Following a private placement worth CHF3m in February, Swiss allosteric modulator specialist Addex Therapeutics has increased its capital to finance clinical studies of dipraglurant in Parkinsons and ADX71441.
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Gyros Protein Technologies has appointed Mark Vossenaar as Vice President, European Sales.
Eppendorf extends its range of accessories and consumables for the epMotion® 5070, 5053 and 5075 automated Liquid Handling systems to facilitate pipetting of small volumes from 10 µL down to 200 nL.
London-based orphan drug developer AMO Pharmas drug AMO-02 has been granted FDA fast track status as treatment for congenital myotonic dystrophy, a sub-indication muscular dystrophy.
French drug delivery specialist Biocorp S.A. (Issoire) has signed an industrialisation contract with Virbac, one of the top-ten vet-med makers.
Paris-based biopharma GenSight Biologics SA named Mohamed Genead as Chief Medical Officer in early May. Most recently, Genead was Vice President & Global Therapeutic Area Head for Ophthalmology/Retina Gene Therapy at Biogen.
Janssen speeds up US approval of psoriasis antibody guselkumab and targets further indications.
British Abzena plc has announced that True North Therapeutics (TNT) will be taken over by Bioverativ Inc. Bioverativ will further develop TNT’s complement factor C1-blocking antibody TNT009, developed using technology, which was licenced from Abzenawhich was licenced from Abzena.
Following the EMAs recommendation for EU approval of sarilumab as second-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, French drug giant Sanofi and partner Regeneron have also been given the green light from the US FDA.
Top-Line Phase 3 data of Amgens/UCBs osteoporosis antibody romosozumab in postmenopausal women suggest efficacy but uncover a new safety signal.