EMA greenlights two orphan drugs and two biosimilars
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended six medicines for approval at its January 2019 meeting.
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Hitachi expands European reach in cell and gene therapy
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd. is set to takeover cell and gene therapy CDMO apceth Biopharma GmbH to get a foothold in Europe, the second largest market for advanced therapies after the US.
Dewpoint Therapeutics kicks off with $60m financing
Dewpoint Therapeutics has attracted interested of investors with a completely new approach that might cure a huge array of devasting diseases.
IPO: Marinomed sets offer price
Marinomed has set the offer price for its IPO at Vienna Stock Exchange at the lower limit of €75 per new share.
Can machines learn to discover drugs?
Take the right dataset, add an ingenious algorithm or two – and voilá! Your billion-euro blockbuster molecule is ready! AI-driven drug development is exciting investor interest, while Big Pharma is also asking what forms of artifical intelligence can be slotted in at what stages in the process. AI-powered drug repurposing has seen some candidates enter clinical stage testing, but it’s still unclear whether the technology is already powerful enough for de novo molecule discovery.
Novozymes partners with Carbios subsidiary Carbiolice
Novozymes has entered into a partnership with French Carbios and its subsidiary Carbiolice, which aim to launch degradable bioplastics with limited lifespan for the packaging industry by 2020.
Biomarker predicts response to TNF blockers
A new assay that accurately measures how arthritis patients respond to treatment with TNFalpha blockers such as adalimumab, open up the way to predict efficacy.
The great green rush
It’s the most commonly cultivated, trafficked and abused illicit drug worldwide, and there’s still a lot of social stigma attached to the recreational use of pot. But it’s slowly dawning on regulators in countries from Canada to the US to South Africa that by ignoring the clear medical benefits of marijuana, they may have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Countries across Europe are now also opening their minds, laws and wallets to cannabis.
UK launches new payment model for antimicrobials
In order to incentivise drug companies to re-enter development of antibiotics, the UK government announced it will establish a licence model to assure developers sufficient return on investments (ROI).
BioNtech swallows MAB Discovery antibody unit
Immunoncology and vaccine specialist BioNTech AG is broadening its antibody discovery capabilities by acquiring MAB Discovery‘s antibody generation unit.