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The company’s pamrevlumab has failed another late-stage study in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, unable to significantly improve functional motor abilities over placebo.
Bristol Myers Squibb announced Monday that Reblozyl is now approved as a first-line treatment for adults with anemia due to myelodysplastic syndromes who may require regular blood transfusions.
The Biden administration on Tuesday released a much-anticipated list of the first 10 medicines included in Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Warning signs that preceded the current economic squeeze in the biopharma sector were not heeded by investors seeking rapid profits. Now, biotechs interested in making the leap to the public markets must get creative.
Lupin Pharmaceuticals’ recall of Tydemy birth control is the latest in a string of problems with India-based generic drug manufacturers.
Data from the first-in-human trial showed that Eli Lilly’s muvalaplin is safe and can cut significant levels of lipoprotein(a), a risk factor for atherosclerosis and related cardiovascular diseases.
The company’s investigational electric field therapy was unable to elicit significant survival benefits in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
The British drugmaker filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware claiming the Inflation Reduction Act conflicts with the goals of the Orphan Drug Act.
The late-stage results for acoramidis, BridgeBio’s transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy candidate, indicate significant survival, functional and biomarker improvements over placebo.
Following a countersuit by Amgen and Horizon Therapeutics, the Federal Trade Commission has temporarily suspended its challenge to the multi-billion dollar merger between the two companies.
The Swiss pharma is returning the anti-TGFβ antibody NIS793 to Xoma Corporation, from which it bought the asset in 2015 for $37 million upfront.
While an initial analysis showed improvements in progression-free survival and objective response rate, a second analysis saw no improvement in overall survival.
A second trial shows Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy improves heart health. Meanwhile, many other drugs are beginning to face generic competition, including from newly approved biosimilars.
Following a late-stage victory on Monday, Exelixis on Thursday reported another Phase III win for its tyrosine kinase inhibitor Cabometyx—this time in advanced neuroendocrine tumors.
Wegovy’s highest dose significantly improved physical function and quality of life in obese patients with heart failure, according to results published Friday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Amid one of the industry’s steepest patent cliffs, the regulator Thursday approved Sandoz’s Tyruko, the first biosimilar for treating relapsing multiple sclerosis in adults. Sandoz is a division of Novartis.
The world’s largest buyer of biopharma royalties is paying $300 million up front and $200 million in milestone payments for Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ FDA-approved bladder cancer drug Adstiladrin.
As the FDA’s recent rejection of Biogen and Sage’s zuranolone for major depressive disorder highlights, biopharma companies will need to tackle emerging challenges to bring more of these drugs to patients.
While some biopharma companies seek an effective and non-addictive alternative to opioids, others are looking to make opioids themselves safer.
In the next two weeks, the FDA will hand out regulatory verdicts to BMS, Outlook Therapeutics and BioLineRx.