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Sanofi Abandons MZE001 Licensing Deal Following FTC Intervention Over Pompe Disease Monopoly Concerns
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Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) has withdrawn from an agreement announced earlier this year to in-license the glycogen synthase 1 (GYS1) inhibitor MZE001 from Maze Therapeutics, following an administrative complaint by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US antitrust agency. The FTC sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in federal…
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BMS Advances TIGITxCD96 Bispecific Antibody into Phase II Dose Expansion
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS; NYSE: BMY) has advanced its development program for the TIGITxCD96 bispecific antibody (BsAb) BMS-986442 into a Phase II dose expansion trial. The candidate was licensed from Agenus (NASDAQ: AGEN) in 2021, and as part of the agreement, Agenus will receive a USD 25 million cash payment,…
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Sanofi Partners with Minapharm for Local Production of Anticoagulant Clexane in Egypt
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Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) has entered into a partnership with Egyptian biotechnology company Minapharm to locally manufacture and supply its leading anticoagulant, Clexane (enoxaparin). The technology transfer agreement is aimed at enabling the French pharmaceutical giant to navigate “changing market dynamics,” as stated in a press release. Production of the medication…
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Sisram Medical’s Profhilo Accepted for Review by China’s NMPA
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Sisram Medical Ltd (HKG: 1696), an Israel-based company within the Fosun Pharmaceutical Group (SHA: 600196), has announced that its licensed injection filler product, Prohiro, has had its market filing accepted for review by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Profhilo, an injectable sodium hyaluronate solution, is recognized as one of…
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Staidson Pharmaceutical Initiates Clinical Study for ARDS Treatment STSA-1002
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Staidson (Beijing) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (SHE: 300204), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phase Ib/II clinical study for its injectable STSA-1002, an anti-human complement protein C5a (hC5a) monoclonal antibody (mAb). The drug candidate is under evaluation as a potential treatment for acute…
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Cryofocus Biotechnology Receives NMPA Approval for Complete Cardiac Cryoablation System
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Cryofocus Biotechnology Co., Ltd (HKG: 6922), a Shanghai-based specialist in cryoablation treatment, has announced that it has received marketing approvals from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for all components of its cardiac cryoablation system. The approvals include the cryoablation equipment, balloon type cryoablation catheter (previously known as the atrial…
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Zylox-Tonbridge Medical Technology’s ZENFLOW T18 Receives NMPA Marketing Approval
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Zylox-Tonbridge Medical Technology (HKG: 2190), a developer of nerve and peripheral vascular interventional devices based in China, has announced that it has received marketing approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its in-house developed ZENFLOW T18 peripheral balloon dilation catheter. The ZENFLOW T18 is a conical balloon designed…
