Emerging Company Profile: Armed with fresh funds, French spin-out PEP-Therapy will begin a clinical proof of concept study assessing its lead therapeutic peptide as a potential treatment for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Academic spin-out PEP-Therapy S.A.S. can now start a first-in-human clinical trial evaluating its lead asset PEP-010 as a potential tumor killer following a series A financing that raised €5.4m ($6.4m) in two successful stages, the biotech’s CEO told Scrip.
PEP-010 is the first of a new class of therapeutic peptides based on PEP-Therapy’s proprietary Cell Penetrating & Interfering Peptide...
In this week's episode: US policies in spotlight at BIO; Lilly’s Verve acquisition; UroGen’s bladder cancer approval; Ireland’s biopharma talent; and Korea proposes new AI R&D project.
Axcelead/Lotte Biologics/Kanaph and NextCure/Simcere also unveil ADC-focused pacts, plus deals involving Avata/Oceanus, GSK/Bharat Biotech, Cullinan/Genrix and more.
Many assets outperform their pre-launch sales predictions despite the frequent overestimation of forecasts within the industry. In this article, Scrip highlights several such assets and the factors that influenced their predictions.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has proposed a new “growth tier” for the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, to reinstate the market’s listing standards for unprofitable firms.
Recent moves in the industry include changes at the top at 32 Biosciences, plus new CEOs at Idorsia, Courage Therapeutics and Oncolytics Biotech.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has proposed a new “growth tier” for the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, to reinstate the market’s listing standards for unprofitable firms.
Highlights from Day Four of the BIO International Convention include Woodcock offering practical advice on rare disease trials, the sorry state of dealmaking mid-year, Novartis discussing its approach to partnering, and Generate looking for funding to move into Phase III.
