Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture are moving into Phase III for a combination treatment targeting the rise of artemisinin-resistant Malaria infection.
BioSpace spoke with Dr. Kiana Aran to discuss her life, her accomplishments and what it means to be a successful woman in science on a global scale.
Merck is eyeing another major label expansion for its flagship anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda following an interim analysis of KEYNOTE-859 trial.
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B (congenital Factor IX deficiency) who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, or have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.
Following a request from the FDA, GSK is withdrawing its multiple myeloma drug Blenrep from the U.S. market while continuing to push other combination trial programs.
The FDA granted argenx Priority Review status for the company’s BLA for SC efgartigimod for generalized myasthenia gravis.
In a volatile year, marked with challenges, BioSpace is taking a pause to reflect on the many “wins” in biopharma.
Some of the toughest challenges in treating disease are presented by “undruggable” proteins whose structures and roles in disease are known but are seemingly unable to be targeted by drugs that will bind to them. Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have now shown that the molecular motion of many "undruggable" proteins can in fact expose sites at which drugs could bind.
An unusual type of antibody that even at miniscule levels neutralizes the Zika virus and renders the virus infection undetectable in preclinical models has been identified by a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and National Institutes of Health (NIH) investigators.
The FDA has approved Provention’s BLA for intravenous antibody TZIELD to delay stage 3 type 1 diabetes, making it the first disease-modifying drug indicated to slow disease progression.
Iovance Biotherapeutics announced the FDA's Biologics License Application for lifileucel will likely be completed in Q1 of 2023, a short delay after the agency requested additional data.
Pfizer and BioNTech reported positive data Friday from their Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent booster. This followed a similar announcement by Moderna Monday.
Therapeutics to halt the progression of chronic kidney disease are in Phase III trials, and others will enter that stage soon. NDAs could follow as early as 2024 with regulatory determinations in 2025.
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GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) announced positive results from a Phase IIa study demonstrating that GSK3036656, a first-in-class investigational antitubercular agent, was well tolerated and showed early bactericidal activity with a low, once-daily oral dose after 14 days of treatment in participants with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis.
Astellas' Phase III SPOTLIGHT trial studying zolbetuximab in CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma returned positive results.
New research out of McMaster University found a recently abandoned Bayer compound halted the growth of an aggressive form of pediatric medulloblastoma in mouse models.
GSK has pulled out of its partnership focused on developing T-cell receptor therapeutics for solid tumors with Immatics, the German biotech revealed in its Q3 financial results published Thursday.