AIM ImmunoTech Inks Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Research Deals With AstraZeneca, Erasmus

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AIM ImmunoTech Inks Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Research Deals With AstraZeneca, Erasmus

(RTTNews) - Immuno-pharma company AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (AIM) announced Tuesday it has entered into an external sponsored collaborative clinical research agreement with Netherland-based Erasmus University Medical Center and AstraZeneca plc. (AZN, AZN.L).

Under the agreement, Erasmus MC is planning to perform an investigator-initiated clinical study, entitled "Combining anti-PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab with TLR-3 agonist rintatolimod in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma for therapy effect. DURIPANC Study," in which it will use both Study Drugs provided by AstraZeneca and AIM ImmunoTech.

Ampligen is AIM's dsRNA drug currently being developed for globally important cancers. Ampligen has shown therapeutic synergy with checkpoint inhibitors, including increasing survival rates and efficacy, in the treatment of animal tumors when used in combination with checkpoint blockade therapies.

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Amgen's Bkemv Approved As First Interchangeable Biosimilar To Soliris

Amgen's Bkemv Approved As First Interchangeable Biosimilar To Soliris

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Amgen Inc.'s Bkemv (eculizumab-aeeb) as the first interchangeable biosimilar to Soliris (eculizumab), developed by British drug major AstraZeneca's Rare Disease unit Alexion Pharmaceuticals, to treat certain rare diseases. Soliris is a medicine used to treat adults and children with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria or PNH...
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Amazon, Microsoft, Pfizer To Invest Billions In French Projects

Amazon, Microsoft, Pfizer To Invest Billions In French Projects

Major companies, including Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Morgan Stanley, Pfizer and others, have announced around 15 billion euros or $16.2 billion worth foreign investments in France as part of the country's annual 'Choose France' business summit, reports said. French President Emmanuel Macron kicks off the summit of 180 CEOs and executives on Monday, aiming to showcase foreign investment.
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AstraZeneca To Withdraw Its Covid-19 Vaccine Vaxzevria Worldwide

AstraZeneca To Withdraw Its Covid-19 Vaccine Vaxzevria Worldwide

AstraZeneca, a major provider of Covid-19 vaccines across the world mainly during the initial pandemic period, has initiated a process to withdraw its Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine worldwide, citing weak demand and the surplus availability of new vaccines. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca reportedly had admitted recently in court documents that the vaccine could cause side-effects such as blood clots...
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Allorion Therapeutic Inks Agreement With AstraZeneca  For EGFR L858R Allosteric Inhibitor Program

Allorion Therapeutic Inks Agreement With AstraZeneca For EGFR L858R Allosteric Inhibitor Program

Allorion Therapeutics, a US and China-based biotechnology company, on Tuesday entered into an exclusive option and global license agreement with British drug major AstraZeneca plc (AZN) to develop and commercialize a novel epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) L858R mutated allosteric inhibitor, as a potential new treatment for advanced EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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AstraZeneca Q2 Profit Surges, Signs Gene Therapy Deal With Pfizer; Stock Up

AstraZeneca Q2 Profit Surges, Signs Gene Therapy Deal With Pfizer; Stock Up

Shares of AstraZeneca Plc were gaining around 4 percent in London trading as well as around 5 percent in pre-market activity on Nasdaq after the British drug major reported Friday significantly higher profit for its second quarter. Top line beat market estimates. Further, the company maintained its outlook for fiscal 2023, expecting growth. In addition, AstraZeneca noted that its Rare Disease ...
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