Lilly gets Jaypirca FDA approval for mantle cell lymphoma

Lilly gets Jaypirca FDA approval for mantle cell lymphoma

Loxo@Lilly, the oncology division of Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), has secured the accelerated approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib) for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). To be available in 100mg and 50mg tablets, Jaypirca is specifically indicated for the treatment of adult patients having relapsed or […]

Lilly to invest further $450m to expand capacity at Research Triangle Park

Lilly to invest further $450m to expand capacity at Research Triangle Park

Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) is planning to invest an additional $450 million to increase the company’s production capacity at its Research Triangle Park facility in North Carolina. The proposed expansion is expected to help the American pharmaceutical company meet increased demand for its incretin products for diabetes and introduce the next generation of medicines. […]

Eagle Pharmaceuticals gets Pemfexy FDA approval for NSCLC

Eagle Pharmaceuticals gets Pemfexy FDA approval for NSCLC

Eagle Pharmaceuticals has secured an additional indication for Pemfexy (pemetrexed injection) in the US, marking the fifth indication for the intravenous medication. Pemfexy in combination with Merck’s Keytruda and platinum chemotherapy has been now approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the initial treatment of patients with metastatic, non-squamous, non-small cell lung […]

Lilly to acquire gene therapy firm Akouos to discover hearing loss treatments

Lilly to acquire gene therapy firm Akouos to discover hearing loss treatments

Lilly acquisition of Akouos : American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has agreed to acquire precision genetic medicine company Akouos in a cash deal worth about $487 million. Headquartered in Boston and founded in 2016, Akouos is focused on developing a portfolio of advanced adeno-associated viral gene therapies to treat inner ear conditions, […]

Lilly gets FDA fast track designation for tirzepatide in obesity

Lilly gets FDA fast track designation for tirzepatide in obesity

Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has been granted fast track designation for tirzepatide from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adults having obesity, or are overweight with weight-associated comorbidities. Tirzepatide is a weekly once glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist. The American pharma giant said […]

Innovent Biologics, Sanofi to expedite development of cancer drugs in China

Innovent Biologics, Sanofi to expedite development of cancer drugs in China

Chinese biopharma company Innovent Biologics and French pharma giant Sanofi have entered into a partnership that aims to bring innovative drugs to patients in China suffering from difficult-to-treat cancers. The two parties plan to expedite the development and commercialization of a couple of important clinical stage oncology assets of Sanofi, which are SAR408701 (tusamitamab ravtansine; […]

FDA rejects Lilly’s sintilimab as first line treatment of NSCLC

FDA rejects Lilly’s sintilimab as first line treatment of NSCLC

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected the biologics license application (BLA) of Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly)’s sintilimab injection in nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lilly has been issued a complete response letter (CRL) for the BLA for the PD-1 inhibitor in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy. The US pharma […]