Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. will stop developing the migraine drug Ajovy for treating cluster headaches after finding the treatment was unlikely to meet the main goal of a late-stage trial.
Shares of AMAG Pharmaceuticals plunged after the company’s Phase III PROLONG trial of Makena failed to show a statistically significant difference from placebo in preventing preterm births.
Merck & Co. Inc.’s blockbuster anti-PD-1 immunotherapy Keytruda failed a late-stage trial’s main goals of slowing disease progression and extending the life of patients with a common type of liver cancer.
Sanofi reportedly ended 38 R&D programs and is prioritizing oncology, immunology, rare disease and rare blood disorders.
Many of the largest U.S. pharmacies and drug distributors do not have Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s generic version of EpiPen five months after the life-saving allergy treatment was approved for sale in the United States, pharmacy chains and a group that tracks drug shortages told Reuters.
FDA approved Imbruvica combined with Gazyva for adult patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.
Eli Lilly’s shares fell after the cancer treatment Lartruvo – approved on an accelerated basis in 2016 – failed to improve patient survival in a long-term study and will no longer be prescribed.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals inked a deal worth more than $700 million with pharma giant Roche to develop an antisense drug for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases.
Dr. Robert Redfield, the new head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, boldly predicted in April 2018 that the AIDS epidemic can be defeated by 2025. Merck, Janssen and Gilead Sciences all released clinical data for HIV treatments that could make Redfield’s prediction a reality.
J&J agreed to develop and market Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s gene-silencing hepatitis B treatment and buy a minor stake in a deal that could be potentially worth more than $3.7 billion.
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