FTC demands could mean months-long delay for Roche-Spark deal

Roche's $4.8 billion takeout of gene therapy specialist Spark Therapeutics looked like a typical biopharma transaction — that is, until the Federal Trade Commission...

Lilly to withdraw FDA-approved cancer drug after clinical failure

Lartruvo (olaratumab) was the first new drug approved for soft tissue sarcoma in more than four decades, at the time offering patients with the tough-to-treat...

Amgen invests $66M in genetic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore

Dive Insight: While California sequencing company Illumina is larger, Oxford's kept itself relevant and recently attracted new cash to fund an expansion. Amgen's seen the sequencing company...

AbbVie deal for Allergan not about the taxes, thanks to 2017 law

AbbVie CEO Rick Gonzalez finally achieved the overseas acquisition that he sought five years ago. But his deal for Allergan comes too late to...
By most measures, Novartis enjoyed a positive start to 2019. Drug sales rose by 5% in dollar terms, lifted by strong performances from the Swiss...
Authorities warn that antibiotic-resistant infections rank high, if not at the top, of public and global health concerns. TB offers a prime...
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Catalent to buy Paragon for $1.2B as gene therapy...

Biologics have been a business boon to contract manufacturers, Catalent included. Large-molecule drugs are such a focus, in fact, that last year Catalent split its...

Safety setback for Pfizer, Lilly pain drug should have...

The U.S. opioid crisis breathed new life into clinical development of the nerve-growth factor (NGF) inhibitors tanezumab and fasinumab. The drug class had been...

Don’t worry about Humira biosimilars, the pipeline will deliver,...

As Humira (adalimiumab) goes, so goes AbbVie. And it may require quite a few new products to replace the rheumatoid arthritis giant, which earned...

Nonprofit under pressure to make new TB drug affordable

Authorities warn that antibiotic-resistant infections rank high, if not at the top, of public and global health concerns. TB offers a prime...

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Approval of Inrebic, which was previously known as fedratinib, is the first domino to fall in Bristol-Myers bet on Celgene's product pipeline. 

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