Swiss drugmaker Roche has big ambitions beyond treating cancer, where it is already global market leader, and believes it has a winner in a new multiple sclerosis drug. While the market for multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments is relatively crowded, Roche thinks its drug ocrelizumab, for which clinical data will be unveiled next month, can […]
Biogen Forges $544M Deal to Take on Celgene With a Rival Autoimmune Drug
Autoimmune Disorders, Crohn's Disease, Crohn's Disease, Drug Safety, Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Licensing, Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Quarterly results, R&D, S1P Modulators, Sales, Therapeutics, Ulcerative Colitis, Ulcerative ColitisBiogen, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., announced today that it licensed MT-1303 from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, located in Osaka, Japan. MT-1303 is being investigated in a number of autoimmune disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and others. Biogen will obtain worldwide rights to MT-1303, excluding Asia. It will oversee global […]