All articles by Vidya Sagar Maddela

Vidya Sagar Maddela

Turbine and AstraZeneca partner for ADC discovery

The partnership will leverage Turbine’s platform and its capacity to streamline the ADC discovery process.

FDA approves Celltrion’s Eydenzelt for eye diseases

Eydenzelt is a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor referencing Eylea, which is jointly developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Bayer.

Synaffix and Qurient enter licensing deal for dual-payload ADC 

The collaboration will combine Synaffix’s exatecan-based tech with Qurient’s CDK7 inhibitor for solid tumour treatments.

FDA approves Lilly’s Inluriyo to treat advanced breast cancer 

The approval was based on results from the Phase III EMBER-3 trial in 256 patients.

Moderna opens UK vaccine manufacturing facility

MITC will manufacture vaccines for respiratory illnesses, supporting the National Health Service’s vaccination programmes.

Sanofi announces $625m to venture capital arm

Sanofi Ventures is targeting early-stage and emerging opportunities in healthcare.

TegMine and Boehringer Ingelheim partner on cancer therapeutics 

The partnership will initially target a clinically validated antigen and may expand to two additional targets.

FDA to priority-review Daiichi Sankyo and AZ’s Enhertu sBLA

Enhertu was developed by Daiichi Sankyo and is co-commercialised with AstraZeneca.

Merck and Siemens extend digital transformation partnership in life sciences 

The two companies will leverage automation, data and AI to streamline drug discovery, development and manufacturing.

Ionis and Sobi’s Tryngolza gains approval in EU for FCS treatment

Tryngolza is designed to reduce the production of apoC-III, a protein involved in triglyceride metabolism.