Gilead

Gilead Sciences and MacroGenics entered into a licensing and collaboration pact worth up to $1.7 billion to develop a bispecific antibody to treat hematological cancers.

Merck flag

Kineta, Inc. struck a collaboration deal with Merck to pair its anti-VISTA monoclonal antibody with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as a potential treatment for advanced solid tumors, the companies announced Monday. 

Biogen

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the review of Biogen Inc.’s (BIIB.O) experimental treatment for an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by three months, the company said on Monday.

Moderna

Moderna Inc. (MRNA.O) has agreed to provide its new variant-adapted COVID-19 vaccine to the global scheme aiming to deliver shots to the world’s poorest people.

Biogen

Sage Therapeutics and Biogen’s zuranolone met its primary and key secondary endpoints in the Phase III SKYLARK study of women with postpartum depression (PPD), the companies announced Monday.

Major U.S. retailers will begin selling lower-cost hearing aids without a prescription or medical exam under final Biden administration rules that take effect Monday.

polio

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it will commit $1.2 billion to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally.

FDA

The FDA is likely to push back the Prescription Drug User Fee Act target action date for Travere Therapeutics’ sparsentan by three months.

Takeda building

Advisers to the European Medicines Agency have recommended the use of a tetravalent dengue vaccine by the German unit of Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd for people aged four years and above.

President Biden

The order requires the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to outline within 90 days how it will use new models of care and payment to cut drug costs, according to the White House official, who declined to be identified previewing the president’s action.