Novartis

Swiss pharma giant Novartis is writing off the company’s program to develop a generic copy of GlaxoSmithKline’s blockbuster inhaler Advair.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s quarterly profit missed Wall Street estimates, hit by lower payments from insurers on drugs sold at the company’s U.S. pharmacies, knocking back the pharmacy store chain’s shares and those of rival CVS Health Corp.

AbbVie’s third-quarter 2019 global net revenue totaled nearly $8.48 billion, an increase of 3.0 percent on a reported basis (3.5 percent operationally).

Pfizer Inc. reported a higher-than-expected third-quarter 2019 profit on increased sales of the cancer drug Ibrance and a strong launch of the new heart medicine Vyndaqel.

Allergan will pay $750 million to settle a class action lawsuit from a group of direct purchasers of the Alzheimer’s disease therapy Namenda in a resolution to the litigation that was set to face trial.

Gilead Sciences Inc. reported third-quarter results largely in line with Wall Street estimates, led by higher sales of the company’s HIV drugs, but deal-related costs led to a net loss.

Eli Lilly third-quarter 2019 sales missed Wall Street estimates as rebates limited revenue from the drug manufacturer’s top-selling diabetes medicine Trulicity, and shares fell about 4 percent.

Roche lifted the Swiss drugmaker’s 2019 sales target for the third time during the year, helped by newer medicines and as China bought more cancer drugs to treat a disease blamed for a quarter of the nation’s annual deaths.

Indivior Plc raised the company’s full-year 2019 forecasts as the embattled British drugmaker’s best-selling opioid addiction drug Suboxone fared better than expected in the face of competition from copycats.

Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. will eliminate 70 jobs while undergoing a restructuring to extend the company’s cash runway.