HCB Health, one of the leading independent healthcare communications agencies in the United States, announced the creation of three internal business units to best serve an increasingly diverse set of clients and to help manage the firm’s rapid growth.

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The return on R&D investment for leading biopharmaceutical manufacturers fell to a nine-year low while the U.S. FDA approved a record-breaking amount of novel medicines during 2018.

Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted for review the company’s Biologics License Application under the 351(k) pathway for SB5, a biosimilar candidate referencing Humira (adalimumab).

Mersana Therapeutics Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted the partial clinical hold on the Phase 1 study of the experimental cancer drug XMT-1522.

AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, announced that the Phase 3 iLLUMINATE (PCYC-1130) trial met its primary endpoint of improvement in progression-free survival.

Syneos Health, the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization, announced the appointment of Lisa van Capelle as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

Celgene Corporation announced that the Phase III, randomized, open-label, international clinical study OPTIMISMM achieved its primary endpoint, showing a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival for the pomalidomide arm versus the comparator arm.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the MHLW in Japan approved Soliris (eculizumab) as a treatment for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.

Gilead Sciences and its cell therapy subsidiary Kite Pharma agreed to acquire Cell Design Labs.

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd. and Poxel SA announced the signing of a strategic partnership for the development and commercialization of Imeglimin – an investigational therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes – in Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan and nine other Southeast Asian countries. Poxel is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative treatments for metabolic disorders.