apellis pharmaceuticals Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/apellis-pharmaceuticals/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:54:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://medcitynews.com/uploads/2021/03/cropped-mblue-32x32.png apellis pharmaceuticals Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/apellis-pharmaceuticals/ 32 32 40682243 Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/healthcare-executive-layoffs-2/ https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/healthcare-executive-layoffs-2/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:09:05 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=650079

Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

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Apellis Lays Off 25% of Staff and Turns Focus to Commercializing New Eye Drug https://medcitynews.com/2023/08/apellis-pharmaceuticals-layoffs-restructuring-syfovre/ https://medcitynews.com/2023/08/apellis-pharmaceuticals-layoffs-restructuring-syfovre/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 22:51:34 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=647016

The Apellis Pharmaceuticals restructuring will save up to $300 million. It comes as the biotech continues its inquiry into the cause of a rare inflammatory complication reported in a small number of patients who received its geographic atrophy drug, Syfovre.

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Apellis Drug Becomes First Approved Therapy for Vision-Loss Disorder Geographic Atrophy https://medcitynews.com/2023/02/apellis-drug-becomes-first-approved-therapy-for-vision-loss-disorder-geographic-atrophy/ https://medcitynews.com/2023/02/apellis-drug-becomes-first-approved-therapy-for-vision-loss-disorder-geographic-atrophy/#respond Sat, 18 Feb 2023 01:45:35 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=624682

The FDA approved Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Syfovre as a treatment for geographic atrophy, a retinal disorder that is a leading cause of blindness. The drug, administered as an injection into the eye, will launch in March at the price of $2,190 per vial.

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Apellis Pharma eyes a shot at getting first FDA approval in rare vision disorder https://medcitynews.com/2022/03/apellis-pharma-eyes-a-shot-at-getting-first-fda-approval-in-rare-vision-disorder/ https://medcitynews.com/2022/03/apellis-pharma-eyes-a-shot-at-getting-first-fda-approval-in-rare-vision-disorder/#respond Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:11:05 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=578376

Apellis Pharmaceuticals has additional clinical data that show its drug having an effect on geographic atrophy, a rare vision-loss disorder with no FDA-approved treatment. The biotech plans to include the latest results in a new drug application being readied for submission in coming months.

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Apellis taps Beam’s base-editing tech to broaden autoimmune disease scope https://medcitynews.com/2021/06/apellis-taps-beams-base-editing-tech-to-broaden-autoimmune-disease-scope/ https://medcitynews.com/2021/06/apellis-taps-beams-base-editing-tech-to-broaden-autoimmune-disease-scope/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:03:23 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=538022 dna, genomics

Fresh off its first FDA approval, Apellis Pharmaceuticals is teaming up with Beam Therapeutics, a partnership that will use Beam’s base-editing technology to develop new therapies for complement system disorders. Apellis has committed to pay Beam $75 million to kick off the alliance.

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With FDA approval, Apellis can challenge AstraZeneca in rare blood disorder https://medcitynews.com/2021/05/with-fda-approval-apellis-can-challenge-astrazeneca-in-rare-blood-disorder/ https://medcitynews.com/2021/05/with-fda-approval-apellis-can-challenge-astrazeneca-in-rare-blood-disorder/#respond Mon, 17 May 2021 21:12:32 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=530630

The FDA approved Apellis Pharmaceuticals drug pegcetacoplan (Empaveli) as a treatment for a rare blood disorder that is currently treated with medicines sold by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, a biotech being acquired by AstraZeneca. But Apellis’s drug beat Alexion drug Soliris in a head-to-head test, and the smaller company aims to steal market share from its larger rival.

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Immunotherapy player Apellis Pharmaceuticals raises $33M https://medcitynews.com/2014/12/immunotherapy-player-apellis-pharmaceuticals-raises-33m/ https://medcitynews.com/2014/12/immunotherapy-player-apellis-pharmaceuticals-raises-33m/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:30:14 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=320972 Apellis Pharmaceuticals just raised $33M to fund exploring its immunotherapy platform in three disparate indications […]

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Apellis Pharma raises $17.6M; focuses on asthma and COPD https://medcitynews.com/2014/08/apellis-pharma-raises-17-6m-focuses-asthma-copd/ https://medcitynews.com/2014/08/apellis-pharma-raises-17-6m-focuses-asthma-copd/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:00:04 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=312868 Kentucky-based biotech Apellis Pharmaceuticals is raising a nice chunk of change – $17.6 million, according […]

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