BioSpace News Archive

Business

Ascentage Pharma Breaks Ground on its Global Headquarters, R&D Center and Manufacturing Facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park

Ascentage Pharma, a globally-focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies, announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Company’s global headquarters, R&D center, and manufacturing facility took place at the Suzhou Industrial Park/

November 20, 2019
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Cosmoprof & Cosmopack Asia Awards

Cosmoprof Asia 2019, the leading B2B event for the beauty industry in the Asia-Pacific region, announced the winners of Cosmopack and Cosmoprof Asia Awards last night during the Awards Ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre attended by some 300 guests.

November 20, 2019
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Policy

Purdue to Pay States’ Legal Fees to Expedite Release of Emergency Funds

The bankruptcy court gave approval to the reimbursement of legal fees for states and local governments involved in the opioid lawsuit settlements, but with the understanding that would allow $200 million in emergency funds to flow to treatment programs.

November 20, 2019
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Alex Keown
Drug Development

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo-Yervoy Combo Misses the Mark in Melanoma Study

The drug combination did not hit the co-primary endpoint of recurrence-free survival in patients whose tumors expressed PD-L1 greater than 1%.

November 20, 2019
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Mark Terry
How Computer-Aided Biology is Revolutionizing Biotech

A direct result of using better technology leads to an increase in high quality data gathered.

November 20, 2019
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David Kirk
Despite Record Number of Generic Drug Approvals, Many Are Not Yet Available in the U.S.

Despite the plethora of generic medications, less than two-thirds of the medications are on the market in the United States.

November 20, 2019
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Alex Keown
Business

Amgen to Cut Another 172 Jobs Following Layoff Announcement Earlier This Month

Most of the jobs are field-based positions across the U.S., although some will be in Thousand Oaks, California at the company’s headquarters.

November 20, 2019
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Mark Terry
Business

Dragonfly Partners With AbbVie to Take on Autoimmune and Oncology Indications

At the center of the agreement are Dragonfly’s novel NK cell engager-based immunotherapies.

November 20, 2019
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Alex Keown
Drug Profile: Eli Lilly’s Trulicity

Trulicity was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2014.

November 20, 2019
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Mark Terry
BioSpace Global Roundup, Nov. 21

Companies from across the globe provide updates on their businesses and pipelines.

November 20, 2019
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Alex Keown