– 365 Energy and partner Zohar Energy start collaboration with POLENERGIA –
365 Energy today announced that its partner Zohar Energy has been chosen by Polish energy company POLENERGIA to support its expansion as a leading provider of infrastructure solutions for electric vehicles (EVs) in Poland. The first ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station was installed in Warsaw earlier this month. The ChargePoint stations are manufactured by US-based Coulomb Technologies. More information is available here.
In the IT industry, open source is an acknowledged development principle for software that uses peer review and transparency of the development process. The promise of open source is better quality, i.e. higher reliability, more flexibility, and lower cost, among others.
Now, this principle is spreading to the life sciences. For one, there is the Open Source Sensing Initiative which is trying to apply a bottom-up, decentralized approach to the development of sensors for security and environmental purposes. Read more…
– Closing of two additional license and supply agreements for the commercialization and marketing of Veregen® –
MediGene AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard, TecDAX) has signed two further license and supply agreements for the commercialization and marketing of Veregen®. These have been signed with GC-Rise Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in China and JS Bio Pharm Co., Ltd. in South Korea.
GC-Rise will conduct the clinical trials of Veregen® (for the treatment of genital warts) that are required for approval of the ointment in China, and will be responsible for all the regulatory and approval procedures thereafter. MediGene will receive a one-time payment upon execution of the agreement and a further milestone payment upon initiation of the first clinical trial in China. In addition, MediGene will profit from supplying GC-Rise with the drug product. GC-Rise expects market launch in China at the end of 2013.
JS Bio Pharm will promote and distribute Veregen® for the treatment of genital warts, and will also be responsible for all regulatory procedures and for obtaining approval of the drug in South Korea. MediGene will receive royalties and a milestone payment contingent on the level of sales achieved. In addition, MediGene will profit from supplying JS Bio Pharm with the drug product. JS Bio Pharm expects to launch the drug on the South Korean market during 2012.
MediGene today announced first preliminary results from its Phase II clinical trial of EndoTAG(TM)-1 for the treatment of triple receptor-negative breast cancer. The trial in 140 patients was conducted to show efficacy of EndoTAG(TM)-1 against this extremely difficult to treat cancer type, and to further investigate the safety of the drug candidate. The primary endpoint was a progression-free survival rate at 16 weeks of at least 30% of EndoTAG(TM)-1 monotherapy treated patients, and at least 30% of EndoTAG(TM)-1 plus paclitaxel combination treated patients respectively.
Trial results: The group of patients treated with EndoTAG(TM)-1 and paclitaxel combination therapy showed a progression-free survival rate after 16 weeks of treatment of 59.1% (95% confidence interval: 43.2% – 73.7%). The progression-free survival rate of the group with EndoTAG(TM)-1 monotherapy was 34.2% (18,6 % – 51,4 %). In the group that received paclitaxel monotherapy, the progression-free survival rate was 48%. (27,8 % – 68,7%).
Further data, including secondary endpoints, are currently being evaluated and will be published within the next few weeks. Upon conclusion of this analysis, an overall trial evaluation will therefore be possible. The data published today are based on a centralized image evaluation of the trial results regarding progression-free survival. For more information, please see the full press release.
