Press Releases

Trialbee, a leading global technology provider for patient matching and engagement in clinical trials, announced a partnership with Clinerion, a worldwide leader in medical data informatics with a global research network comprised of 30.2 million patients online across 69...

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced that KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, has received two new approvals from the Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). KEYTRUDA monotherapy is now approved for the treatment of...

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), in combination with etoposide plus a choice of platinum chemotherapy (either carboplatin or cisplatin). SCLC is a highly aggressive,...

The first participants have been dosed in a Phase I trial of AZD7442, a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in development for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The trial, called NCT04507256, will evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics...

AbbVie and Harvard University announced a $30 million collaborative research alliance, launching a multi-pronged effort at Harvard Medical School (HMS) to study and develop novel therapies against emergent viral infections, with a focus on those caused by coronaviruses and...

Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the Phase 3 IDHENTIFY study evaluating IDHIFA® (enasidenib) plus best supportive care (BSC) versus conventional care regimens, which include best supportive care (BSC) only, azacitidine plus BSC, low-dose cytarabine plus BSC or intermediate-dose cytarabine...

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation announced that MTPC is launchingVAFSEO®Tablets 150mg and 300mg (VAFSEO®, vadadustat) which is anoralhypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitor in-licensed from Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., forthe treatment ofrenal anemiaon August 26, 2020,in Japan following today’s inclusion ofVAFSEO®in...