HHS Releases List of 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations Starting 2026
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the US has released a list...
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AstraZeneca Challenges US Government’s Drug Price Negotiation Plan for Medicare
UK-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ, NASDAQ: AZN) has filed a legal claim against the US...
MSD Initiates Phase III Trial for PCSK9 Inhibitor MK-0616 in LDL Cholesterol Reduction
Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD; NYSE: MRK) has commenced Phase III development for its experimental...
AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza Gets Green Light for Prostate Cancer Treatment in Japan
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted AstraZeneca (AZ; NASDAQ: AZN) and...
MSD’s Welireg Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase III RCC Study but Misses OS Milestone
Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD; NYSE: MRK) has revealed that the ongoing Phase III study...
MSD’s Q2 2023 Earnings: Keytruda and Gardasil Drive Growth Amid COVID-19 Sales Decline
US-based major Merck, Sharp & Dohme Inc., (MSD; NYSE: MRK) has released its financial results...
MSD’s V116 Vaccine Shows Superior Immune Response in Phase III Trials
Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD; NYSE: MRK) has revealed positive topline results from two Phase...
Johnson & Johnson Files Lawsuit Against US Government’s Drug Pricing Negotiation Authority
United States-based Johnson & Johnson (J&J, NYSE: JNJ) has filed a lawsuit this week, challenging...
Merck and Telix Pharmaceuticals Initiate Phase I Study for CAIX-Expressing Tumors Therapy
A Phase I study assessing the combination of German-major Merck’s (NYSE: MRK) DNA-PK inhibitor, peposertib,...
Merck KGaA Expands High-Purity Reagents Production in Nantong, China with EUR 70 Million Investment
Germany-based Merck KGaA (NYSE: MRK) has announced plans to expand production capacity for highly-purified reagents...
Sichuan Kelun’s SKB264 Earns Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Breast Cancer Treatment
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) website has indicated that China-based Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co.,...
Merck Appoints Marc Horn as China Unit President, Succeeding Allan Gabor
Germany-based Merck (NYSE: MRK) has announced the appointment of Marc Horn as its China unit...
BioNTech’s DB-1303 ADC Shows Promising Results in Solid Tumor Phase I/IIa Trial
Germany’s BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) has released preliminary data from a Phase I/IIa trial for DB-1303,...
Innovent Biologics Partners with Merck KGaA to Test KRAS Inhibitor Combo in NSCLC
China-based Innovent Biologics (HKG: 1801) has announced a clinical study and supply agreement with German...
XtalPi Partners with Eli Lilly for AI-Driven Drug Discovery Services
Sino-US artificial intelligence (AI) firm XtalPi Inc. has been enlisted by US-giant Eli Lilly &...
CDE Lists Three Home-Grown Drugs for Priority Review, Including Myopia Treatment
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) website has indicated that three home-grown drugs are on...
Wuhan Institute’s Hexavalent Rotavirus Vaccine on Track for Priority Review by CDE
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) website has indicated that Wuhan Institute of Biological Products...
Q1 2023 financial report: AstraZeneca leads innovation in China, Sanofi’s sales in China decline
Several multinational companies (MNCs) have released their Q1 2023 financials, showing a varied performance over...
GSK’s Cervarix Receives Approval for Two-Dose Schedule in China for Ages 9 to 14
The UK-based pharmaceutical giant GSK plc (NYSE: GSK) has announced the official market launch of...
Merck and XtalPi Leverage Molecular Dynamics to Enhance Small-Molecule Crystallization
German pharmaceutical giant Merck (NYSE: MRK) and China-based drug discovery solutions specialist XtalPi have published...