findings Using the Parsortix System Demonstrating Role of CTC:B Cell Clusters in Driving Cancer Progression

Findings may enable the development of novel drugs to target B cell and CTC cluster interactions to suppress cancer metastasis This pivotal work is likely to stimulate further interest in...

Category: Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 6, 2025

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BioMed X Institute and Merck Successfully Complete Extrachromosomal DNA in Cancer Research Project

The research of BioMed X team EDC - Extrachromosomal DNA in Cancer - has uncovered critical insights into the mechanisms driving extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) formation and maintenance, offering potential avenues for...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: February 6, 2025

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Orion and Invenra announce discovery service and commercial license agreement to develop innovative bispecific antibody cancer therapeutics

30 January 2025 -- Espoo, Finland -- Orion Corporation and Invenra Inc, an innovative biotechnology company with proprietary technologies for discovering novel therapeutics, today announced that they have entered into...

Category: Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 30, 2025

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Owkin Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase I AI-optimized Clinical Trial of OKN4395, a First-in-Class EP2/EP4/DP1 Triple Inhibitor for Patients with Solid Tumors

OKN4395 is the first Owkin development program to leverage K1.0, Owkin’s AI-powered Operating System, from asset selection to clinical development optimization This asset is a highly selective triple inhibitor of...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 30, 2025

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NEW RESULTS FOR dual analysis of CTC-DNA and ctDNA using Illumina assay and sequencing platform

Findings in lung cancer show that CTCs can provide additional biomarkers not found in ctDNA from single blood sample ANGLE invited to present data at EACR-Illumina webinar on 6 February...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 29, 2025

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Pfizer’s BRAFTOVI Combination Regimen Demonstrates Improved Response in Patients with BRAF V600E-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Clinically meaningful and statistically significant results from the Phase 3 BREAKWATER trial show objective response rate of 61% with Pfizer’s BRAFTOVI combination regimen compared to 40% with investigator’s choice of...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 25, 2025

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Clinical Trial Powered by Parsortix System Provides First-in-Class Data for Novel Approach to Cancer Treatment

Parsortix system used to identify patients with highly metastatic CTC clusters for targeted treatment New treatment strategy provides ‘uncharted opportunity’ to target metastasis responsible for the vast majority of cancer...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 24, 2025

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HUTCHMED Announces NMPA Full Approval for ORPATHYS® (savolitinib) in China for Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic MET Exon 14 NSCLC

Indication expands to include treatment-naïve patients The 2021 conditional approval in previously treated patients converted to full approval. 14 January 2025 -- Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New Jersey, US --...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 14, 2025

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BioMed X Institute Launches New Collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo in Cancer Therapy

German research institute BioMed X started a new partnership with Daiichi Sankyo, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, to advance the development of bi- and multi-specific biologics for treating solid tumors 14 January...

Category: Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 14, 2025

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Sarclisa obtains first approval in China for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

Approval based on positive pivotal ICARIA-MM phase 3 study using the China-based IsaFiRsT real-world study as bridging data, which demonstrated Sarclisa and the standard treatment Pd, improved responses and long-term...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 13, 2025

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New Sarclisa subcutaneous formulation met co-primary endpoints in the IRAKLIA phase 3 study in multiple myeloma

Sarclisa SC formulation added to Pd for the treatment of R/R MM met the co-primary endpoints in the IRAKLIA phase 3 study, demonstrating non-inferiority compared to Sarclisa IV IRAKLIA is...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Other, Pharmaceutical
Posted: January 9, 2025

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