A trial of Roche’s successor to flu medicine Tamiflu has met its goal in a phase 3 trial, with results showing that the new drug Xofluza is well tolerated in children with the flu.
The charity Parkinson’s UK has struck a £1 million partnership with NRG Therapeutics to develop drugs targeted at mitochondria that could protect cells producing dopamine, which have been d
UK biotech Oxford Biomedica and Japan’s Santen have begun an option and licence agreement to research and develop gene therapy products for an inherited retinal disease.