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physIQ licenses virtual trial tech to Janssen in multi-year deal

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Biosensor firm physIQ has licensed its technology to Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen pharma unit in a multi-year deal, to investigate use of wearable sensors in virtual clinical trials. physIQ has a portfolio of FDA-cleared digital biomarkers and a medical-grade platform that can transform raw sensor data into clinical insight.

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How patient-on-a-chip tech could be the future of drug discovery

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Testing drug compounds on a chip designed to mimic human organs sounds closer to science fiction than reality, yet the technology already exists and is already being put to use. The limits of animal models in drug discovery are well known. Quris has taken its technology and used it to develop its own drug candidate pipeline.

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Novartis taps immuno-oncology partner BeiGene for TIGIT drug

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Novartis has joined the ranks of big pharma companies developing TIGIT-targeted drugs for cancer, and found its candidate in an existing partner, Chinese biotech BeiGene. Pharma companies are looking at whether blocking TIGIT as well as PD-1/PD-L1 can improve the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

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The United Kingdom has established itself as a hub for drug discovery expertise worldwide. There is a range of reasons why this area has become focal point for drug discovery, one of which is the fact that it encompasses the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, two of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world.

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Ambrx tries another IPO as it chases down HER2 rivals

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California biotech Ambrx Biopharma is hoping to raise $126 million from a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that will be used in part to fund clinical development of ARX-788, its HER2-targeting antibody drug conjugate (ADC). billion upfront, when it licensed the ADC from Daiichi Sankyo in 2019.

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Enough Of Wasting Away From Cancer: Companies Gear Up To Tackle Cachexia

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The company has also signed a licensing agreement with Ono Pharmaceutical , a Japanese pharma company, transferring exclusive rights to develop and commercialise anamorelin in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Cancer Cachexia Pipeline. Apart from the products as mentioned earlier, Tetra Bio?Pharma,

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GSK aims at NASH target with $1bn-plus Arrowhead alliance

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GlaxoSmithKline has joined the ranks of drugmakers trying to develop new drugs for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) – a condition with no approved therapies and a lengthy list of failed drug candidates – via a deal with Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals.

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