Auransa, an artificial intelligence (AI) company developing precision medicines in areas of unmet medical needs, and Polaris Quantum Biotech (POLARISqb), a quantum drug design company, announced a research collaboration addressing therapeutics for neglected diseases disproportionately affecting women. The partnership seeks to discover treatments that may tackle many such diseases, and their complementary expertise promises to seek solutions that elude medical research. Auransa…
Merck spin-off Organon today celebrates its launch as a global women’s health company with employees and women from around the world, as the Organon executive leadership team rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Recognizing the need to listen to and act on women’s experiences to address the challenges in women’s health, Organon gathered voices from around the…
Biotech company SCYNEXIS has announced FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) approval of BREXAFEMME (ibrexafungerp tablets) for oral use in patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), also known as vaginal yeast infection. BREXAFEMME is the first approved drug in a novel antifungal class in more than 20 years and was approved based on positive results from two Phase 3 studies in which oral ibrexafungerp demonstrated…
An estimated 5 million women in the U.S. suffer from symptoms of uterine fibroids, and an estimated 3 million women are inadequately treated by current medical therapy and require further treatment. Uterine fibroids are noncancerous tumors that develop in or on the muscular walls of the uterus and are among the most common reproductive tract tumors in women. In addition to an individual’s genetic…
Women’s Health Biotech Celmatix focused uniquely on ovarian biology has announced the appointment of Dr. Stephen Palmer as Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Palmer had previously joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board earlier this year, on the heels of rapid progress with Celmatix’s lead AMHR2 agonist program and the out-licensing of PCOS targets from its multi-omics ovarian health platform. Dr. Palmer is a…
BioVaxys has announced that Charles J. Dunton, MD has joined BioVaxys as an Advisor to help provide additional scientific support for BVX-0918A, the Company’s ovarian cancer vaccine candidate, and its planned marketing and sale of Papilocare in the United States. Dr. Dunton, a top global opinion leader, is a gynecologist/oncologist in Indiana. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and has been in…
Evofem today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for EVO100 for the prevention of urogenital gonorrhea in women. Fast Track designation is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of new therapies to treat serious conditions and fill unmet medical needs. According to a new report published by the Centers for Disease…
ObsEva, a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing novel therapies to improve women’s reproductive health, today announced the appointment of Clive Bertram as Chief Commercial Officer and member of ObsEva’s Executive Committee, effective May 10, 2021. Wim Souverijns has served as Chief Commercial Officer of ObsEva since November 2018 and will leave the Company on June 30, 2021 to pursue a new opportunity.…
