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In writing literally hundreds of stories this year, two BioSpace writers, Alex Keown and Mark Terry, found certain stories particularly intriguing or impactful. Some of those were such big topics that they were covered over a series of stories. Looking back at 2018, here are their Top 10.
Tremfya was being compared to Novartis’ Cosentyx (secukinumab) in a head-to-head study. In the trial, Tremfya showed that 84.5 percent of patients treated with the drug achieved at least 90 percent improvement in their baseline Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) score at 48 weeks.
With the closure of another year just weeks ahead, this time of year is one that many people use to take a look behind and see what lessons were learned over the past 12 months. For the world of biopharma, it’s also important to see what lessons have been learned.
The government alleged Actelion provided money to a nonprofit to cover copay costs for Medicare drugs, a violation of the False Claims Act.
While Xarelto failed to show statistical significance, Janssen said there was a clinically meaningful 60 percent reduction of VTE events compared to placebo during times of treatment.
Janssen Pharmaceutical, a Johnson & Johnson company, along with Legend Biotech, reported results from their LEGEND-2 Phase I/II clinical trial of CAR-T therapy LCAR-B38M. The therapeutic was being investigated in patients with advanced relapsed or refractory (r/r) multiple myeloma.
Argenx, based in Ghent, Belgium, announced a global collaboration and license deal with Cilag GmbH International, an affiliate of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
The American Society of Hematology is holding its 60th Annual Meeting & Exposition starting December 1 and running through December 4 in San Diego. Most of the players, big and small, in cancer drug therapies will be there, presenting updates and breaking stories about their hematology pipelines.
A Small Group of Pharma Companies Is Making the Bulk of Medicines Necessary for Developing Countries
There are 7 billion people in the world. Of those, 5 billion have access to life-saving medications, while 2 billion do not. That is a gap that pharmaceutical companies can help close through increased R&D programs, logistical initiatives and the lowering of prices, the Access to Medicine Foundation announced Tuesday.
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