Janssen Biotech acquisition of bermekimab: Janssen Biotech, a Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to acquire all rights to bermekimab, an investigational compound for certain skin disorders, from XBiotech, in a deal worth up to $1.35 billion, as per the latest pharma acquisition news. Bermekimab, which is an anti-IL-1alpha monoclonal antibody (mAb), […]
Stelara FDA approval for ulcerative colitis treatment : The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson has bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Stelara (ustekinumab) for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Considered to be a serious, chronic and progressive immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the large intestine, […]