Data presented at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting and exposition, including: Alphamab Oncology, Aptose, Ascentage, Astrazeneca, Beigene, Carsgen, Junshi, JW, Starpharma, Tessa.
After gaining U.S. FDA priority approval for the first gene therapy to treat hemophilia B, CSL Ltd. reported long-term data from the pivotal HOPE-B trial that showed a single infusion of Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec-drlb) generated elevated and sustained mean factor IX levels and reduced the rate of annual bleeding.
At the ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress 2022, Compugen Inc. shared phase I data for COM-701 in dual and triple combination with Bristol Meyers Squibb Co.’s Opdivo (nivolumab) and with or without BMS-986207.
Eisai Co. Ltd. and Biogen Inc. presented the full data set for the Clarity Alzheimer’s disease trial of lecanemab at the 2022 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease, which was simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The data supported the top-line results released in September 2022.
Fresh off announcing a new $1.2 billion joint drug discovery and development project with Sanofi SA, Insilico Medicine Inc. founder and CEO Alex Zhavoronkov joined a chorus of executives at the Asia Summit on Global Health in proclaiming the critical importance of partnership between biopharma, tech companies, and regulators, even amid rising tensions between China and the West.
“We look at Japan with some envy with what they’ve been able to achieve and their approach to regenerative medicine, which has been supported significantly by their federal government,” said Silvio Tiziano, CEO of the Center for the Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine Australia, during the recent Ausbiotech conference in Perth.
South Korea’s regenerative medicine market is expected to grow from $51 million in 2016 to $320 million by 2026, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 20%, So Ra Park, chair and founder of Korea’s Regenerative Medicine Acceleration Foundation said.