BioGen to acquire Human Immunology Biosciences for $1.15bn
May 23, 2024Business Services Biogen, HI-Bio, Immunology, acquisition, immunology
BioGen and Human Immunology Biosciences (HI-Bio) have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Biogen to acquire …
Merck to acquire Mirus Bio for $600m
May 23, 2024Business Services Merck, Pharmacy, acquisition, gene therapies
Merck has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mirus Bio for $600m.
Rare disease clinical trials: the urgent need for patients to be heard
May 22, 2024Alexion, Pharmafocus, Rare Diseases, clinical trials, feature
Ahead of Clinical Trials Day, Soraya Bekkali, from Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, highlights the urgent need to elevate patients’ voices …
Sustainability in pharma
May 22, 2024Pharmacy, Pharmafocus, feature, sustainability
Betsy Goodfellow from Pharmafocus considers the need for sustainable practices in the pharma industry and assesses various sustainable advances that have already …
Sanofi, Formation Bio and OpenAI enter AI collaboration
May 22, 2024Research and Development Formation Bio, OpenAI, Pharmacy, Sanofi, collaboration
Sanofi, Formation Bio and OpenAI have announced that they have entered into a collaboration with the aim of building AI-powered …
Eli Lilly shares positive results from phase 3 VIVID-1 trial of Crohn’s disease treatment
May 22, 2024Medical Communications Crohn’s disease, Eli Lilly, Endocrinology, clinical trial, mirikizumab
Eli Lilly has announced results from its pivotal phase 3 VIVID-1 study, which assessed patients with moderately to severely active …
GSK shares positive results from phase 3 asthma trials
May 21, 2024Research and Development Asthma & COPD, GSK, asthma, clinical trial
GSK has announced positive headline results from its phase 3 SWIFT-1 and SWIFT-2 trials, which evaluated the safety and efficacy …
J&J’s Tremfya meets primary and secondary endpoints in UC maintenance study
May 21, 2024Medical Communications Gastrointestinal tract, J&J, Johnson & Johnson, clinical trial, ulcerative colitis
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced the first data from its phase 3 QUASAR maintenance study which assessed Tremfya (guselkumab) …
AstraZeneca to build $1.5bn ADC facility in Singapore
May 20, 2024Manufacturing and Production ADCs, AstraZeneca, Oncology, antibody drug conjugate, manufacturing
AstraZeneca has announced that it intends to build a $1.5bn manufacturing facility in Singapore, Singapore, for antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), …
ERS Genomics and IRBM sign license agreement for CRISPR/Cas9
May 20, 2024Research and Development CRISPR/Cas9, ERS Genomics, IRBM, License Agreement, Pharmacy
ERS Genomics and IRBM have announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement, granting IRBM access to …
FDA approves Amgen’s Imdelltra for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
May 17, 2024Medical Communications Amgen, FDA, Oncology, lung cancer
Amgen has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Imdelltra (tarlatamab-dlle) for the treatment of adult …
AstraZeneca shares results from phase 3 trial of COVID-19 prevention drug
May 17, 2024Research and Development AstraZeneca, COVID-19, Immunology, clinical trial
AstraZeneca has announced positive high-level results from the SUPERNOVA phase 3 trial for a COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis treatment, sipavibart (formerly …
GSK pledges £45m to Fleming Initiative to fight AMR
May 16, 2024Research and Development AMR, Fleming Initiative, GSK, Microbiology, funding
GSK has announced that it has pledged £45m to the Fleming Initiative, becoming the first founding partner of the innovative …
NeuroSense partners with PhaseV on upcoming phase 3 ALS trial
May 16, 2024Research and Development NeuroSense, Neurology, als, clinical trials
NeuroSense has announced that it has partnered with PhaseV for its upcoming phase 3 trial of PrimeC as a treatment …
AstraZeneca adds new heart failure target through collaboration with BenevolentAI
May 15, 2024Research and Development AstraZeneca, BenevolentAI, Cardiology, collaboration, heart failure
BenevolentAI has announced that AstraZeneca has added a novel heart failure target to its discovery portfolio following the two companies’ …
FDA approves Roche’s HPV self-collection screening option
May 15, 2024Medical Communications FDA, HPV, Oncology, Roche, cervical cancer
Roche has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection solution. This …
NHS accepts Pfizer’s tafamidis for ATTR-CM treatment
May 14, 2024Medical Communications ATTR-CM, Cardiology, NHS, Pfizer, tafamidis
NHS England has announced that it has accepted Pfizer’s drug, tafamidis, for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).
Fulcrum Therapeutics and Sanofi enter collaboration for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy treatment
May 14, 2024Research and Development Musculo-skeletal disorder, Sanofi, collaboration, fulcrum therapeutics, muscular dystrophy
Fulcrum Therapeutics has announced that it has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Sanofi for the development and …
PharmaTimes Medical & Scientific Excellence Awards and Nursing Industry Excellence Awards are open for entry
May 13, 2024Business Services MSEA, NIEA, PharmaTimes, awards
Both awards are open for entry until 17 May 2024 and the live awards ceremony will take place on 11 …
Sanofi adds €1bn funding for biomanufacturing projects in France
May 13, 2024Business Services Biomanufacturing, Pharmacy, Sanofi, funding, investment
Sanofi has announced that it has made a new investment of at least €1bn for the creation of new bioproduction …
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