With an opioid molecule awaiting regulatory review, Nektar Therapeutics announced the launch of Inheris Biopharma, which will be responsible for the commercialization of NKTR-181.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s SENSCIS Phase III clinical trial met the primary endpoint for nintedanib in patients with SSc-ILD.

AbbVie halted the Phase III INTELLANCE-1 trial of depatuxizumab mafodotin in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor amplification.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Agios Pharmaceuticals announced that Tibsovo (ivosidenib) hit the primary endpoint in the Phase III ClarIDHy trial in patients with cholangiocarcinoma with an isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 mutation.

The U.S. FDA approved Fragmin (dalteparin sodium) injection, for subcutaneous use, to reduce the recurrence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients 1 month of age and older.

Gilead Sciences has been accused of withholding safer formulations of its HIV drugs in order to maximize profits on those medications that had already been approved, such as Truvada.

Johnson & Johnson expects to file marketing applications for at least 10 new drugs between 2019 to 2023, to strengthen the company’s pharma unit which has been a major growth driver.

Pfizer Inc.’s experimental atopic dermatitis treatment abrocitinib met the main goals in a late-stage study that tested the drug in patients aged 12 and older with moderate to severe forms of the disease.

Mallinckrodt plc announced that the company achieved target enrollment of 300 participants in the Phase 3 CONFIRM clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the investigational agent terlipressin in adult patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1 (HRS-1).

Pfizer announced plans to buy Therachon, a rare disease biotech company based in Basel, Switzerland.