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The Inflation Reduction Act could put an end to blockbuster runs like that of Merck’s Keytruda, experts told BioSpace. In the meantime, the drug keeps picking up more indications and positive clinical results.
The company has signed a memorandum of understanding and land collaboration agreement to develop medicines exclusively for Chinese use.
The pharmaceutical giant is tapping the world’s largest biomanufacturing facility operated by Samsung Biologics for biosimilar production.
Citing insufficient safety evidence for one of the drug’s main ingredients, the regulator in a Complete Response Letter rejected the company’s application for Parkinson’s disease candidate IPX203.
The companies have filed their own suit against the Federal Trade Commission, claiming the FTC’s attempt to legally block their $28 billion merger is unconstitutional.
After initial Phase II data for the oral IL-23 receptor antagonist licensed from Protagonist Therapeutics spooked investors, Janssen provided a fuller readout and advanced the candidate.
Topline results for its Daiichi Sankyo-partnered antibody-drug conjugate showed statistically significant improvement. However, AstraZeneca shares dropped around 6% in early Monday trading.
Pharmas, advocacy groups and regulatory bodies have made moves to put each other in legal crosshairs in 2023. Follow along with BioSpace’s Lawsuit Tracker to see what’s piling up on the docket.
The verdict, rendered by a California jury on Friday, found that the companies did not engage in an anticompetitive conspiracy to delay generic versions of HIV PreEP medicines.
The revised guidance comes amid lawsuits filed by drug manufacturers and industry groups, which claim the Inflation Reduction Act is unconstitutional. Prices negotiated will be effective as of 2026.