Sushmita Panda is a New Delhi-based journalist with over six years of experience covering the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. She has reported on critical issues including drug patents and discovery, rare diseases, innovative therapies, women’s health, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), mental health drug access, and regulatory affairs. Over the years, she has authored many in-depth stories and on-ground reports on diseases prevalent in India, including several exclusives and interviews with industry leaders. An alumna of the Asian College of Journalism, Sushmita has worked with national and international publications such as Financial Express, Sputnik, The Sunday Guardian, and India TV. When she’s not chasing stories, Sushmita enjoys reading and exploring new places.
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Mosaic Therapeutics has in-licensed two clinical-stage oncology assets from Astex Pharmaceuticals to develop proprietary combination therapies for hard-to-treat cancers. The deal includes up to a 22% equity stake for Astex, future revenue sharing, and a planned clinical study in 2026.
In its first pharma collaboration, Tessellate Bio has inked a deal potentially worth more than €500m with Boehringer Ingelheim for therapies for ALT tumors.
The Belgium-based firm will take the first-in-class drug, based on tick saliva, targets inflammation without increasing bleeding, into a Phase IIb trial is in preparation, supported by a new series B funding round.
As ADCs continue to be a growth area globally, a new US-based venture with novel platform technology has emerged from stealth mode with $20m in funding.
The collaboration, supported by UK and Singapore government agencies, aims to develop an mRNA-based, needle-free universal bird flu vaccine suitable for use in a pandemic.
Regeneron is disappointed by the knock-back for longer dosing intervals for its high-dose version of Eylea, but its supplemental application for a more commercially important shorter four-week regimen has received a priority review.