Eli Lilly announced that the company’s psoriasis drug Taltz overcame Johnson & Johnson’s Tremfya in a head-to-head study.
The Dupixent product developed by Sanofi and the French company’s U.S. partner Regeneron won regulatory approval in Europe for moderate-to-severe cases of eczema in adolescents.
Alameda, Calif.-based Exelixis inked a collaboration, option and license deal with India’s Aurigene Discovery Technologies Ltd., which focuses on oncology and inflammatory diseases.
Sanofi Reports Strong Second-Quarter 2019
Acquisitions, Analysts, Asthma, Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema), Business, China, Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Diabetes, Earnings per share (EPS), European Medicines Agency, FDA, Future Blockbusters, Hemophilia, Insulin, Product Launches, Profitability, Quarterly results, R&D, Relapse/Refractory Multiple Myeloma, VaccinesSanofi reported overall net sales increased by 5.5 percent for second-quarter 2019, driven by Sanofi Genzyme, Sanofi Pasteur and emerging markets.
Despite concerns about potential competition from recently approved and available European biosimilars to Humira, AbbVie was able to stave off some of the losses expected during Q2 2019.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., which is set to buy biotechnology company Celgene Corp. for $74 billion, posted better-than-expected second-quarter 2019 earnings on strong sales from the blood thinner Eliquis and the rheumatoid arthritis treatment Orencia.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd.’s biosimilar to AbbVie Inc.’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis treatment Humira.
FDA approves expanded label for Regeneron/Sanofi’s Dupixent
Analysts, Approvals, Asthma, Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema), Biologics, Blockbusters, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Corticosteroids, Environmental Allergies, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Expanded Label, FDA, FDA/Regulatory, Food Allergies, Nasal PolypsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sanofi SA’s drug Dupixent to treat nasal polyps, marking the third major use for the injectable medicine.
The Canadian province of British Columbia said its public drug plan will switch as many as 20,400 patients from three branded biologic drugs to cheap near-copies called biosimilars.
Novartis raised the company’s 2019 profit target, striking an upbeat tone over a legal fight with peer and partner Amgen and on the safety of a key gene therapy that could win approval in May 2019.
