Pfizer’s Besponsa has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It's the first and only CD22-directed antibody-drug conjugate indicated to treat relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
Vascular focused device developer VentureMed said today it raised $15 million in a Series B round.
Kite Pharma has begun treating the first EU patients with its investigational CAR–T candidate, axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel), in the safety expansion cohort of the ZUMA-1 trial.
The merger and acquisition information of CombiMatrix, Skyline Medical and Victory Square Technologies.
Commenting on the Group’s results, Roche CEO Severin Schwan said: “In the first half of the year, both our Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics Divisions showed strong performance, very much driven by new product launches. Particularly pleasing is the very successful launch of Ocrevus for the treatment of two forms of multiple sclerosis. Based on our half-year performance, we raised the outlook for the full-year to mid-single digit sales growth.”
GSK delivers further progress in Q2 and sets out new priorities for the Group
New Brunswick, N.J. (July 18, 2017) – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced sales of $18.8 billion for the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 1.9% as compared to the second quarter of 2016. Operational sales results increased 2.9% and the negative impact of currency was 1.0%. Domestic sales increased 1.6%. International sales increased 2.3%, reflecting operational growth of 4.4% and a negative currency impact of 2.1%. Excluding the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures, on an operational basis, worldwide sales increased 0.5%, domestic sales decreased 1.0% and international sales increased 2.0%.*
US-based Sciex Diagnostics has launched a new fully integrated LC-MS solution, Sciex Topaz System, for use in clinical diagnostics.
US-based life sciences firm Emergent BioSolutions has secured around $23m for the development of a new multi-drug auto-injector to deliver nerve agent antidote.
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Company has signed an agreement with US-based nanotechnology provider BioSurfaces to develop new therapeutic devices to treat gastrointestinal (GI) diseases.
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