ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company, majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today announced that the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a Positive Opinion recommending marketing authorisation for Juluca (dolutegravir/rilpivirine) for the treatment of HIV infection in adults
Novartis has sold its stake in its consumer health joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline to its British rival for $13bn in an early move by Vas Narasimhan, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group's new boss, to focus on its core business.
Patients who understand the information provided about their health are more likely to adhere to a medicine regime and feel empowered to take steps towards healthier lifestyles. To what extent are pharma companies taking the initiative? Amanda Barrell reports.
TCR2 Therapeutics Inc., an immuno-oncology company pioneering a novel class of T cell receptor (TCR)-based cellular therapies for solid tumors and blood cancers, announced today the completion of an oversubscribed Series B financing of $125 million.
The EU medicines regulator has started its review of Astellas and Pfizer’s prostate cancer drug Xtandi in what looks likely to become a hotly contested indication - non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC).
After an R&D drought that lasted more than a decade, Merck KGaA may be coming out of the desert. Following two recent drug approvals, including the landmark FDA OK for checkpoint inhibitor Bavencio, the German Merck is now entering an R&D collaboration that might help fill its pipeline with new cancer drug contenders.
Pandion Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing bispecific antibody therapeutics to achieve localized immunomodulation, today announced the completion of a $58 million Series A financing. This funding will be used to advance its initial drug programs for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases toward the clinic, as well as to continue building the company’s technology platform and pipeline. Polaris Partners, the founding investor that provided the initial seed funding, co-led the Series A financing along with Versant Ventures and Roche Venture Fund. SR One and BioInnovation Capital also participated in the round.
New drug approvals all but screeched to a halt in 2016, with a measly 22 new OKs after a pair of bountiful years. But the FDA wasted no time in 2017, signing off on 12 drugs in the first quarter alone—besting its record for the same period of any year in recent history.
Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help and perhaps even cure the blood disease.
For the first time ever, a mobile video game used to assess and treat a disease is headed for an FDA review.
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