Bristol Myers Squibb to acquire MyoKardia to gain access to mavacamten

pharmanewsdaily- October 5, 2020

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has agreed to acquire California-based clinical-stage biopharma company MyoKardia for $13.1 billion, to gain access to the latter’s cardiovascular drug candidate ... Read More

AstraZeneca gets FDA breakthrough status for Farxiga in CKD

pharmanewsdaily- October 4, 2020

AstraZeneca has been granted breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) for Farxiga (dapagliflozin) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with ... Read More

Kyowa Kirin gets extended EC approval for CRYSVITA in X-linked hypophosphataemia

pharmanewsdaily- October 4, 2020

Kyowa Kirin has secured extended approval for CRYSVITA (burosumab) from the European Commission (EC) in X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH), to cover the treatment of older adolescents ... Read More

FDA approves BMS’ Opdivo, Yervoy combo for malignant pleural mesothelioma

pharmanewsdaily- October 4, 2020

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has secured approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) combination from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line ... Read More

Novartis reports positive results for Aimovig in phase 2 episodic migraine trial

pharmanewsdaily- October 4, 2020

Novartis said that a five-year phase 2 clinical trial of migraine prevention drug Aimovig (erenumab-aooe) has delivered strong long-term safety and efficacy results in patients ... Read More

Dr. Reddy’s launches Sapropterin Dihydrochloride Tablets generic version in US

pharmanewsdaily- October 4, 2020

Indian pharma company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched a generic version of phenylalanine hydroxylase activator Sapropterin Dihydrochloride Tablets, for oral use, in the US market. ... Read More

Covis Group to acquire US biopharma company AMAG Pharmaceuticals

pharmanewsdaily- October 2, 2020

Covis Group, a Luxembourg specialty pharma company, has agreed to acquire US biopharma company AMAG Pharmaceuticals for about $647 million, which includes the latter’s debt. ... Read More

CStone Pharmaceuticals strikes $480m worth oncology deal with Pfizer

pharmanewsdaily- October 1, 2020

US pharma giant Pfizer has entered into a collaboration deal worth up to $480 million with Chinese biopharma company CStone Pharmaceuticals to address the oncological ... Read More

Chinese biotech company InventisBio raises $147m in Series D round

pharmanewsdaily- September 29, 2020

InventisBio, a Chinese biotech company focused on small molecule drugs, has raised $147 million in a Series D funding round. The funding round of the ... Read More

XtalPi raises $319m for AI based drug research and development

pharmanewsdaily- September 28, 2020

XtalPi, a pharma company that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery and development, has raised $318.8 million in a Series C round. The funding ... Read More