BRIEF—Key appointments at Denmark’s Acesion Pharma
Danish drugmaker Acesion Pharma, which is focused on novel treatments for atrial fibrillation (AF), has…
Ferring in sight of finish line with first microbiome-based drug
Swiss drugmaker Ferring and its Rebiotix subsidiary have announced a world first with a microbiome-based…
Portola agrees to takeover bid from Alexion
Following a couple of active M&A years, USA-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals has now reached a definitive…
ALK Abello outperforms expectations in strong 1st-qtr
Shares of Danish allergy immunotherapy specialist ALK Abello were up almost 10% at 1,788.00 Danish kroner…
Gilead plans to meet rising tide of remdesivir demand
California’s Gilead Sciences has outlined a plan to ramp up production of newly USA-approved COVID-19…
US FTC clears AbbVie’s buy of Allergan, but with divestments
Almost a year after the original announcement, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accepted the…
Akebia soars on positive Ph III trial results for vadadustat
Shares of US biotech Akebia Therapeutics were up more than 35% at $11.72 by early afternoon today, after…
Regeneron rockets as financial results provide perfect picture of growth
Investors in Regeneron could afford a rare smile in these difficult times, as the company’s first quarter…
Pfizer and BioNTech move on COVID-19 vaccine work apace
As with other companies, US drug giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech are moving forward their…
Latest data show Libtayo beneficial in BCC trial
Positive top-line data for a pivotal, single-arm, open-label trial of PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo (cemiplimab)…
China and COVID-19 offer test case for blockchain
The COVID-19 pandemic did not stop China from launching its national blockchain-based service network…
EU-led coronavirus fundraiser targets initial 7.5 billion euros
A pledging conference led by the European Union (EU) has set an initial target of 7.5 billion euros ($8.1…
BRIEF—US court upholds Amgen Kyprolis patent
The US District Court in Delaware issued a decision upholding the validity of patent claims from three…
EU brings production home amid supply chain worries
Specialty chemicals company Evonik has kicked off a major expansion project at two German facilities,…
Clinical tests imminent for Junshi's COVID-19 antibody
A new collaboration between Shanghai’s Junshi Biosciences and Eli Lilly will seek to develop novel…
Menarini nabs hematologic malignancy drug along with buy of Stemline
Privately-held pharma and diagnostics firm Menarini Group has announced a definitive agreement to acquire…
Positive Phase III data for Lupin’s trichomoniasis candidate
India’s Lupin has announced positive top-line results from its pivotal Phase III clinical trial to…
Firms ready RNAi candidate for COVID-19 development
A collaboration in COVID-19 between immunology specialist Vir Biotechnology and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals…
COVID-19 leading to shortage of orphan drugs in Russia
The ongoing spread of COVID-19 in Russia is leading to shortages of drugs against orphan diseases in…
European progress in long path for Lokelma
The European medicines regulator has OK’d a label update for AstraZeneca’s Lokelma (sodium zirconium…
Mallinckrodt’s INOmax successful in trial of neonates with pulmonary hypertension
UK-based Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals has ended a trial of INOmax (nitric oxide) gas early due to positive…
US-Swiss partnership takes aim at rare heart condition
A new collaboration targeting rare heart diseases has been formed between California’s BioMarin Pharmaceutical…
India remains on USTR list of IP problem countries
India continues to be on the 'Priority Watch List' of the US Trade Representative (USTR) for lack of…
Protection Blend
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NICE gives thumbs-up to Roche's Kadcyla in HER2+ breast cancer sub-population
NICE has revealed that it has recommended the NHS use of Roche’s Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) for HER2+ breast cancer in patients who have residual invasive disease in the breast or lymph nodes after receiving neoadjuvant treatment including a HER2-targeted agent.
Black people are four times more likely to die from COVID-19 than white in England and Wales, ONS report shows
A recent report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has shown that black people in Britain are four times more likely to die from the COVID-19 coronavirus than white Britons.
FDA approval for Tabrecta in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with METex14
The FDA has awarded marketing authorisation to Novartis for the Oral MET inhibitor Tabrecta for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in patients whose tumors have a mutation that leads to MET exon 14 skipping (METex14), regardless of whether they have previously received any type of treatment.
UK becomes first European country to pass 30,000 deaths from COVID-19
Britain has become the first European nation to pass 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, putting it only behind the US as the worst hit country in the world in terms of fatalities.
Scientists in the UK and US identify hundreds of mutations in the COVID-19 virus
Two studies from the UK and US have identified hundreds of mutations in COVID-19, which could cause problems for the development of a vaccine.
South Korea says Ebola drug remdesivir may not be suitable for all coronavirus patients
South Korea says that remdesivir, traditionally used in treating Ebola, may not be effective enough in treating COVID-19 patients.
AZ's Farxiga becomes first FDA-approved SGLT2 inhibitor for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
The FDA has moved to approve an oral tablet formulation of AstraZeneca’s Farxiga (dapagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalisation in adult patients with New York Heart Association’s functional class II-IV heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.