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Fasenra, which has been approved since 2019 in the United States in a pre-filled, single-use auto-injector form that can be administered either in a doctor’s office or at home, is now approved in China for age 12 and up.

Approximately 15% of all lung cancers diagnosed in the US are of the small-cell variety, and of those, 70% are considered extensive-stage.

Genentech will have access to Sangamo’s capsid delivery platform and epigenetic regulation capabilities to develop genomic medicines for certain neurodegenerative diseases.

NexoBrid, a topically administered biological product, is now authorized for use in all age groups in the United States, European Union, and Japan.

Breyanzi demonstrated an overall high response rate in adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma in a Phase II study.

The agreement specifies that Nanoform will provide non-GMP nanomaterial to Takeda for in-vivo studies, the first results of which should be delivered by early 2025.

A Phase III study showed that 62% of patients given Livdelzi achieved the primary endpoint of composite biochemical response after 12 months, compared to 20% of participants taking placebo.

National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases collaborated with the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali to conduct the trials.

Imfinzi may be used alone, or with chemotherapy in tandem with the other approved treatment, Lynparza.

Yorvipath is a prodrug of parathyroid hormone (PTH) (1-34), designed to be administered once daily to provide continuous exposure to released PTH.

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo first entered into an agreement to develop Enhertu in March 2019, and the antibody-drug conjugate has since been approved for various groups in more than 65 countries.

The epinephrine nasal spray was approved for the emergency treatment of type 1 allergic reactions in adults and children.

The 94.3% efficacy of the Octapharma product was just a shade ahead of the 94.2% measured in a comparative product, Kcentra.

The virus, which is contagious and a common cause of respiratory illness, hospitalizes up to 160,000 people and is responsible for as many as 13,000 deaths in the United States every year.

With the agreement, Andelyin Biosciences will add MyoAAV plasmids developed by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to its AAV Curator Platform.

AGX101 targets the cancer cells and vasculature of a tumor, and works to eliminate the tumor blood vessels, kill tumor cells capable of invasion or metastasis, and direct the immune system to attack the cancer.

The program, for which visits will be scheduled through September 2025, does not replace or supplement a regulatory inspection.

US Specialty Formulations plans to invest $15 million to expand biopharma operations at its Allentown, Pa.,facility.

The reopening of comments addresses the addition of a warning to consumers that acetaminophen may cause skin irritation characterized by reddening, blisters, and rashes.

BioIVT opened new cleanroom manufacturing space, using Germfree’s technology to boost its capabilities for cell and gene therapy development.

The new additions to the company’s equipment at its early phase clinical manufacturing facility in Oregon will allow for cleaning, filling, capping, and sealing, and also detecting defects in drug products.

Enamine’s library of 5400 TPD-related linkers, and 13,000 more linker molecules, is now being integrated into Cresset’s Spark tool for library searching.

Freudenberg Medical has introduced custom single-use assemblies for silicone extrusion and molding for biopharma applications.

Synovial sarcoma is a rare form of cancer impacting about 1000 adults in the United States each year, most of them men in their 30s or younger.

Will Sanofi’s plan to recruit the younger generation through its participation in the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, being held in Paris, pay off?

Potential conflicts of interest with advisory group members have led to EMA’s impartiality coming into questioned for some marketing authorization decisions.

This acquisition gives AbbVie clinical-stage assets from Cerevel’s pipeline that complement AbbVie's emerging neuroscience pipeline and branded products for treating psychiatric disorders, migraine, and Parkinson's disease.

With the Series A funding, the new biotech company will advance the development of enhanced biologics for treating solid tumors and inflammatory and immunology diseases.

STADA and Alvotech have launched Uzpruvo in Europe, making it the first approved biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab) in the European market.

The US Pharmacopeia’s Microbiology Expert Committee approved the inclusion of a chapter into the United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary that allows the use of non-animal-derived reagents for endotoxin testing.