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Bayer and X-Chem, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on applying its innovative drug discovery capabilities to the generation of novel small molecule therapeutics, have entered into an expanded global drug discovery collaboration across multiple therapeutic areas and...

GSK announced the start of a phase I clinical trial with GSK3359609, an investigational inducibile T-cell costimulator (ICOS) agonist antibody. ICOS is a co-stimulatory receptor that enhances T-cell responses and results in an increased anti-tumour response from the immune...

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has entered a research agreement with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) of Seoul, South Korea to help develop more robust, scalable vaccine manufacturing processes. Merck will provide funding and expertise in the...

Pfizer Inc announced that it will invest approximately USD$350 million in the development of a state-of-the-art Global Biotechnology Center at a ground-breaking ceremony in the Hangzhou Economic Development Area (HEDA) in China. This innovative facility will...

Takeda announced that it has dosed the first subject in a Phase 2b field efficacy trial of Takeda’s norovirus vaccine candidate (TAK-214), the only norovirus vaccine candidate in human clinical trials. The Phase 2b, double-blind, randomized,...

The Innovation Days are a unique international event focused on promoting innovation in the field of Life Sciences . For its 7th edition , this event will bring to Paris 600 innovators and health : pharmaceutical companies, startups ,...

Shire plc announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for two investigational products for rare diseases: SHP621 (budesonide oral suspension, or BOS) for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), and SHP625 (maralixibat) for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2...