Novartis licenses BoomRay radioligand asset for $900M
By the numbers: BoomRay will receive an undisclosed upfront payment and is eligible for development, regulatory and sales milestones, bringing the potential total to $900 million. The company could also receive royalties on future global sales.
Beacon’s XLRP gene therapy meets pivotal U.S. endpoint
Why it matters: X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) mainly affects boys and men, and most cases stem from mutations in the RPGR gene. The disease typically begins with night blindness in childhood, followed by progressive loss of peripheral vision and, later, central vision.
StockWatch: Novo’s 2030 Strategy Underwhelms Investors at Capital Markets Day
A week after loosening up its branding to “Novo,” Novo Nordisk (Nasdaq Copenhagen: NOVO-B; NYSE: NVO) laid out a strategy for 2030 that underwhelmed investors of the Danish metabolic biotech giant.
Genes Involved in Flatworm Brain Regeneration Identified
The human brain is terrible at healing itself from injury or disease. But some animals can harness their own cellular abilities to not only repair injuries but also to regrow their brains entirely. Researchers from the University of Georgia have now pinpointed several of the genes that make brain regeneration possible in planarians, a type of flatworm that exhibits what the team describes in their newly published report in Nature Communications, as “extraordinary capacity for brain regeneration.”
H5N1 Spreads Among Australian Wildlife as Flu Season Ramps Up
With flu season ramping up in certain areas of the world (it’s time to get that flu shot!) everyone is watching what strains are circulating—and how well they may match the current vaccine formulations.
Inmet: previsão do tempo entre os dias 21 a 28 de setembro
Previsão de chuva acumulada (21 de setembro a 28 de setembro de 2026); fonte: Inmet A previsão do Instituto Nacional de …
Tricomas do tomateiro limitam ação de Chrysoperla carnea
Foto: Celeste Welty / Ohio State University – Bugwood A arquitetura dos tricomas do tomateiro reduziu a efici…
Syngenta anuncia tecnologia com microRNAs para elevar produtividade
A Syngenta anunciou a tecnologia Exort, plataforma biológica baseada em microRNAs naturais de plantas. Segundo a empresa…
Tocantins inicia o vazio sanitário do algodão
Começou nesta segunda-feira, 21 de setembro, o período do vazio sanitário do algodão no Tocantins. Até 10 de dezembro, f…
ADM planeja entrar no mercado voluntário de carbono
A ADM anunciou hoje (21/9) que planeja entrar no mercado voluntário de remoção de dióxido de carbono (CO₂), com créditos…