GlaxoSmithKline will extend a trial testing an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug on patients suffering from pneumonia related to Covid-19 to focus on the elderly as the company seeks to firm up encouraging findings.
UCB is investing more than £1 billion ($1.29 billion) over five years to expand the company’s research and development capabilities in the U.K., which will include a transition to a newly acquired 47-acre R&D campus from Eli Lilly located in Windlesham, Surrey.
Progentec Diagnostics Inc. launched a novel blood test to determine the likelihood that a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (commonly known as both SLE and lupus) will experience an immunologic disease flare during the coming 12 weeks.
Bay Area-based Genentech launched a new study assessing the company’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra as a potential treatment for COVID-19 with an eye toward increasing diversity and inclusion among patients treated.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will repurchase about $5 billion of the U.S. drugmaker’s shares directly from France’s Sanofi, without altering their 17-year partnership.
Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals expanded a clinical trial of the companies’ rheumatoid arthritis drug Kevzara as a coronavirus treatment to patients outside the United States.
A U.S. judge upheld two patents relating to Amgen Inc.’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, denying a challenge by Novartis AG, which is seeking to launch a copycat version.
In 2015, Pfizer researchers were analyzing hundreds of thousands of insurance claims and noted that patients receiving the company’s anti-inflammatory Enbrel appeared to have a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease – by a startling 64 percent.