Halozyme Therapeutics announced that the company is acquiring Antares Pharma for $960 million in cash. The news caused Antares stock to rocket 47 percent in premarket trading on April 13.

Sanofi

Sanofi is investing in French American startup Owkin to support drug discovery and development initiatives in four types of cancer. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted for review Impel NeuroPharma’s 5O5(b)(2) New Drug Application (NDA) for INP104 for the acute treatment of migraine headaches with or without aura in adults.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. expects to start a late-stage U.S. study of the company’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine candidate in the second quarter of 2021, the drug developer’s chief executive officer said.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Kala Pharmaceuticals’ Eysuvis for the short-term treatment of dry eye disease. 

David Lickrish – president, founder and chief executive officer of Highland Therapeutics and Ironshore Therapeutics – spoke with BioSpace about the companies’ Jornay PM (methylphenidate HCL Extended-Release CLL Capsules) and how the new drug fits into the overall ADHD therapeutic market.

Optinose announced that the U.S. FDA approved the company’s New Drug Application for XHANCE for treating nasal polyps in patients 18 years of age and older.

Noble, a leader in biopharmaceutical onboarding and device training, announced a global collaboration with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, for developing patient onboarding solutions including demonstration devices.

As biologic medications administered through prefilled syringes continue to supplement and enter new therapeutic areas, more and more patients will need to embark on a learning curve that is possibly unlike any they have experienced prior.