AstraZeneca announced Monday that it has secured FDA approval for an add-on to its blockbuster rare disease franchise, providing a potential differentiator as it tries to hold off competition from Novartis, Roche, and biosimilars.
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After nearly seven years, the company’s rare diseases arm Alexion has reached a settlement in an investors’ lawsuit over alleged unethical sales practices for its hemoglobinuria therapy Soliris.
AstraZeneca on Thursday beat expectations for first-quarter profit and revenue, as buoyant sales of cancer treatment Imfinzi and strong demand for its roster of drugs in emerging markets helped to offset dwindling COVID product sales.
Data from the Phase III COMMODORE 2 study show Roche-subsidiary Genentech’s investigational antibody crovalimab is non-inferior to AstraZeneca’s Soliris (eculizumab), the current standard of care in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Sanofi is discontinuing its Phase III study of tolebrutinib, an investigational BTK inhibitor for myasthenia gravis (MG), the company announced Friday in its full-year 2022 financial report.
Novartis on Wednesday predicted that core operating income would grow in a “mid single digit” percentage range in 2023 following stagnation last year, as the Swiss drugmaker prepares to spin off its Sandoz generics business.
New Phase III data shows Novartis’ experimental iptacopan demonstrated superiority against AstraZeneca subsidiary Alexion’s Soliris and Ultomiris in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Alexion has boosted AstraZeneca’s rare disease expertise while the company has experienced success in oncology and COVID-19.
