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Sales of Johnson & Johnson’s esketamine-based nasal spray jumped in the fourth quarter last year, priming the pump for a suite of other pharmas, including AbbVie, champing at the bit with their own psychedelics.
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Analysts parsed the limited data available for Pfizer’s obesity candidate on the pharma’s fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday, looking for any nugget of additional context.
After advancing in lockstep through the pandemic, the fortunes of the biotechs have diverged as their use of COVID-19 windfalls has taken shape.
After suffering in the wake of expired tax incentives for pharmas, the island is trying to take advantage of geopolitics to grow its drug manufacturing sector.
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With Friday’s approval, Epkinly edges out Roche’s bi-specific antibody glofitamab, which is also being proposed for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Crohn’s disease is Rinvoq’s seventh approved indication and could potentially help AbbVie weather declining sales for its blockbuster biologic Humira.
Blueprint Medicines, Indivior PLC and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals are all awaiting FDA decisions this week.
The regulator’s approval makes Miebo the first DED treatment that directly addresses tear evaporation. The drug is expected to hit U.S. markets in the second half of 2023.
According to the FDA, the majority of therapies prescribed for children were not tested in pediatric populations. The new guidance aims to change that.
The extensive discussion between the FDA’s advisory committee, company representatives and other interested parties could serve as a cautionary tale to developers of future gene therapies.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Amgen’s cholesterol drug Repatha patents invalid, ending a protracted legal battle with competitors Sanofi and Regeneron.
Under a non-exclusive agreement, AstraZeneca is licensing biotech Revvity’s base editing technology to help create cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and immune-mediated diseases.
A three-judge panel is reviewing the legal challenge to the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. Any action by the court may result in further appeals, and possibly another Supreme Court decision.
An advisory committee of outside experts voted unanimously Thursday that Pfizer’s vaccine was effective in preventing severe disease, but some had questions regarding its safety.