Merck and Moderna Therapeutics have linked under a strategic collaboration and license agreement to develop and commercialise cancer vaccines based on novel messenger RNA.
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Shire to re-file ADHD drug this year
Shire is now gearing up to re-file its attention-deficit hyperactivity drug SHP 465 in the US by the end of this year, on the back of new data further backing its safety and efficacy.
42% of public willing to pay more tax for NHS
Forty-two percent of the public are willing to pay more tax to support the NHS, as public sense of the financial crisis facing the service grows, suggest findings of the latest British Social Attitudes Survey by NatCen.
Fourth breakthrough designation for Janssen’s Imbruvica
Janssen’s Imbruvica has picked up a fourth breakthrough designation as well as Orphan status from US regulators as a treatment for chronic graft-versus-host-disease (cGVHD).
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Company news roundup – 27 June
The latest deals, launches and announcements across the industry
EU clears AstraZeneca’s new antibiotic
AstraZeneca’s Zavicefta has been approved for use in the European Union to treat patients with serious Gram-negative bacterial infections requiring hospitalisation.
Cambridge Uni spin-off raises £12m for cancer therapeutics
Cambridge University spin-off Storm Therapeutics has secured £12 million in series ‘A’ funding to advance its work on targeting enzymes that modify RNA to generate novel cancer therapeutics.
US clears Gilead’s pan-genotypic hepatitis C therapy
Gilead’s Sovaldi-based combination therapy for hepatitis C has been cleared for use by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat all six types of the virus, potentially eliminating the need for genotype testing.
Novartis picks up bispecific antibodies from Xencor
Novartis has signed a collaboration and licensing deal with California biotech Xencor for access to its bispecific antibody technology and rights to develop and commercialise two of the latter’s flagship experimental therapeutics.
Novel lung biopsy model could boost cancer diagnoses
Patients at Barnet Hospital are able to have small lung tumours diagnosed and cells destroyed in a single hospital visit without surgery, after the innovative 30-minute outpatient lung biopsy service was awarded the £100,000 Cancer Challenge Prize earlier this year.
Speedy review for Roche/Genentech’s MS drug Ocrevus
US regulators are undertaking a priority review of Roche/Genentech’s experimental multiple sclerosis therapy Ocrevus, which many believe has the potential to transform treatment of the disease.
GW Pharma’s Epidiolex hits targets in rare epilepsy trial
GW Pharmaceuticals’ cannabinoid Epidiolex continues to impress in late-stage clinical trials, with a Phase III study involving patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome – a rare and severe form of childhood-onset epilepsy – the latest to hit its targets.
MSD’s Keytruda steps closer to EU nod for lung cancer
Patients in the European Union with certain forms of lung cancer are closer to getting to access MSD’s immunotherapy Keytruda, after regulatory advisors backed expanding the drug’s list of indications.
BMS’ Opdivo gets ‘breakthrough’ badge for bladder cancer
US regulators have awarded Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy Opdivo its sixth breakthrough therapy status, this time for its potential in treating bladder cancer.
