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Abingworth secures $356M for biopharma fund

Abingworth raises $356M to back late-stage biopharma ventures

Anika Sharma

Abingworth, a renowned international life sciences investment group, has successfully closed a new fund, raising an impressive $356 million. This ...

Almirallā€™s psoriasis miniseries spotlights mental health

Almirall relaunches psoriasis miniseries to highlight mental health impact

Anika Sharma

Almirall is seizing the occasion of World Psoriasis Day to underscore the profound impact of this skin condition on mental ...

PBM Media Blitz Urges Cost-Cutting Reforms

PBMs Launch Media Blitz Advocating for Cost-Cutting Reforms and Policy Changes

Anika Sharma

A coalition of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) has taken an innovative step to counter the negative image that has dogged ...

Pfizer to Close New Jersey Site and Cut Jobs in $3.5B Cost-Cutting

Pfizer Announces New Jersey Site Closure and Layoffs in $3.5B Cost-Cutting Initiative

Anika Sharma

The financial ramifications of Pfizer’s revenue decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic are now revealing their human toll as the ...

GSK's Jemperli: Promising Endometrial Cancer Results

GSK’s Jemperli Shows Promise in Endometrial Cancer Trial – FDA Label Expansion on the Horizon

Anika Sharma

GSK has achieved a significant milestone with its PD-1 inhibitor, Jemperli, in the treatment of endometrial cancer, potentially opening the ...

Novartis' $3.2B Chinook Success for Atrasentan 2024 FDA Filing

Novartis’ $3.2B Chinook Investment Soars with Successful Phase 3 Endpoint, Paving the Way for 2024 FDA Filing

Anika Sharma

Novartis is seeing promising results from its substantial $3.2 billion investment in Chinook Therapeutics. Exciting top-line data from a phase ...

Merck's $169M Investment in PARP1 inhibitors Challenges AstraZeneca & Gilead

Merck Invests $169M in Selective PARP1 Drug, Intensifying Competition with AstraZeneca and Gilead

Anika Sharma

Merck KGaA is making a strategic move in the field of PARP inhibitors, investing a substantial 160 million euros ($169 ...

Ellen Cappellino Joins Klick Health as Value, Access, and Reimbursement Director

Klick Health Welcomes Ellen Cappellino, Former AstraZeneca and Vertex Executive, as Value, Access, and Reimbursement Director

Anika Sharma

Klick Health, a prominent healthcare marketing agency, has recently appointed Ellen Cappellino, a distinguished figure in the pharmaceutical industry, to ...

ElevateBio lays off staff after big fundraising | Pharma News

ElevateBio slashes 13% of workforce despite huge fundraising

Anika Sharma

Despite having a substantial $401 million in funding, ElevateBio is streamlining its operations, resulting in job cuts that will impact ...

UCBā€™s Swiss plant faces FDA Form 483 | Pharma News

UCBā€™s Swiss plant gets Form 483 from FDA over quality and records

Anika Sharma

UCB Farchim, a subsidiary of Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB, is facing regulatory scrutiny from the FDA. The FDA recently issued ...

New CEO to revive Bristol Myersā€™ new drugs | Pharma News

Bristol Myersā€™ new CEO aims to boost weak new drug launches

Anika Sharma

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is addressing concerns about its underperforming new products, expressing confidence in their future success. The company’s ...

Leqembi lowers amyloid, safety issues persist | Pharma News

Eisai, Biogenā€™s Leqembi reduces amyloid in Alzheimerā€™s, but safety concerns remain

Anika Sharma

Amid mounting concerns regarding the potential strain on healthcare infrastructure due to Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Eisai and ...

Takeda faces $770M loss after drug failures | Pharma News

Takeda writes off $770M after failures of Alofisel and Exkivity

Anika Sharma

Takeda, the Japanese pharmaceutical company, is grappling with significant impairment charges totaling 115.8 billion Japanese yen ($770 million) in its ...

EuroAPI boss Karl Rotthier quits amid review | Pharma News

EuroAPI chief Karl Rotthier resigns amid strategic review

Anika Sharma

In a swift and significant personnel decision, EuroAPI’s board of directors has announced the departure of CEO Karl Rotthier, effective ...

RLS expands CDMO services for radiopharma | Pharma News

RLS to offer CDMO services for radiopharma at 8 US locations

Anika Sharma

The biopharmaceutical landscape is witnessing a seismic shift towards radiopharmaceuticals, with major players like Eli Lilly making substantial investments, exemplified ...

Accenture Song buys ConcentricLife for $245M | Pharma News

Accenture Song acquires ConcentricLife for $245M to boost ad capabilities

Anika Sharma

Accenture, known for its relentless pursuit of acquisitions, has returned to the deal table once again. The global services company, ...

Merck ups revenue forecast on Lagevrio sales | Pharma News

Merck boosts revenue outlook on COVID-19 pill Lagevrio demand

Anika Sharma

In a surprising turn of events, Merck’s COVID-19 antiviral pill, Lagevrio, has defied expectations by generating an astounding $640 million ...

3M CEO talks healthcare spinoff, revenue drop | Pharma News

3M CEO updates on healthcare spinoff amid revenue decline

Anika Sharma

In a recent company update, 3M has provided insights into the status of its long-anticipated healthcare business spinout, indicating that ...

Gene-silencing data for Alzheimerā€™s by Alnylam, Biogen | Pharma News

Alnylam, Biogen show gene-silencing data for Alzheimerā€™s therapies

Anika Sharma

This week, Alnylam and Biogen took a significant step toward redefining the landscape of Alzheimer’s disease treatment by revealing promising ...

Flu-COVID combo vaccine by Pfizer, BioNTech | Pharma News

Pfizer, BioNTech ready flu-COVID combo vaccine for phase 3 trial

Anika Sharma

In an exciting race reminiscent of their previous encounters, Pfizer and BioNTech have once again taken on their recurring competitor, ...

BioSenic faces cash crunch, eyes phase 3 | Pharmtales

BioSenic seeks to survive cash crunch and enter phase 3 for GvHD drug

Anika Sharma

BioSenic, the Belgian biotech born from the merger of Bone Therapeutics and Medsenic last year, is devising a survival plan ...

Roche, Biogen end patent dispute over Actemra biosimilar

Roche, Biogen end patent dispute over Actemra biosimilar

Anika Sharma

Roche has swiftly resolved a patent infringement lawsuit it initiated against Biogen in July. The legal dispute centered around Biogen’s ...

GSKā€™s RSV vaccine eyes label expansion | Pharmtales

GSKā€™s RSV vaccine poised for label expansion after trial success

Anika Sharma

Five months after GSK made history by securing FDA approval for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Arexvy, the company ...

Araclonā€™s vaccine slows Alzheimerā€™s in trial | Pharmtales

Araclonā€™s Alzheimerā€™s vaccine shows promise in phase 2 trial

Anika Sharma

Araclon Biotech, a subsidiary of Grifols, has unveiled promising early evidence regarding the effectiveness of its Alzheimer’s disease vaccine. In ...

Nasal flu vaccine by AstraZeneca awaits FDA nod | Pharmtales

AstraZenecaā€™s nasal flu vaccine nears FDA approval

Anika Sharma

AstraZeneca’s FluMist, a nasal spray flu vaccine with a two-decade history, is poised to potentially become available for self-administration as ...

Beyfortus in short supply amid RSV outbreak | Pharmtales

RSV outbreak causes shortage of Sanofi, AZā€™s Beyfortus

Anika Sharma

Shortly after Sanofi and AstraZeneca secured a significant FDA approval for their respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) antibody, Beyfortus, the highly ...

Amgen cuts jobs post Horizon buyout | Pharmtales

Amgen to cut 350 jobs after acquiring Horizon for $28 billion

Anika Sharma

Recently, in the aftermath of Amgen’s substantial $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon, unveiled in December and finalized this month, these ...

Elektrofi gets $20M from Lilly for drug deal

Elektrofi lands $20M from Eli Lilly for subcutaneous drug partnership

Anika Sharma

Eli Lilly is collaborating with Elektrofi, a drug delivery specialist, to explore the potential of Elektrofi’s microparticle formulation technology in ...

Idorsia cuts 300 R&D jobs to save costs

Idorsia slashes 300 jobs in R&D amid cost-cutting efforts

Anika Sharma

The company has announced that it will be reducing its workforce by 300 individuals, with a focus on R&D and ...

Boehringer Ingelheim, Europe, European Commission, antitrust

Boehringer, Teva, others hit with EU fines for drug-ingredient cartel

Anika Sharma

Five pharmaceutical companies, including the prominent global firm Boehringer Ingelheim, find themselves in the midst of a regulatory storm, facing ...