Tag Archive for: biotech

Alchemab appoints Co-Founder Jane Osbourn as Chief Executive Officer

Cambridge, UK, 12 September 2024 – Alchemab Therapeutics (Alchemab), a pharmaceutical company aiming to identify and develop naturally occurring therapeutic antibodies from resilient individuals, today announces that Jane Osbourn, OBE, FMEDSCI, PhD, Alchemab’s Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), has succeeded Young Kwon, PhD as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board. Read more…

QL Biopharm Presented Results from Phase 1c Clinical Study on its Novel Once-Monthly GLP-1RA ZT002 at EASD 2024

– ZT002 was safe and well tolerated in both biweekly and monthly dosing arms in patients with overweight or obesity with a tolerability profile aligned with the GLP-1RA class – The open-label extension with ZT002 120 mg, once-monthly, showed 17.1% reduction in body weight at 30 weeks Beijing, China, 12 September 2024 – Beijing QL […]

Calliditas Therapeutics takes certain corporate actions following announcement by Asahi Kasei

Stockholm, Sweden, September 3, 2024 – Following the announcement by Asahi Kasei Corporation (“Asahi Kasei”) on September 2, 2024 that it controls more than 90 percent of the outstanding shares of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq: CALT) (“Calliditas” or the “Company”), and declared its offers to purchase all of the outstanding Common Shares and ADSs of Calliditas […]

Vesper Bio announces successful Phase I study for potentially disease-modifying treatment for frontotemporal dementia

VES001 is a first-in-class oral, brain penetrant, small molecule sortilin inhibitor for treatment of FTD(GRN) Data demonstrate excellent safety, tolerability profile, dose-proportionality and target engagement with elevations in progranulin in both plasma and CNS CTA filed for Phase IIa study, first dose targeted for Q4 2024 Copenhagen, Denmark, 04 September 2024 – Vesper Bio ApS […]

The ‘must-attend’ Healthcare conferences Autumn / Winter 2024

With the summer holidays drawing to a close, now is the time to be organising your conference calendar to maximise the opportunities these major events in life sciences present. Secure your travel and accommodation while prices are attractive, and availability is high.  As an official partner to many of the top events, Optimum is pleased […]