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AZ forges ever-closer ties with China's CSPC Pharma
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (501+ words) Astra Zeneca has returned to China's CSPC Pharma to fill its R&D pipeline, reaching a new agreement to develop drugs for kidney diseases. Hong Kong-listed CSPC revealed the latest deal with AZ in a stock exchange filing (PDF), noting…...
Roche's KRAS drug tops its rivals in lung cancer trial
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (576+ words) Roche's chief medical officer, Levi Garraway. Roche has thrown down the gauntlet to Amgen and Bristol Myers Squibb with new phase 3 data for its experimental KRAS G12 C inhibitor, divarasib, which it says shows improved efficacy over their already approved therapies....
Colorado's pathfinder medicine price-cap move stalls
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (585+ words) A federal judge in the US has sided with Amgen in a dispute over a price cap imposed by the state of Colorado on its blockbuster immunology drug Enbrel. In a move viewed as a test of states' ability to…...
Ipsen's M&A team strikes again, adding Memo in $700m deal
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (602+ words) In its second acquisition of the week, Ipsen will take control of Memo Therapeutics and a first-in-class drug for BK polyomavirus, which can cause serious complications in some transplant patients. The French pharma group will pay "200 million ($228 million) to shareholders…...
Separating scientific risk assessment & consumer perception
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (638+ words) In reality, risk assessment is a structured scientific process that considers multiple factors together: how a substance behaves in a formulation, how it is used, how often exposure occurs, and how the body responds. Two compounds with similar hazard profiles…...
Transitioning from CRM to intelligent engagement
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1353+ words) Life sciences organisations are investing heavily in modern engagement platforms, but the results fall short." The issue usually isn't the technology itself. It's how organisations adjust their operating models, data, and day-to-day ways of working around it. After years of…...
FDA clears Orca's cell therapy Tregzi for Gv HD
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (576+ words) Orca Bio has become a commercial-stage company with the FDA approval of Tregzi, a cell-based immunotherapy designed to prevent graft-versus-host disease (Gv HD) in people who need a bone marrow transplant. The regulatory T cell (Treg) therapy, formerly known as…...
Anthropic launches Claude Science for pharma researchers
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (611+ words) As the US relaxes an export ban on Anthropic's advanced AI tools, the company formally launched Claude Science, an AI 'workbench' for researchers involved in drug discovery. Claude Science is the first product specifically designed by Anthropic for use by…...
Company Profile: Acumetis
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1076+ words) Life sciences companies are operating in a more complex commercial environment than ever before. Scientific innovation is moving quickly, regulatory expectations are rising, healthcare systems are under pressure, and companies must prove the value of their products earlier, more clearly…...
Brukinsa data raises chemo-free hope for mantle cell lymphoma
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (513+ words) Intermediate magnification micrograph of mantle cell lymphoma of the terminal ileum. Patients with newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) could avoid chemotherapy with a regimen based on Be One Medicines' Brukinsa and rituximab. That is the conclusion of the MANGROVE trial,…...