A collaboration has been formed between the US pharmacy chain Walgreens and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) to measure how prevalent valvular heart disease (VHD) is among older Americans.
Clerkenwell Health is partnering with Transcend Therapeutics to trial the use of methylone in patients with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Physics-powered GenAI Biotech, Gero, announced yesterday (October 18) that it had closed a $6 million series A extension round with funding from Melnicheck Investments and other investors.
The Gen AI revolution promises to redefine various industries, with the life sciences sector at the forefront of this transformation. OSP had the chance to speak to Tarun Mathur, CEO at Indegene, who was keen to allay many of the fears those in the industry...
Emma Harvey is global head of medical affairs at F2G Ltd, a UK and Austria based biotech where she is responsible for the global medical and commercial strategies for a novel antifungal drug for serious systemic infections, in clinical development.
IFF’s Pharma Solutions division is poised to introduce new products and investments at this year's CPHI being held in Barcelona. OSP was lucky enough to catch up with them before the event starting next week.
AstraZeneca’s supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for lead lung cancer drug Tagrisso (Osimertinib) in combination with chemotherapy has been accepted and granted priority review in the US.
In our first podcast interview of 2023, BioPharma Reporter spoke with Dr Sarah Bateup, therapy lead at Clerkenwell Health, about the potential of psychedelic medicine and her work within the psychedelic therapy training space.
The heavy burden on immediate family members with neurodegenerative diseases and their caregivers, was the initial driving force to study pharmacy for Andrea Pfeifer.
Complete clinical trials solution company, Hawthorne Effect, announced today (October 10) it had successfully recruited more than 1,000 patients in 48 states plus Hawaii for a study to qualify the prevalence of valvular heart disease (VHD).
The unique glutamatergic mechanism of action in Newron Pharmaceuticals’ investigational new drug can potentially produce a long-lasting antipsychotic response in patients with TRS, and the benefits will accrue over time.
A new patient-first service that will support sponsors and sites accelerate the development of their therapies has been launched by Innovative Trials yesterday (October 9).
A 15-year partnership between Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has been extended by five years. The NCI is part of the National Institutes of Health.
Calliditas Therapeutics AB announced on Friday (October 5) that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion on the company’s drug, setanaxib in Alport Syndrome (AS).
Former UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, will lead the international efforts of The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre's new initiative, the therapeutics accelerator.
At DPharm 2023, there was a huge meeting of minds to discuss the latest innovations in clinical trials. Outsourcing Pharma was delighted to have an in-depth discussion with IQVIA’s Elan Josielewski, senior principal and head of operations, patient centered...
Veradigm Inc. and Holmusk have announced the next step in their strategic collaboration helping them move closer to their vision of creating a single source of truth for behavioral health.
Chinese biopharmaceutical company, Hutchmed Limited, has announced today (Friday September 29) that it has taken a step towards bringing a colon and rectum cancer drug to a third market.
Calliditas Therapeutics says it is optimistic about getting full marketing authorization for a drug to treat primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN) after submitting a request to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
A study to evaluate the effect of seladelparm, a small molecule treatment by CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. on patients with cirrhosis was announced this month (September 21).
At Advanced Therapies Europe 2023, BioPharma Reporter caught up with ScaleReady's Jenny Stjernberg to discuss her work at the biotech company, her journey from academia to commercial and female representation in the cell and gene therapies industry....
A new approach to discovering targets for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases has been presented by Insilico Medicine with the University of Cambridge, UK.
Patients with a rare and incurable blood cancer, associated with an overproduction of blood cells, will soon have access to a small molecule Novartis treatment.
Mural Health Technologies, Inc. has raised $8 million in seed funding for the growth of its Mural link platform it says is aimed at ‘modernizing the clinical trial experience for both patients and caregivers’.
Built upon seven years of real-world patient journey data, Belong.Life has recently announced the launch of its software as a service (SaaS)-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) cancer clinical trial matching platform.
This week's woman in science, is Maria Pereira, who leads the Innovation Hub at TISSIUM, a Paris-based medtech startup that develops solutions for tissue reconstruction.
Qunaterix' LucentAD test could reveal whether a person is likely to have Alzheimer's Disease or not. In an interview with company CEO, Masoud Toloue, he explains the science and motivation behind the test.
The Japanese firm Astellas Pharma will apply for planning permission to construct a drug manufacturing facility in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland worth around €330 million ($352 million).
The small molecule drug Ojjaara (momelotinib), developed by GlaxoSmithKline, has become the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment for patients with the blood cancer myelofibrosis and anemia.
The French-U.S. company Novadiscovery has hailed a “watershed moment for clinical trial design” as its trial simulation tool successfully predicted the outcome of a phase 3 oncology trial run by AstraZeneca.
The U.S. company Rome Therapeutics plans to use the proceeds of its $72 million Series B round to take an experimental autoimmune disease treatment through early clinical testing.
A partnership deal between the Dutch digital health company Congenica and clinical trial platform provider myTomorrows will see the companies pooling their technologies to help more patients receive precision oncology treatments.
Insilico Medicine is due to receive $80 million upfront plus potential milestone payments as Exelixis gains global rights to develop and commercialize the Hong Kong firm’s small molecule cancer treatment.
The AstraZeneca-owned company Alexion has teamed up with Verge Genomics to deploy the U.S. startup’s drug discovery platform in the search for novel drug targets for rare neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.
An oral treatment, developed by the U.S. company Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has shown promise as an alternative to injected therapies for tackling the rare disease acromegaly in a phase 3 trial.
HumanFirst, a cloud-based software company accelerating patient-centered drug development through AI, has announced the launch of its precision measures platform.
Glasgow diagnostics spinout Microplate Dx has closed a £2.5 million seed funding round to develop its point-of-care diagnostic platform, which can confirm the presence of bacteria and rapidly identify effective antibiotics to use and which ones to avoid....
The U.S. company Nimbus Therapeutics has raised $210 million in a financing round to fund the development of small molecule drugs powered by computational drug discovery.
A benchtop DNA sequencer developed by the U.S. DNA sequencing company Element Biosciences, Inc., has seen sales grow by triple digits and has received more than 100 orders since its launch in March 2022.