The National Institutes of Health (NIH) ceased administration of an investigational HIV vaccine after interim data revealed that the treatment was not working in preventing the virus.
More Research Links Immune Cells to Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease, Beta-Amyloid Protein, Brain Damage, Immune Cells, Immune Response, Immune System, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Microglial Cells, Neurodegeneration, Neurons, Researchers, Tau, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found further evidence that microglia are the key link between the accumulation of abnormal proteins, including beta-amyloid and tau, in the brain and the actual brain damage observed in Alzheimer’s patients.
Harvard University and Merck launched a collaboration that will provide significant research funding for up to four years to support immuno-oncology research led by Arlene Sharpe, MD, PhD, at Harvard Medical School (HMS).
Novartis, Amgen and the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute announced they are halting two pivotal Phase II/III clinical trials in the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative Generation Program.
2016 Annual Report: Top 10 Pipelines
"Bad" LDL Cholesterol, Alzheimer's Diseases, Approvals, Big Pharma, Biologics License Application (BLA), Biosimilars, Biotech, Biotech/Biopharma, Biotechnology, Bispecific CD19-directed CD3 T cell engager (BiTE) antibodies, Blockbusters, Blood Cancers, Breakthrough Designation, Breakthrough Therapy, Breakthrough Therapy Designation, Breakthrough Therapy Designation, Cells, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy (CART), Cholesterol, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Clinical Trials, Collaboration, Collaborations, Collaborations, Cystic Fibrosis, Deals, Diabetes, DNA, EGFR Inhibitors, Europe, European Commission, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, February 2016, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Analogs, Immune Response, Immune System, Immune Systems, Immunotherapies, Influenza, Inhalers, Issue Archives, Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL), Monoclonal Antibodies, Multiple Myeloma, NDA, Neuroscience, New Drug Application (NDA), New Molecular Entities, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Oncology, Pain, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Plaque Psoriasis, Potential Blockbusters, Psoriasis, R&D, Sales, SGLT2 Inhibitors, Special Reports, Specialty Therapy, Technology, TGF-Beta Inhibitors, The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Therapeutics, Top 10 Pipelines, Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGFb), Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Vaccines, Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemiaThe pharma industry’s R&D concentration has been shifting towards specialty therapy areas as research and development returns decline for some leaders.
Zymeworks Announces Antibody Fc Engineering Collaboration and License Agreement with GSK
Autoimmune, Autoimmune Disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Bi-Specific Antibodies, Biotherapeutics, Business, Collaboration, Collaborations, Health, Immune Response, Inflammatory Diseases, Licensing, Licensing, Monoclonal Antibodies, Monoclonal Antibodies, Oncology, R&D, TechnologyVANCOUVER, 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 […]