BioSpace News Archive

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is making it possible to discover new drugs faster, cheaper, and more efficiently.

Shares of New Jersey-based Advaxis have plunged more than 28 percent in premarket trading after the company quietly disclosed that Amgen terminated its collaboration on an immuno-oncology program. The deal between the two companies was first inked in 2016 and had a value of up to $540 million.

U.S.-based Merck and Co. has made a deal to acquire French company Antelliq Group for about $2.4 billion. Antelliq is a digital technology company focused on services for veterinarians, farmers and pet owners.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug Application to allow the company to initiate clinical studies with Xeno-Skin, a product designed to provide help for patients who have suffered from significant burns.

Charles Morris, chief medical officer for Waltham, Mass.-based Radius Health, is eying the day that there will be better outcomes for breast cancer patients who have developed tumors resistant to current treatments. If things continue to go well, Radius may be able to provide those options.

As the holidays approach, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is getting in a few drug approvals to wrap up the year. This week there are two decision dates, with another that has been delayed for several months. Here’s a look.

With the year closing out, biotech and pharma companies are making adjustments to their leadership ranks and boards of directors.

The bio-pharma industry has entered the new stage of rapid development in recent years with the continuous development of cutting-edge biological technology and the emergence and marketing of new targeted drugs and cell therapies.

KVD900 Enlarged Phase 2 Trial on Track for Potential On-Demand Treatment of Attacks in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema

China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO) (“China Biologic” or the “Company”), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, today announced that the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Court”) dismissed the lawsuit previously filed against the Company by Mr. David (Xiaoying) Gao, the former Chairman and CEO of the Company.