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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a complete response letter (CRL) to Sandoz, a division of Novartis, for its Biologics Licensing Application (BLA) for its biosimilar to Roche/Genentech’s Rituxan.
While the biopharma industry awaits news of an acquisition of Shire by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, it’s a good time to take a look back at the bigger deals so far this year.
Shares of HC2 Holdings, Inc. skyrocketed more than 51 percent in premarket trading today after Janssen Biotech Inc announced it was acquiring Rockville, Maryland-based BeneVir Biopharm, Inc., a subsidiary of HC2 in a deal that could be worth more than $1 billion.
At the end of 2016, there were an estimated 36.7 million people living with HIV across the globe. With a large and growing patient population, the market for HIV treatments is expected to grow to $22.5 billion by 2025.
Mereo pulled its planned initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Market, saying market conditions were not in the best interests of its shareholders. The company’s statement is getting some pushback from investors and analysts.
Public health officials and scientists have had concerns about how long Ebola vaccines’ protection lasts. A new study shows that one of those vaccines confers at least two years of protection.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals has teamed up with Bristol-Myers Squibb to drive BMS-986177, a Factor XIa (FXIa) inhibitor, into Phase II development for the study of secondary stroke prevention and major thrombotic conditions.
Shares of Protagonist Therapeutics plunged more than 60 percent in pre-market trading after the company announced it will discontinue its Phase IIb ulcerative colitis treatment after a review from an Independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC).
Aldeyra Therapeutics has signed a collaboration research deal with Janssen Research & Development, a Johnson & Johnson company.
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