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C4XD and AstraZeneca enter $402m deal to develop respiratory disease therapy

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C4X Discovery (C4XD) and AstraZeneca have entered an exclusive global licensing agreement worth up to $402m to develop oral therapy to treat inflammatory and respiratory ailments. The deal has been signed to develop the C4X NRF2 Activator programme for these ailments. This includes an upfront payment of $2m from AstraZeneca.

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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. The pharma company will use the technology known as accelerateIQ to collect data across its clinical studies through a variety of wearable biosensors.

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Astellas to support development of Taysha’s gene therapy programmes

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Additionally, Astellas will obtain an exclusive option for licencing two clinical-stage programmes of Taysha, namely TSHA-102 and TSHA-120, for Rett syndrome and GAN, respectively. Astellas will also receive specific rights linked to any possible change of Taysha’s control.

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Danicamtiv, what is the likelihood that the drug will be approved?

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Danicamtiv is under clinical development by Bristol-Myers Squibb and currently in the Phase I and Phase II in clinical pathway. It is developed based on MyoKardia's drug discovery platform. Its primary focus is on cancer, cardiovascular, immunology and fibrotic therapeutic projects.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Initiate Rolling Submission of Biologics License Application for U.S. FDA Approval of Their COVID 19 Vaccine

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regulators to seek approval of our COVID-19 vaccine based on our pivotal Phase 3 trial and follow-up data.”. Pfizer and BioNTech initiated the BLA by submitting the nonclinical and clinical data needed to support licensure of the COVID-19 vaccine for use in individuals 16 years of age and older. CEO and Co-founder of BioNTech. “We

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Novartis adds gene therapy for blindness with Gyroscope buy

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The Swiss pharma group has agreed to pay $800 million upfront for London, UK-based Gyroscope, with another $700 million to be paid if GT005 meets its objectives in terms of clinical development, regulatory approvals and reimbursement. CFI regulates the activity of the complement immune system which is over-activated in GA.

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FDA slaps partial hold on Biogen, InnoCare MS drug

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Biogen’s efforts to replenish its multiple sclerosis pipeline have suffered a setback, after the FDA placed a clinical hold on a drug candidate it licensed from China’s InnoCare last year for $125 million upfront.

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