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FDA Authorizes Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of COVID-19
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapy bamlanivimab for the treatment of…
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Merck to Acquire VelosBio
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and VelosBio Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Merck, through a…
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Bayer acquires Asklepios BioPharmaceutical to broaden innovation base in cell and gene therapy
Bayer AG announced the acquisition of Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a US-headquartered biopharmaceutical company specialized in the research, development and manufacturing…
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Roche And Prothena Will Advance Prasinezumab Into Late-Stage Clinical Development Study In…
Prothena Corporation plc a late-stage clinical company with expertise in protein dysregulation and a diverse pipeline of investigational therapeutics for neurodegenerative and rare…
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BioNTech and Pfizer Initiate Rolling Submission to European Medicines Agency for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine…
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced the initiation of a rolling submission to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for BNT162b2, the lead candidate from the companies’ vaccine…
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Bristol Myers Squibb to Acquire MyoKardia for $13.1 Billion in Cash
Bristol Myers Squibb and MyoKardia, Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement under which Bristol Myers Squibb will acquire MyoKardia for $13.1 billion, or $225.00 per share in cash.…
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Pfizer Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Investigational Gene…
Pfizer Inc. announced that its investigational gene therapy candidate (PF-06939926) being developed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) received Fast Track designation from the…
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FDA approves Nucala as the first and only biologic treatment for Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES)
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nucala (mepolizumab) for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients aged 12 years and…
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Jyseleca (Filgotinib) Approved in Japan for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted Gilead K.K. (Tokyo, Japan) regulatory approval of…
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Moderna and Vertex Establish New Collaboration to Treat Cystic Fibrosis Using Gene Editing
Moderna, Inc. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced a new strategic research collaboration and licensing agreement aimed at the discovery and development of lipid…
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Pitt Scientists Discover Tiny Antibody Component That is Highly Effective in Preventing and Treating…
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists have isolated the smallest biological molecule to date that completely and specifically neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is…
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Gilead Sciences to Acquire Immunomedics
Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Immunomedics announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Gilead will acquire Immunomedics for $88.00 per share in…
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Pfizer and BioNTech Propose Expansion of Pivotal COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced that they have submitted an amended protocol to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the enrollment of their Phase 3 pivotal COVID-19…
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Bayer Collaborates with Recursion to Strengthen Digital Drug Discovery and Advance New Therapies for…
Bayer and US-based Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a digital biology company industrializing drug discovery, have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement. The partnership will…
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Mylan to Acquire Aspen’s Thrombosis Business in Europe
Mylan N.V. announced an agreement to acquire the related intellectual property and commercialization rights of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited's thrombosis business in Europe for EUR…
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Grifols to acquire Alkahest for $146m
Grifols announced it has entered into a transaction to acquire the remaining equity of Alkahest, Inc. in exchange for a total price of $146 million, on a debt-free basis. No additional…
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GeneCentric Therapeutics Enters into Research Collaboration with Janssen
GeneCentric Therapeutics announced it has entered into a research collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) around RNA-based drug response biomarkers for…
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FDA approves Roche’s Tecentriq plus Cotellic and Zelboraf for people with advanced melanoma
Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) plus Cotellic (cobimetinib) and Zelboraf (vemurafenib) for the treatment of BRAF V600…
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Pfizer and BioNTech to Supply Japan with 120 Million Doses of their BNT162 mRNA-based Vaccine…
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced an agreement with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan to supply 120 million doses of BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine candidate…
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Teva Announces New Strategic Focus in the Japanese Market
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. who holds (through its Japanese affiliates) with Takeda a joint business venture in the Japanese market, announced a new strategy for its local…
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