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Merck’s Keytruda again bags industry-first cervical cancer nod—with limitation

After crowning Keytruda as the first immunotherapy for advanced cervical cancer back in 2021, the FDA has awarded the drug another industry-first designation in an earlier stage of the tumor type. But again, the achievement was not perfect for Merck. Thanks to a new FDA nod, Merck’s Keytruda is the first PD-1 drug to be approved in combination with chemoradiotherapy to treat patients with stage 3 to 4a cervical cancer, the New Jersey pharma giant said Friday. This marks Keytruda’s 39th indication in the U.S. The approval, however, was narrower than expected. It came on the back of results from the Keynote-A18 trial, which showed a tumor progression benefit for the Keytruda-chemoradiation regimen in a broader patient population with earlier-stage cervical cancer. Keynote-A18 tested the Keytruda combo in patients whose cancer was as early as stage 1b2. Among the entire trial population, adding Keytruda to chemoradiotherapy slashed the risk of ...
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- January 21, 2024
Across 25 industries, pharma staffers most satisfied with compensation

2023 was riddled with labor strikes across industries as workers lobbied for higher pay amid economic headwinds that shook up the global economy. As for the biopharma industry, employees are more content with their income compared with workers in other fields, a new report suggests. USA Today recently analyzed more than 3 million reviews on the employee review service Glassdoor, focusing on 500 large companies in 25 industries and seeking to identify the industries with the highest number of pay-related complaints. Employees in the pharma and biotechnology sector reported the fewest number of pay complaints, according to the report. On the flip side, the healthcare field took the second-highest position for pay frustration, second only to education. Some drugmakers in particular rose above their peers and others in terms of pay. Novartis, GSK, AstraZeneca and Genentech made the list of the top-10 companies overall where employees are most satisfied with ...
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- January 21, 2024
Emergent snares contract worth up to $236M to supply anthrax vaccine to Defense Department

Emergent BioSolutions was awarded a 5-year, $235.8 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to supply the anthrax vaccine BioThrax to the various branches of the military. Under the terms of the deal, Emergent is guaranteed a purchase minimum of $20.1 million, with future orders estimated to be worth at least $20 million for each following year. Beyond the initial 5-year term, the contract has a 5-year option that could extend the deal to 2033. In all, the procurement pact could be worth up to $235.8 million, the company said in a Jan. 11 release. “Emergent is proud to continue supporting and preparing our nation’s service members who have a high risk of exposure to anthrax bacteria by supplying BioThrax vaccine,” Paul Williams, senior vice president, products head at Emergent, said in the release. Founded in 1998, Emergent has been a long-time supplier of anthrax countermeasures to the U.S. ...
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- January 21, 2024
SinoCellTech Voluntarily Discloses Notice of Drug Clinical Trial Approval for SCTC21C, a Product of its Controlling Subsidiary

Important Note: Recently, Beijing Shenzhou Cell Biotechnology Group Co. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) has received a Notice of Approval of Drug Clinical Trial from the State Drug Administration (hereinafter referred to as the “SDA”), agreeing that the Company’s self-developed product, SCTC21C Injection, can be used for the treatment of CD38+. (the “Company”) received a Notice of Approval for Clinical Trial of Drugs from the State Drug Administration (the “SDA”), agreeing to carry out clinical trials for the treatment of CD38+ hematologic malignancies for the Company’s self-developed product SCTC21C Injection. As there are many unpredictable factors in the process of clinical trials of pharmaceutical products, the results and timing of clinical trials, review and approval are subject to certain uncertainties, investors are advised to make decisions with caution and take precautions against investment risks. The relevant information is announced as follows: I. Basic Product Information 1. Product name: SCTC21C ...
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- January 21, 2024
Zhengda Tianqing Etrazepam Ethanolamine Tablets (Tepsin) Approved for Market Listing

On January 16th, Zhengda Tianqing received the Certificate of Drug Registration approved by the State Drug Administration (NMPA), approving the registration and marketing of Eltrombopag olamine tablets (trade name: Tepsin) for the following indications: for use in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who have had a poor response to previous treatments of glucocorticosteroids and immunoglobulins, as well as in children aged 6 years and above. ) patients to raise platelet counts and reduce or prevent bleeding. This product is intended for use only in patients with ITP who are at increased risk of bleeding due to thrombocytopenia and clinical conditions. Eltrombopag olamine tablets are an oral, small-molecule, nonpeptide thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA) that works by increasing platelet counts. In the Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia in Adults (2020 Edition), Eltrombopag is the only drug with the highest level (1a) of evidence and A ...
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- January 21, 2024
report

Pharma giant AstraZeneca will spend $26.5 million to build a new production line for its diabetes treatments dapagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride at the Taizhou National Medical High-tech Development Zone in Jiangsu, China Daily reports. The facility is forecast to have an annual output value of $1.4 billion and is expected to become a global manufacturing outpost for the company’s diabetes therapies, according to the publication. Marketed in the U.S. as Farxiga, dapagliflozin helps prevent absorption of glucose in the kidneys to help lower blood sugar. Metformin, meanwhile, reduces the absorption of sugar from the stomach. As a combination therapy, the medicines are marketed as Xigduo. Fierce Pharma Manufacturing has reached out to AstraZeneca for additional details on the project. AstraZeneca’s operations in China were the focus of market speculation last summer when the Financial Times reported that the company had explored separating its business in the country amid increasing geopolitical ...
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- January 20, 2024
Lundbeck launches ‘Say Yep’ for new Vyepti multi-media migraine campaign

Lundbeck wants migraine suffers to say “nope” to doing more and “yep” to doing less with their condition as the core message of its new campaign for Vyepti. The “Say Yep” initiative plays on the yep in Vyepti, the pharma’s intravenous migraine prevention therapy that was approved by the FDA exactly four years ago next month. The therapy brought in DKK 1 billion ($145.9 million) in 2022, double what it made in 2021 and driven by what Lundbeck said was “strong demand.” The multi-channel media campaign is trying to reach the 40 million Americans who suffer from the often-debilitating condition. The message is to slow down and not push through the pain of a migraine. The campaign “brings to life the brand’s empathetic understanding that people are doing a lot to manage migraine and deserve to do a little less, if possible,” a spokesperson from Lundbeck said. “Say Yep subtly ...
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- January 20, 2024
With manufacturing-related rejection, FDA turns its nose up at Satsuma’s migraine nasal spray

Considering trial setbacks and cash concerns, Satsuma Pharmaceuticals faced an uphill climb to even file for approval of its migraine spray treatment at the FDA. Now, the agency has thrown another wrench in the company’s commercial hopes by issuing a manufacturing-related complete response letter. In rejecting the application, the agency cited chemistry, manufacturing and controls concerns, Satsuma’s parent company, Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, said in a press release. The agency did not flag issues with the clinical data package or request new trials. “We remain committed to working expeditiously with the FDA to complete the review for STS101 as soon as possible,” Satsuma’s CEO Ryoichi Nagata, M.D., Ph.D., said in the release. The company will detail potential timing for a resubmission after consulting with the FDA. The update is just the latest in a series of setbacks for Satsuma and its migraine asset, dubbed STS101. After coming up short two ...
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- January 20, 2024
After 17-year courtship, Sun and Taro finally agree on $348M buyout

It took 17 years for Sun Pharmaceutical and Taro Pharmaceutical to finally tie the knot. On Thursday, the companies revealed their long-awaited merger, with Sun of Mumbai, India, agreeing to purchase outstanding shares in the Israeli drugmaker for $43 each. The deal nets out to $348 million for a 48% premium on Taro’s share price of $29. Taro, which manufactures generics, over-the-counter drugs and APIs, will be delisted on the New York Stock Exchange and become a privately held subsidiary within Sun, which already had a 78.5% stake in the company. The companies expect the deal to close in the first half of this year. In its most recent financial report, Taro posted revenue of $593 million for the 12 months ending on Sept. 30, 2023, for a 4% increase year over year. Taro’s annual revenue has generally been in decline since maxing out in 2016 at $951 million. Sun ...
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- January 20, 2024
Bayer CEO Bill Anderson makes his mark with major restructuring, ‘significant’ job cuts

Bayer is launching a sweeping business overhaul as the German conglomerate sees “no viable alternative.” Bayer on Wednesday unveiled a restructuring of its organization that will “come at the expense of many managerial employees,” according to chairwoman of the executives committee on Bayer’s supervisory board, Barbara Gansewend. The job cuts will begin in the coming months and will end in 2025, the company said without providing a specific number for the jobs impacted. But the reductions will be “significant” at the group in Germany, the company said. Bayer declined to comment on the scale of the layoff or the functions involved. Reducing bureaucracy is the “central component” of the adjustments, a Bayer spokesperson told Fierce Pharma. The company’s new operating models are developed with customers at the center. “For this reason, there are no top-down targets and we will only gradually know what scale is really realistic here,” the spokesperson ...
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- January 20, 2024

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