Eli Lilly is planning to seek another regulatory approval for Taltz after the medication hit the primary and secondary endpoints in a Phase III study for non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.
Humira’s dominance continues as the world’s top-selling prescription product as the biologic therapy is the first drug to exceed $20 billion in annual global sales.
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals’ antiplatelet drug PB2452 received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the U.S. FDA.
Galapagos and MorphoSys signed an exclusive development and commercialization deal with Novartis for a drug compound being developed for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Daiichi Sankyo announced that its Phase III ENLIVEN trial of pexidartinib met its primary endpoint.
The European Commission approved Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ and Sanofi’s key biologic treatment dupilumab for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, the two companies said.
Two years after forging a collaborative and licensing agreement with Southern California-based Inhibrx LLC, Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. walked away from the deal that includes an early cancer drug candidate.
Zoetis Inc. and Nexvet Biopharma plc announced an agreement. Zoetis, through a wholly owned subsidiary (Zoetis Bidco), will purchase Nexvet, an innovator in monoclonal antibody therapies for companion animals, for a purchase price of US$6.72 per share, representing an aggregate equity valuation of approximately $85 million.
Global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is delivering unwanted Christmas presents in the form of pink slips to 700 employees across the United States, with about 150 being terminated in Delaware.
Jounce Therapeutics, a private biotech company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, inked a licensing and development deal with Celgene Corporation that could hit $2.5 billion.