The agreement is a critical step in ensuring paediatric patients living with NF1 PN have public access to Koselugo, the only approved therapy in Canada for this rare disease

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec. 18, 2024 /CNW/ - Alexion Pharma Canada Corp., AstraZeneca's Rare Disease group, has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) for Koselugo for the treatment of paediatric patients aged two years and above with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who have symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas (PN). With the agreement in place with the pCPA, individual provinces and territories may now initiate the process to list Koselugo on their formularies, the timing of which will vary by province and territory. Following the agreement, the Province of Quebec was the first to list Koselugo and provide public reimbursement of the only approved therapy for eligible children living with NF1 PN.

The companies commit to bring cutting-edge liquid biopsy testing to 20 institutions globally over the next 12 months

BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native healthcare technology company and a global leader in data-driven medicine, today announced a new milestone in the global introduction of the liquid biopsy test MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™, first announced in October 2023. Under a definitive partnership agreement with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN), SOPHiA GENETICS will accelerate the deployment of MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ to 20 locations worldwide over the next 12 months.  

The companies commit to bring cutting-edge liquid biopsy testing to 20 institutions globally over the next 12 months

BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native healthcare technology company and a global leader in data-driven medicine, today announced a new milestone in the global introduction of the liquid biopsy test MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™, first announced in October 2023. Under a definitive partnership agreement with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN), SOPHiA GENETICS will accelerate the deployment of MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ to 20 locations worldwide over the next 12 months.  

The companies commit to bring cutting-edge liquid biopsy testing to 20 institutions globally over the next 12 months

BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native healthcare technology company and a global leader in data-driven medicine, today announced a new milestone in the global introduction of the liquid biopsy test MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™, first announced in October 2023. Under a definitive partnership agreement with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN), SOPHiA GENETICS will accelerate the deployment of MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ to 20 locations worldwide over the next 12 months.  

The companies commit to bring cutting-edge liquid biopsy testing to 20 institutions globally over the next 12 months

BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2024 /CNW/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native healthcare technology company and a global leader in data-driven medicine, today announced a new milestone in the global introduction of the liquid biopsy test MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™, first announced in October 2023. Under a definitive partnership agreement with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN), SOPHiA GENETICS will accelerate the deployment of MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ to 20 locations worldwide over the next 12 months.  

ALPHA Phase III trial showed first-in-class, oral, Factor D inhibitor as add-on to Ultomiris or Soliris improved hemoglobin levels and reduced anemia and fatigue

MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 23, 2024 /CNW/ - Voydeya (danicopan tablets) has been approved in Canada as an add-on to ravulizumab or eculizumab for the treatment of adult patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who have residual hemolytic anemia due to extravascular hemolysis (EVH).1 Voydeya is a first-in-class, oral, Factor D inhibitor developed as an add-on to standard-of-care Ultomiris (ravulizumab) or Soliris (eculizumab) to address the needs of the approximately 10-20% of patients with PNH who experience clinically significant extravascular hemolysis (EVH) while treated with a C5 inhibitor.2,3

CAR031 study at 9.03-mo median follow up achieves disease control rate (DCR) of 91.3% and objective response rate (ORR) of 56.5% for patients across all dose levels (DLs) and ORR of 75.0% at DL4

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AbelZeta Pharma, Inc. ("AbelZeta" or the "Company"), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative and proprietary cell-based therapeutic products, today announced preliminary safety and efficacy results from its first time in human investigator-initiated trial (IIT) of C-CAR031 in connection with the Company's oral presentation at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. The presentation shared data indicating a manageable safety profile and encouraging anti-tumor activity of C-CAR031 in patients with heavily pretreated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (1-6 lines of prior therapy). C-CAR031 is based on a novel GPC3-targeting CAR-T designed by AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) and is manufactured by AbelZeta. C-CAR031 is being co-developed in China by AbelZeta and AstraZeneca.