AstraZeneca’s cancer drug Calquence has shown initial signs of helping hospitalized COVID-19 patients get through the worst of the disease, as researchers scramble to repurpose existing treatments to help fight the deadly infection.

Argenx announced positive topline results from the company’s Phase III ADAPT clinical trial of efgartigimod for myasthenia gravis.

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Company inked a global licensing and research deal with Lebanon, N.H.-based ImmuNext Inc.

Immunocore was recognized as SCRIP Awards 2015’s Biotech of the Year. Immunocore is a world-leading biotech company developing novel T cell receptor (TCR) based biological drugs for the treatment of cancer, viral infections and autoimmune disease.

The biotechnology arena’s financing total for 2015 reached unprecedented heights for the second straight year, according to EY’s 29th annual Beyond borders report. Biotech companies raised nearly $71 billion in 2015, well ahead of the previous record of $56 billion totaled during 2014.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zymeworks Inc. today announced that it has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the research, development, and commercialization of novel Fc-engineered monoclonal […]