Roche Group member Genentech announced today that the U.S. FDA approved the subcutaneous formulation of Actemra (tocilizumab) for the treatment of active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients 2 years of age and older.

FDA approved inclusion of new evidence that Cosentyx significantly slows the progression of joint structural damage at Week 24 versus placebo in those with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Shire plc announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the Biologics License Application and granted priority review for lanadelumab (SHP643).

The EC approved Herzuma for patients with early breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, or metastatic gastric cancer whose tumors have HER2 overexpression or HER2 gene amplification.

Genentech announced encouraging results from the Phase II BOULEVARD study. In people with vision loss from diabetic macular edema, treatment with intravitreal RG7716 resulted in clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in visual acuity gains compared with ranibizumab alone.

The EU’s CHMP adopted a positive opinion for Hemlibra (emicizumab) for routine prophylaxis of bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A with factor VIII inhibitors.

Pfizer Inc. announced that REFLECTIONS B3281006, a comparative safety and efficacy study of PF-05280586 versus MabThera (rituximab-EU), met its primary endpoint.

Adimab will use its proprietary platform to discover and optimize antibodies against targets chosen by BI, who will have the rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic programs resulting from the collaboration.

The U.S. FDA approved Genentech’s Actemra (tocilizumab) intravenous injection for the treatment of chimeric antigen receptor T cell-induced severe or life-threatening cytokine release syndrome in patients 2 years of age and older.

Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track designation for tanezumab for the treatment of chronic pain in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and chronic low back pain (CLBP).