US-based Advanced Proteome Therapeutics has announced the achievement of an important milestone in its Cprogram with its collaborators by demonstrating that the first of a series of the company's site-specifically labeled protein conjugates ...
Tags: therapeutics, anti-cancer, proteome, Cprogram
Scientists from IBM and Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) published a breakthrough drug-delivery technique, demonstrating the first biodegradable, biocompatible and non-toxic hydrogel that can deliver ...
Tags: Cancer Drug, Medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche's new drug Gazyva (obinutuzumab) in combination with chlorambucil chemotherapy for treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have not previously been ...
Tags: Combination Vaccine, Medicine
Synta Pharmaceuticals has announced the publication of the company's first patent application covering its proprietary Hsp90-inhibitor drug conjugate (HDC) platform, which leverages the company's expertise in chaperone biology and medicinal ...
Calithera Biosciences has completed a $35m series D financing led by Adage Capital Partners, LP. Joining Adage as new investors in this financing are the Longwood Fund and two other institutional investor groups. The transaction also ...
US-based biopharmaceutical company Immunomedics has announced the issuance of a US patent to its majority-owned subsidiary, IBC Pharmaceuticals, for ‘Novel Strategies for Improved Cancer Vaccines’. The new patent concerns ...
AstraZeneca's global biologics research and development division MedImmune will acquire Spirogen, a biotech firm focused on antibody-drug conjugate technology for use in oncology. Spirogen's complete shares will be purchased by MedImmune ...
Tags: biologics research, AstraZeneca
Cancer Research Technology (CRT), Cancer Research UK's technology development arm, has signed a multi-project alliance agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) to research and develop new cancer drugs, which will help in ...
Biopharmaceutical company Galena Biopharma has announced patent notification from the European Patent Office for pharmaceutical use of NeuVax (nelipepimut-S) as a vaccine for the prevention of relapse in breast cancer patients. The patent ...
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Regen BioPharma, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bio-Matrix Scientific, has signed a licensing deal with Benitec Biopharma for ddRNAi gene silencing technology to develop vaccines. Regen will apply ddRNAi to silence indoleamine 2,3 -- ...
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Researchers have developed an intelligent surgical knife that can help doctors identify if a tissue being cut is of cancerous nature or not, in turn enabling an accurate surgery. The knife, created by London's Imperial College ...
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Astellas Pharma has announced the availability of Xtandi (enzalutamide), a new treatment for advanced prostate cancer in patients who have failed on first-line hormonal treatments and docetaxel chemotherapy, in the UK. Administered ...
Tags: Astellas, Cancer Medication
Oncology-focused drug development company Curis has secured US patent protecting intellectual property rights of its phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) - histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, CUDC-907. The patent covers the method of ...
Tags: Health&Medicine, Curis, US
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to GenSpera for the activation of peptide prodrugs by HK2, which is an enzyme secreted by prostate cancer cells. Composition of a series of prodrugs activated by HK2 enzyme ...
Tags: Peptide Prodrugs, Medicine
US-based company Arno has entered into partnership with Veridex, a Johnson & Johnson company, to develop a diagnostic test that detects the presence of activated progesterone receptors (APRs) as a biomarker of anti-progestin activity in ...
Tags: Arno, Diagnostic Test