Merck Launches Phase III Study for KRAS Hopeful, Eyes Challenge to Amgen and BMS 4/5/2024
FTC Will Have More Time to Review Novo’s $16.5B Catalent Buy 4/5/2024
Boehringer Ingelheim Cuts Staff Due to Low Humira Biosimilar Sales: Reuters 4/5/2024
Novartis to File for Pluvicto Label Expansion After Promising Phase III Data 4/5/2024
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BEQVEZ™ (fidanacogene elaparvovec-dzkt) for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe hemophilia B who currently use factor IX (FIX) prophylaxis therapy, or have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes, and do not have neutralizing antibodies to adeno-associated virus serotype Rh74var (AAVRh74var) capsid as detected by an FDA-approved test.
AbbVie Raises 2024 Profit Outlook, Reports Strong Q1 Sales for Skyrizi and Rinvoq 4/26/2024
Pfizer Secures FDA Approval for Hemophilia B Gene Therapy, Launches Warranty 4/26/2024
Gilead Touts 5% Revenue Jump, Positions for 2024 Growth and Culls Pipeline 4/26/2024
GSK Sues Pfizer and BioNTech Over Alleged COVID-19 Patent Infringement 4/26/2024
Cigna’s Evernorth to Offer Humira Biosimilar with No Out-of-Pocket Cost 4/26/2024
BMS Decision to Lay Off 2,200 Employees Comes After M&A Spending Spree 4/26/2024
Tessera Cuts Dozens of Jobs Following Positive Preclinical Results 4/26/2024
Biopharma Layoff Tracker 2024: BMS, CureVac, Tessera and More Cut Staff 4/26/2024
FDA Decision Tracker: Pfizer’s First Gene Therapy Approved for Hemophilia B 4/26/2024
Bayer AG and Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for the AB-1002 program. AB-1002 is an investigational one-time gene therapy that is administered to the heart with the intention of helping to promote the production of a constitutively active form of protein inhibitor 1 (I-1c) designed to block the action of protein phosphatase 1.
BMS to Cut 2,200 Jobs in $1.5B Restructuring as Opdivo Sales Drop in Q1 4/25/2024
Merck Gets Q1 Beat as Sales of Cancer Blockbuster Keytruda Jump 20% 4/25/2024
Sanders Launches Probe of ‘Outrageously High Prices’ of Novo’s Ozempic, Wegovy 4/25/2024
Regeneron Pays Mammoth $100M to Access CRISPR Enzymes for AAV Delivery 4/25/2024
Sanofi and AstraZeneca Scrap Several Early-Stage Programs in Q1 4/25/2024