Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

Vertex will use the acquisition to develop cell-based treatments for type 1 diabetes.

Novartis revealed results from two new clinical trials indicating that Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) significantly improves measures of cardiac structure and function in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

Roche revealed that the European Commission has approved the combination of Tecentriq (atezolizumab) with Abraxane for the treatment of adult patients with PD-L1-positive, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Findings from a real-world data analysis have been released from the Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance, demonstrating that Eliquis is associated with lower rate of major bleeding compared with vitamin K antagonist, dabigatran or rivaroxaban.

Valo Therapeutics has acquired a technology from Helsinki University that is expected to broaden its approach and expand the capability of its cancer vaccines platform, PeptiCRAd.

Gerresheimer has announced it will be expanding its ClearJect product line of pre-fillable syringes with a new 2.25-mL cyclic olefin polymer (COP) staked in needle (SIN) syringe.

AbbVie has closed the Phase III trial that was evaluating Rova-T as no survival benefit for patients receiving treatment for advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) was found during the interim analysis.

PCI has divulged that it is making significant investment at its site near Dublin, Ireland to strengthen its position globally and to ensure pharmaceutical supply is uninterrupted for its customers after Brexit.

A District Court for the US District of Delaware has ruled in favor of Sanofi and Regeneron in the patent case targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9).

The new facility, located in Ness Ziona, Israel, will support clinical phage manufacturing and can be expanded in the future to support commercial-scale manufacturing.

The partnership will provide cost effective biologics for the world market.

The joint venture, named BacThera, will operate out of headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and will serve pre-clinical to Phase II projects, with the ability to expand to Phase III and commercial manufacturing in the future.

A global agreement with Polpharma Biologics gives Sandoz commercialization rights to a proposed biosimilar natalizumab for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

The awards recognize are judged on innovation, purpose and benefits to the audience, problem-solving, and competitive advantage.

AstraZeneca has confirmed that its triple combination therapy, Breztri Aerosphere, has met its primary endpoint in a Phase III clinical trial (ETHOS).

EMA issued its recommendations surrounding the dosing of methotrexate in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn’s disease.

The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Sir Andrew Dillon, has announced he will be stepping down from his post at the end of March 2020.

Velabs Therapeutics announced it has deepened its cooperation with Chiome Biosciences to incorporate functional antibody screening as a result of a successful feasibility study.

Oval Medical Technologies (Oval) has revealed that it is relocating to a specifically designed facility in Cambridge Research Park in the United Kingdom as a result of growth.

BioCity has revealed it will be investing in Kinomica, an early-stage precision medicine biotech company that was spun out of Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

Alvotech and Prestige Biopharma, have announced the formation of a new contract manufacturing partnership for the commercial production of a biosimilar.

An editorial published in the British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) has formally stated the recommendation for any future studies, submitted for publication, should include sex as an experimental variable.

Medical researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney in Australia have managed to successfully develop and test a new vaccine targeting tuberculosis.

A collaboration between Insilico Biotechnology and IFAT aims to develop a manufacturing, planning, and control system for the production of monoclonal antibodies.

A new defined coated cell cultureware by denovoMATRIX allow for the serum-free expansion of mesenchymal stem cells.

Protagen Protein Services’ recently acquired Brucker Tensor II IR spectrometer significantly expands the company’s analytical capabilities.

The transaction will reach completion during the fourth quarter of 2019.

LBB Specialties and Meggle Excipients & Technology will work to distribute excipient products to companies in the American pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.

While downgrading the impact of nitrosamine impurities on patients, FDA vows to step up investigations for other drug types.

The partners will collaborate to identify the bioactive components in hydrolysates, which have long been used as additives in cell culture media and feed formulation in the biopharma industry.