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Gemini enters business combination deal with Disc Medicine

Pharmaceutical Technology

Gemini Therapeutics has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Disc Medicine in an all-stock deal to create a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The merged company is expected to be named Disc Medicine, which will have corporate headquarters in Watertown, Massachusetts, US.

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Shionogi and MPP enter Covid-19 antiviral licensing deal

Pharmaceutical Technology

Shionogi & Co and the United Nations (UN)-backed public health organisation Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) have entered a voluntary licence agreement for the former’s oral Covid-19 antiviral candidate ensitrelvir fumaric acid (S-217622). In the Phase III portion of a Phase II/III clinical trial in Asia, ensitrelvir met the primary endpoint.

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3BP and Novartis strike licensing agreement for FAP-targeting peptide technology

Pharmaceutical Technology

German biotechnology firm 3B Pharmaceuticals (3BP) has entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis Innovative Therapies for its fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-targeting peptide technology. The therapy candidate is currently under evaluation in the Phase l LuMIERE clinical trial.

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Bio-Thera and Biomm enter licensing deal for ustekinumab biosimilar

Pharmaceutical Technology

Bio-Thera Solutions and Biomm have entered a licensing and supply agreement for Bio-Thera’s BAT2206, a ustekinumab biosimilar. The therapy, which completed a Phase I trial, is now being assessed in an international Phase III clinical trial that includes participants from China and Eastern European countries.

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Medicinal cannabis: Why more clinical trials and better access is needed

Drug Discovery World

Michael Sassano , CEO at SOMAÍ Pharmaceuticals looks at what’s needed throughout Europe to help increase access to medicinal cannabis and the current state of pharmaceutical research in this area. The use of medicinal cannabis across much of the world is still in its infancy.

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Melinta and Cidara sign licensing deal for rezafungin

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to the deal, Cidara will continue to oversee the international Phase III ReSPECT prophylaxis clinical trial underway. By leveraging our expansive commercial infrastructure, we will provide the resources needed to optimise the commercialisation of rezafungin and ensure patient access to this life-saving medicine in the US. “We

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Can technology help diversify clinical trials?

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This is the second in a two-part series examining how pharma can embrace the DEI agenda to create more effective medicines through more representative clinical trials. The same principles are increasingly being applied to clinical trials to improve diversity, mitigate bias, and reinforce inclusion in clinical trials.