A new report discusses the priorities that India should focus on to leapfrog towards transformative innovation. Big pharma’s expanding global capability centres (GCCs) in India are also contributing to the innovation ecosystem while positioning the country as the global industry's “backbone”.
ImmunoACT’s success in delivering India’s first indigenously developed CAR-T cell therapy has drawn renewed attention to the potential for cutting-edge R&D advances in the country.
Key Takeaways
India’s success in CAR-T therapies depicts effective collaboration between ecosystem stakeholders
Chief Medical Officer Samit Hirawat will step down to pursue new career opportunities, the company said.
The privately held German pharma firm is hoping to bring a new generation of pulmonary fibrosis and cancer drugs to market but their commercial success is not yet a certainty.
Pointing to data that show a benefit in reducing viral load and the histological signs of the infection, Memo says its drug, potravitug, could become the first therapy to treat BK polyomavirus in kidney transplant recipients.
In its Q2 update, Viking reported that Phase III trials of subcutaneous VK2735 are under way, and that it expects Phase II data for an oral formulation before year’s end.
Plus deals involving Lilly/Gate Bioscience, Concentra/iTeos, Nicox/Kowa, Ajax/Schrodinger, I-Mab/Bridge Health, Otsuka/Cantargia, JCR/Acumen and more.
Just days after Roche stopped shipments of the DMD gene therapy following safety concerns raised by two patient deaths, its EU approval application has hit a block.
Recent moves in the industry include changes at the top at Trogenix and Quetzal Therapeutics, plus Synendos Therapeutics gains a new CMO from Roche.
