A Reuters and Washington Post article have confirmed that Novartis AG, and a former subsidiary (Alcon), have agreed to pay $347 million fines to “resolve… Read More »Novartis and Alcon settled bribery fines of $347M related to Lucentis drug and artificial lenses
Alkahest Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the initiation of a Phase 2b clinical trial of its orally administered small molecule CCR3 inhibitor, AKST4290.… Read More »Phase 2b study for AKST4290, sponsored by Alkahest Inc. aims to pursue CCR3 inhibitor for neovascular AMD
Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation Inc. (Nasdaq: AGTC) has announced the publication of positive preclinical data for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. The research study, entitled, “Dose Range Finding… Read More »Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: AGTC; Florida, USA) announced the publication of positive preclinical data for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa
Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), in collaboration with Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN), has announced the dosing of the first patient for LCA of a novel gene… Read More »Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) initiates a Phase 1/2 trial for CRISPR gene therapy study following an earlier commercial success in gene therapy
MeiraGTx, a gene therapy company based in New York, USA, has announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Priority Medicines (PRIME) and Advanced… Read More »MeiraGTx (Nasdaq: MGTX) has announced the receipt of Priority Medicines (PRIME) and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) designations from the EMA
Neuropath Therapeutics, a start-up company based in Wuhan Optics Valley Biological City, China, has announced a Series A funding round on April 8th for €16.9M… Read More »Neuropath Therapeutics in Wuhan, China has announced a Series A investment of €16.9M for the development of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)
Moderna Inc. and the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have reported the dosing of the first patient for a novel vaccine… Read More »Moderna Inc. and the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has initiated clinical trial with an experimental vaccine for COVID19
Gemini Therapeutics, a US-based clinical stage ophthalmic company focused on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has announced a collaboration with the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI).… Read More »Gemini Therapeutics and Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) establish a research collaboration on AMD
Reports in the New York Times and Eyewire News have indicated that Novartis has launched an internal review of information that raises serious safety concerns… Read More »Reports have identified concerns for medical complications from Novartis’ brolucizumab (Beovu) product for wet AMD.
Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AGTC), a gene therapy company in Florida, has reported encouraging interim six-month data from dose-escalation cohorts of a Phase 1/2… Read More »Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AGTC) reports interim Phase 1/2 achromatopsia study data