Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla raked in $24.3 million in total compensation in 2021. In other news, tinnitus (ringing or buzzing in one or both ears) might be a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
AstraZeneca said on March 21 the company’s antibody-based cocktail to prevent and treat COVID-19 retained neutralizing activity against Omicron coronavirus variants, including the highly contagious BA.2 sub-variant, in an independent lab study.
Bristol Myers Squibb Co., in a lawsuit made public on March 17, said AstraZeneca’s cancer treatment Imfinzi violates patents related to the company’s blockbuster cancer drug Opdivo.
An AstraZeneca Plc executive said the British drugmaker would consider not submitting the company’s COVID-19 vaccine for approval in the United States if the regulatory process takes too long, the Financial Times reported on March 17.
AstraZeneca’s rare disease arm Alexion agreed to resolve all patent disputes with Chugai Pharmaceutical regarding the prescription drug Ultomiris (ravulizumab) by signing a settlement agreement that will involve a one-time payment of $775 million.
AstraZeneca’s Fasenra (benralizumab) hit a roadblock in attempting to expand the medicine’s indications when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co. Inc. announced Lynparza (olaparib) was approved in the United States for the adjuvant treatment of patients with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer who have already been treated with chemotherapy either before or after surgery.
Atlas Venture successfully raised $450 million at the close of the venture capital firm’s thirteenth fundraising activity to support efforts to create and invest in new biotech firms that address many unmet patient needs.
The latest results from Sanofi and AstraZeneca’s Phase III trial for nirsevimab demonstrate the vaccine’s ability to protect all infants from the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with a single dose.
According to a filing with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission, FibroGen is tangled up in a Securities Class Action Litigation as well as Derivative Litigation regarding clinical trial data for the company’s drug Roxadustat, which is being developed with AstraZeneca and Astellas.
