Johnson & Johnson announced a definitive agreement to acquire Novira Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for curative treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The acquisition includes Novira’s portfolio of novel antivirals, including its lead candidate, NVR 3-778. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
National Institutes for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) and Pharma Industries signed 17 MoU to bridge gap betwwen academic education and industrial needs. One of the critical factors in building innovation ecosystem and for Drug Discovery is Academia-Industry linkage. Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) for the last one year has actively engaged both the NIPERs and the Pharma Industry to build partnership in areas of education, research and development.
Johnson & Johnson's Stelara was significantly better than placebo at inducing clinical response and remissions in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract that affects about 700,000 Americans and 250,000 Europeans. Symptoms can include frequent diarrhea, abdominal pain and rectal bleeding. Stelara, a biotech medicine that blocks inflammation, is approved to treat the skin condition scaly plaque psoriasis and a type of arthritis associated with psoriasis.
UbiVac, a privately held clinical stage immuno-oncology company, collaborate with Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Janssen), one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. The Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center in California facilitated the research agreement on behalf of the Janssen Disease Interception Accelerator.
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