Agreement - June 28, 2015
Sobi Dismisses Takeover Talk
Sobi’s board of directors has ended any discussions about the possible sale of all shares issued by the company. “Sobi will continue to focus on preparations for the upcoming planned launch of Elocta and Alprolix and on building value through its diverse and growing portfolio,” the company said in a statement. Sobi had a market value […]
Clinical Trials - June 27, 2015
Biovica Project Earns EC Funding
Biovica has been selected by the European Commission to receive support for a project as part of the Horizon 2020 phase 2 program. Biovica’s project “Clinical validation of the DiviTum assay in two high profile clinical studies in Europe” is receiving € 682,000 and being undertaken with a European cancer study group and Karolinska Institutet, […]
Clinical Trials - June 25, 2015
Psoriasis Foam Shows Promise
New data from LEO Pharma A/S shows aerosol foam Enstilar, the company’s dual-action investigational aerosol foam for the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris, provided rapid itch relief and improvements in itch-related sleep loss for patients suffering from psoriasis. The data is from a PSO-FAST Phase 3 clinical trial. Between 70 percent and 90 percent of people […]
In a new job - June 24, 2015
Astra CMO Quits Suddenly
AstraZeneca’s chief medical officer suddenly left his job Wednesday to become the chief executive officer of an unnamed, smaller biotech company, according to BioSpace.com. Briggs Morrison, AstraZeneca’s chief medical officer and head of global late-stage drug development, is scheduled to leave immediately. The company notified his colleagues prior to the announcement, BioSpace.com said. “It’s a great […]
Iceland - June 21, 2015
Study Finds Creativity, Mental Disorder Link
An international team of scientists has found a genetic link between creativity and the development of two psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience. The scientists report that people with these psychiatric disorders share common gene variants with otherwise healthy, creative people, notes an article in ScienceNordic. […]
Uncategorized - June 12, 2015
Enzyme Spreads Cancer to Bones
Danish and British scientists have discovered that a severe type of breast cancer known as oestrogen receptor negative spreads to bones when a tumor in the breast sends a special enzyme into the body, according to a ScienceNordic article. “The cancer cells in an oestrogen-receptor-negative tumor emit an enzyme called Lysyl oxidase (LOX). The higher […]
