J&J’s Balversa Receives Full FDA Approval for Urothelial Carcinoma Treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has converted the 2019 accelerated approval for Johnson...
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Lee’s Pharmaceutical to Develop Windtree’s Cardiovascular Drugs in Greater China
Lee’s Pharmaceutical Ltd (HKG: 0950) has entered into a licensing agreement with US-based Windtree Therapeutics...
Chipscreen NewWay Biosciences Initiates Phase I Trial for PD-1/CD40 Bispecific Antibody Candidate NWY001
China-based Chengdu Chipscreen NewWay Biosciences Co., Ltd has announced that the first patient has been...
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Ambrx Biopharma in a Deal Valued at USD 2 Billion
Johnson & Johnson (J&J; NYSE: JNJ), a global healthcare conglomerate, has announced its intention to...
Astellas’ Zolbetuximab Faces FDA Rejection Due to Manufacturing Facility Deficiencies
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a rejection for a filing submitted...
Merck In-Licenses Inspirna’s Ompenaclid for Advanced Colorectal Cancer, Eyes Market Potential
Germany-based Merck (NYSE: MRK) has in-licensed the potential first-in-class candidate ompenaclid from U.S. firm Inspirna,...
Hainan Poly Pharm’s Novel Nanomedicine PLAT001 Gets US FDA Approval for Clinical Trials
Hainan Poly Pharm Co., Ltd (SHE: 300630), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced that it...
BMS Expands Oncology Portfolio with $4.1 Billion RayzeBio Acquisition
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS; NYSE: BMY) has announced the acquisition of RayzeBio (NASDAQ: RYZB), a...
Amgen’s Lumakras Faces Full Approval Delay as FDA Requests New Study
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to grant full approval for Amgen’s...
FDA Grants Priority Review to MSD and Daiichi Sankyo’s ADC for Lung Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted under priority review a filing from...
Gilead Acquires Pre-Clinical IL-18BP Targeting Antibody Candidate from Compugen in $848 Million Deal
Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD) has licensed a potential first-in-class IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) targeting antibody candidate...
Organon In-Licenses Eli Lilly’s Emgality and Rayvow for European Migraine Market
Organon (NYSE: OGN), a specialist in women’s health, has in-licensed migraine treatments Emgality (galcanezumab) and...
Amgen’s Tarlatamab Receives FDA Priority Review for Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review status to Amgen (NASDAQ:...
AstraZeneca Acquires Icosavax to Boost Infectious Disease Pipeline with VLP Vaccine Technology
UK-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ; NASDAQ: AZN) has announced the acquisition of US vaccines specialist...
BMS Presents Promising Golcadomide Trial Results for Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS; NYSE: BMY) has presented results from Phase I and Phase I/II...
Sichuan Biokin and Bristol Myers Squibb Ink USD 8.4 Billion Licensing Deal for ADC Candidate
Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (SHA: 688506), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced a landmark...
Novartis Reports Kisqali Success in Reducing Recurrence Risk in Early Breast Cancer
Novartis (NYSE: NVS) has announced an update on the late-stage trial for its CDK4/6 inhibitor...
AbbVie to Acquire Cerevel Therapeutics for $8.7 Billion, Strengthening Neuroscience Portfolio
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has announced its agreement to acquire Cerevel Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CERE) for approximately...
Insilico Medicine Launches Clinical Study for First-in-Class PHD Inhibitor ISM5411 in IBD
Insilico Medicine, a China-based biotech leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI), has announced the initiation of...
AbbVie’s Telisotuzumab-Vedotin Shows Promising Results in NSCLC Phase 2 Trial
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has unveiled data from a Phase 2 trial of its potential first-in-class...