The rapid development of antibiotic resistance has become a major public health issue that could soon kill 10 million people annually. One promising alternative to ineffective antibiotics has been around for almost a century – bacteriophages. The microbe-killing viruses are used in medicine in Georgia, Poland and Russia, but have been neglected by western doctors. Now pressure is mounting on global health authorities to put the option back on the table.
Denali bags F-Star Gamma
Latest NewsBrain disease specialist Denali Therapeutics will buy all outstanding shares in British F-Star Gamma Ltd from F-Star instead licencing bispecific antibody candidates that can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) co-developed under an agreement dating back to 2016.
Rainer Boehm joins Nordic Nanovector Board of Directors
AppointmentsNordic Nanovector ASA today announces that Rainer Boehm, MD was elected as a member of its Board of Directors at the company’s Annual General Meeting on 30 May 2018.
Roche mets endpoints in first-line NSCLC study
Latest NewsRoche announced that atezolimumab plus chemotherapy met its co-primary endpoints of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) as first-line treatment of stage IV nonsquamous non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Nouscom Appoints Adrian Woolfson as CMO
AppointmentsNouscom, an immuno-oncology company developing off-the-shelf and personalized neoantigen-based genetic cancer vaccines, announced today the appointment of Adrian Woolfson M.D., Ph.D. as Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
New way to safer CAR-T cell therapies
Latest NewsInterleukin 1 (IL-1) blockers may prevent serious adverse events triggered by CAR-T cell therapies, according to two independent studies.
Janssen ends combo with daratumumab
Latest NewsFollowing reports of an increase in mortality in a study that combined Genmab’s anti-CD38 daratumumab with a PD-L1 blocker, Genmab’s partner Janssen has stopped a study combining daratumumab with its PD1 blocker JNJ-63723283 in multiple myeloma.
Targovax drug boosts 2-year OS in pancreatic cancer
Latest NewsTargovax ASA’s cancer immunotherapy TG01 significantly prolonged 2-year overall survival of patients with resected pancreatic cancer versus standard therapy. Targovax’ shares were up 16% on Thursday evening.
Researchers target metastases
Latest NewsItalian oncologists have found a more effective tumour angiogenesis blocker which curbs metastasis and tumour growth.
Vifor Pharma in €70m pruritus drug deal
Latest NewsVifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma has licenced ex-US/Japanese/Korean rights to commercialise CR845 (difelikefalin) from Cara Therapeutics for the treatment of chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP).
Fighting AMR: turning the p(h)age
BackgroundThe rapid development of antibiotic resistance has become a major public health issue that could soon kill 10 million people annually. One promising alternative to ineffective antibiotics has been around for almost a century – bacteriophages. The microbe-killing viruses are used in medicine in Georgia, Poland and Russia, but have been neglected by western doctors. Now pressure is mounting on global health authorities to put the option back on the table.