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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an update to the Rituxan® (rituximab) label to include information on follow up treatment of adult patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and …
Tag Archives: Autoimmune diseases
October, 2018
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10 October
Biohaven Acquires Option to License the University of Connecticut’s Investigational Agent for Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN) announced today that it signed an exclusive, worldwide option and license agreement with the University of Connecticut for the development and commercialization rights to UC1MT, a therapeutic antibody targeting extracellular metallothionein (MT). Extracellular MT has been implicated in …
August, 2018
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22 August
AbbVie Exercises Option to License Argenx’s GARP Checkpoint Inhibitor
Breda, the Netherlands/Ghent, Belgium – argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced the exercise by AbbVie of its exclusive license option to develop and commercialize ARGX-115, an antibody targeting the …
July, 2018
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26 July
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Tsinghua University Partner for Potential Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases and Cancer
BEIJING & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Tsinghua University, have entered into a collaboration to discover therapeutic agents against novel targets for autoimmune diseases and cancers. The collaboration brings together Bristol-Myers Squibb and Tsinghua University’s respective scientific expertise and capabilities with a focus on validating new targets and generating …
November, 2017
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17 November
Cue Biopharma Enters Strategic Research Collaboration and License Agreement with Merck
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cue Biopharma™, Inc., an immunotherapy company developing a novel, proprietary class of biologics engineered to selectively modulate the human immune system to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced a strategic research collaboration and license agreement with Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada. …
July, 2017
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24 July
Lilly Partners with Nektar for Development of its Autoimmune Candidate NKTR-358
INDIANAPOLIS and SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) have announced a strategic collaboration to co-develop NKTR-358, a novel immunological therapy discovered by Nektar. NKTR-358, which achieved first human dose in Phase 1 clinical development in March of 2017, …
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24 July
GSK Receives FDA Approval for New Self-Injectable Formulation of Benlysta for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
GSK announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new subcutaneous formulation of Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of adult patients with active, autoantibody‑positive SLE who are receiving standard therapy. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is the most common form of lupus, a chronic, incurable autoimmune …
February, 2017
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22 February
Apitope’s Multiple Sclerosis Drug Demonstrates Positive Results in its Phase IIa Study
Hasselt, Belgium and Chepstow, UK: 21 February 2017 − Apitope, the drug discovery and development company focused on treating the underlying cause of autoimmune diseases, announces positive results from the Phase IIa clinical study of its lead product candidate, ATX-MS-1467, for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis. The Phase …
January, 2017
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30 January
Celgene to Acquire Autoimmune Disease Startup Delinia
SUMMIT, N.J. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) and Delinia, Inc. (“Delinia”), a privately held biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for autoimmune diseases, today announced that they have entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Delinia by Celgene. The transaction expands Celgene’s Inflammation and Immunology pipeline through …
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6 January
CSL and Momenta Announce Collaboration and License Agreement to Develop Fc Multimer Programs
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTA) and CSL Limited (ASX:CSL; USOTC:CSLLY) today announced that they have entered into an exclusive research collaboration and worldwide license agreement to develop and commercialize Fc multimer proteins, including Momenta’s M230, a selective immunomodulator of Fc receptors, which is expected to enter the clinic …