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SAN DIEGO & SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inocras, a bioinformatics-led company harnessing the power of whole-genome data and proprietary analytics to deliver curated insights, today announced that new real-world evidence evaluating whole-genome sequencing-based homologous recombination deficiency phenotyping has been accepted for online publication at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. The abstract, titled “Whole-genome HRD phenotyping as a predictor of PARP...

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Hepcludex® (bulevirtide-gmod) 8.5 mg for the treatment of adults living with chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection, making it the first and only approved treatment for HDV in the United States. The FDA granted accelerated approval to Hepcludex based on reductions in HDV RNA and normalization of alanine aminotrans...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eurofins Scientific SE (EUFI.PA) (Paris:ERF) has received various notifications of dealing from Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (“PDMR”). The notification of Dealing Form for each PDMR can be found below. This notification is made in accordance with the European Market Abuse Regulation. NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM   1. Details of the per...

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avanzanite Bioscience B.V., a rapidly growing commercial-stage European specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today reported that its partner, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGIO), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on delivering innovative medicines for patients with rare diseases, announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for PYRUKYND® (mitapivat)...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2026 — AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s DATROWAY® (datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who are not candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy. The approval follows Priority Review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) based on results from the TROPION-Breast02 Phase III trial which were presented at the 2025 European Societ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PharmaEssentia USA Corporation, a subsidiary of PharmaEssentia Corporation (TWSE: 6446), a global biopharmaceutical innovator based in Taiwan leveraging deep expertise and proven scientific principles to deliver new biologics in hematology and oncology, today announced five upcoming presentations at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting and European Hematology Association (EHA) 2026 Congress. The ASCO annual meeting will be held...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Daiichi Sankyo (TSE: 4568) and AstraZeneca’s (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN) Datroway® (datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) who are not candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy. Datroway is a specifically engineered TROP2 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC) discovered by Daiichi Sankyo and being jointly developed and commercialized by Daiichi Sank...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schrödinger, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDGR) today reported that on May 18, 2026, the company granted (i) a non-statutory stock option to purchase 1,875 shares of the company’s common stock to one newly hired employee and (ii) restricted stock units (RSUs) with respect to 18,766 shares of the company’s common stock to seven newly hired employees. These grants were made pursuant to the company’s 2021 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, were approved by the compensation committee of...

GUILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PRIME study results show bedside portable MRI cut order-to-scan time vs conventional MRI and identified critical ED findings....

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ClearNote Health will present new multi-cohort validation data for its Avantect Pancreatic Cancer Test at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting...