SWITZERLAND – Roche has outlined a new clinical path forward for tominersen, a closely watched Huntington’s disease drug, ten months after disappointing Phase 3 study results appeared to spell the…
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SWITZERLAND – Roche has announced that its Cobas Pulse system is now available in select European countries that accept CE mark approval. Roche created the Cobas Pulse system to combine…
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FRANCE – ABL Biotechnologies, a South Korean biotechnology firm, has signed a global licensing and exclusive collaboration agreement with Sanofi to develop and commercialize a new Parkinson’s disease therapy candidate.…
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USA – Amgen and Arrakis Therapeutics have announced a collaboration to develop RNA degrader therapeutics for a variety of difficult-to-drug targets. The collaboration will focus on developing a new class…
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FRANCE – In a deal worth up to US$5.2 billion in milestone payments, French drugmaker Sanofi will collaborate with British AI firm Exscientia Plc to develop up to 15 drug…
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SWITZERLAND – Novartis has agreed to pay up to US$1.5 billion for Gyroscope Therapeutics, a U.K.-based ocular gene therapy company, as the pharmaceutical giant seeks to acquire smaller companies with…
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USA – Pfizer has announced the opening of a US$68.5 million gene therapy manufacturing facility in Durham, North Carolina, as part of a multi-yearUS$800 million plan to outfit its next-generation…
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INDIA – Viatris and India’s Biocon Biologics are debating whether to further integrate their already deeply entwined biosimilar businesses into a US$10 billion standalone company, according to Moneycontrol, an Indian…
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BELGIUM – Novartis is putting US$150 million into a Parkinson’s disease drug candidate that is competing with drugs in development at companies such as Roche and AstraZeneca. Novartis will pay…
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NETHERLANDS – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended extending the use of Roche’s RoActemra arthritis drug for adult COVID-19 patients receiving systemic steroid treatment and those requiring oxygen support…
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