Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) is focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of medically important pharmaceutical products for the treatment of renal disease. Keryx is developing ZerenexTM (ferric citrate), an oral, ferric iron-based compound that has the capacity to bind to phosphate and form non-absorbable complexes. KERX today announced that its ferric iron-based phosphate …Read More
Idenix Pharmaceuticals (IDIX): Collaboration With Janssen to Initiate Phase II Simeprevir, IDX719 and TMC647055 Studies
Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: IDIX) is engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral and other infectious diseases. Building on its expertise in nucleoside chemistry and other small molecule chemistry and biology, the company is well positioned to become a leader in antiviral pharmaceuticals. Idenix’s current focus is on …Read More
Celsion (CLSN): Cash and Incentives up to $100 Million
Celsion (NASDAQ: CLSN) is developing a ThermoDox, a treatment for primary liver cancer. The company combines radio-frequency thermal ablation (RFA) with a high dose of the drug doxorubin. ThermoDox targets a specific area and then cover the tumor through the process of heating the accumulated drug. Phase III results show that ThermoDox with RFA treatment improves the …Read More
Kips Bay Medical (KIPS): FDA Approval for eMESH Additional US Study
Kips Bay Medical,Inc. (NASDAQ: KIPS) is dedicated to providing therapeutic vascular technologies for the cardiac surgeon to better treat cardiovascular disease. Recently KIPS announced that the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for additional US patients to be enrolled in Kips Bay Medicals eMESH I clinical feasibility trial of its eSVS …Read More
Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX): Offer of Potential All-Cash Acquisition
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (PLX) is a biopharmaceutical company that is revolutionizing the development and manufacturing of recombinant therapeutic proteins through its ProCellEx® plant cell-based protein expression system. Using ProCellEx, Protalix is focused on the development and commercialization of a proprietary pipeline of novel and biosimilar proteins that target large, established pharmaceutical markets and that rely …Read More
Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL): COMETRIQ Availability in the U.S.
Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing small molecule therapies for the treatment of cancer. Exelixis announced on Thursday the commercial availability of COMETRIQ® (cabozantinib) for the treatment of patients with progressive, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer approved by FDA on November 29, 2012. COMETRIQ (cabozantinib) is being distributed exclusively …Read More
Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD): Elected BOD Member
Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative treatments that address unmet medical needs in neurological and related central nervous system disorders. Acadia’s lead product candidate, pimavanserin, is in Phase III development . Pimavanserin is projected to be a potential first-in-class treatment for Parkinson’s disease psychosis. On January 18, 2013, Acadia’s Board of …Read More
Threshold Pharmaceuticals (THLD): Merck KGaA Initiated the Global Phase 3 MAESTRO Study
Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: THLD) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of cancer therapeutics based on a novel and powerful approach of targeting tumor hypoxia. THLD today announced that Threshold’s partner Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, through its division Merck Serono, initiated the global Phase 3 MAESTRO study assessing the …Read More
NuPathe Inc. (NASDAQ: PATH): FDA Approval of the Zecuity
NuPathe Inc. (PATH) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zecuity™ (sumatriptan iontophoretic transdermal system) for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. Zecuity is a single-use, battery-powered patch that actively delivers sumatriptan, the most widely prescribed migraine medication, through the skin. Zecuity provides relief of …Read More
Neuralstem (CUR): FDA Approval for the Phase 1 Trial of NSI-566
Neuralstem’s (CUR) patented technology enables the ability to produce neural stem cells of the human brain and spinal cord in commercial quantities, and the ability to control the differentiation of these cells constitutively into mature, physiologically relevant human neurons and glia. In August 2012, Neuralstem completed the final surgery of an FDA-approved Phase I NSI-566 …Read More