May 13, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
Amgen and Zhejiang Beta Pharma have signed an agreement to form a joint venture to commercialize Amgen's Vectibix (panitumumab) in the Chinese market. The aim is to quickly and efficiently deliver Vectibix to patients in China. Vectibix is a fully human anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody approved by FDA for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.
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May 13, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
Amgen and Zhejiang Beta Pharma have signed an agreement to form a joint venture to commercialize Amgen's Vectibix (panitumumab) in the Chinese market. The aim is to quickly and efficiently deliver Vectibix to patients in China. Vectibix is a fully human anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody approved by FDA for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.
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May 1, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
Genentech announced that FDA has approved Actemra (tocilizumab) for the treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA) in children aged two years and older.
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May 1, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
Pharmaco-Kinesis Corporation (PKC) announced that it is developing the first nanodrug combination of Merck's temozolomide and Celgene's thalidomide (in a 50:50 ratio) for the treatment of gliomas and other cancers. PKC will collaborate with the University of California, San Diego's department of nano-engineering at the Moores cancer centre to develop the nanodroplet formulation.
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Apr 30, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
Bayer announced that it has signed a merger agreement with US-based birth-control specialist Conceptus.
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Apr 24, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
BioOutsource, a contract testing services provider to the biopharmaceutical industry, has opened a new facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The facility marks the company's first North American offices, which were opened in response to increasing demand for the company's bioanalytical and biosafety services, particularly in the field of biologic and biosimilar characterisation.
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Apr 23, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
AstraZeneca and BIND Therapeutics have formed a strategic collaboration to develop and commercialise BIND's Accurin, a targeted and programmable cancer nanomedicine, based on a molecularly targeted kinase inhibitor developed and owned by AstraZeneca.
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Apr 8, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
Regeneron, a biopharmaceutical company based in New York, has announced plans to expand its corporate headquarters and laboratories in Westchester. This expansion will create more than 400 new highly skilled jobs and further cement Hudson Valley's reputation as an emerging epicenter for biopharmaceutical growth.
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Apr 8, 2013
By:
Adeline Siew, PhD
Astellas and Ambrx have entered into a collaboration to discover and develop novel antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) for an undisclosed number of targets in oncology. ADCs enable targeted delivery of drugs to the target tissue.
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