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Hyphens Pharma licenses Wynzora® Cream for ASEAN countries from MC2 Therapeutics

Hyphens Pharma Pte. Ltd., has entered into an exclusive license, supply and commercialisation agreement (the "Agreement") with MC2 Therapeutics ("MC2") for the exclusive rights to register and commercialise Wynzora® Cream and all future product extensions and/or improvements for the topical treatment of plaque psoriasis in the 10 ASEAN countries.

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ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Announces $5 Million Registered Direct Offering

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the purchase and sale of 5,000,000 of the Company’s American Depositary Shares.

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Boehringer Ingelheim and Sosei Heptares join forces to develop first-in-class treatments targeting all symptoms of schizophrenia

Ingelheim, Germany, Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 11 March 2024 – Today, Boehringer Ingelheim and Sosei Group Corporation (“Sosei Heptares”; TSE: 4565) announced they have entered a ... Read more

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Arcutis and Sato Announce Strategic Collaboration and Licensing Agreement for Topical Roflumilast in Japan

Under the terms of the agreement, Arcutis will receive an upfront payment of $25 million, and potentially an additional $40 million if certain regulatory and sales milestones are achieved. Arcutis is also eligible to receive tiered, low double-digit percentage royalties.

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Bridgebio Pharma And Kyowa Kirin Announce Partnership With An Upfront Payment Of $100 Million For An Exclusive License On Infigratinib In Skeletal Dysplasias In Japan

QED Therapeutics grants Kyowa Kirin an exclusive license to develop and commercialize infigratinib for achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia, and other skeletal dysplasias in Japan.

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Astellas and Kelonia Therapeutics Enter into Research and License Agreement to Develop Novel Immuno-Oncology Therapeutics

Under the terms of the agreement, the companies plan to combine Kelonia's iGPS® with Xyphos' ACCEL™ technology to develop innovative in vivo CAR-T Cell therapies*2 targeting up to two programs.

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Ono Enters into a Drug Discovery Collaboration and Option Agreement with Shattuck Labs to Generate Bifunctional Fusion Proteins

Shattuck will generate fusion proteins for certain targets using its proprietary protein engineering technologyand provide Ono with drug candidates for further optimization and clinical development. 

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“Pan Orion Invests $415M in Korean Biotech LegoChem, Secures Majority Stake”

Once finalized, LegoChem will become part of Orion’s corporate family but will retain its current frameworks and management.

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Pfizer and Astellas’ XTANDI® Approved by U.S. FDA in Earlier Prostate Cancer Treatment Setting

Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, "Astellas") and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the companies received an approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a supplemental New Drug Application for XTANDI

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Lunit Secures $150 Million in Capital Increase

Lunit (KRX:328130.KQ), a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced the successful completion of a significant paid-in capital increase of $150 million.