Bristol Myers Squibb gets Reblozyl EC approval for anemia associated with NTD beta thalassemia
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) has secured full marketing authorization for Reblozyl (luspatercept) from the European Commission (EC) for treating anemia associated with non-transfusion-dependent (NTD) beta ... Read More
Moderna, Merck get FDA breakthrough status for mRNA-4157/V940, KEYTRUDA combo in melanoma
Moderna and Merck announced that the investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine mRNA-4157/V940 in combination with the latter’s lung cancer drug KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) has been given ... Read More
Seagen gets FDA accelerated approval for tucatinib, trastuzumab combo for colorectal cancer
American biotechnology company Seagen (formerly Seattle Genetics) has received accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s oral drug Tukysa ... Read More
Merck acquires M Chemicals from Mecaro for €110m
Merck, an American multinational science and technology company, has acquired M Chemicals, a chemical business of South Korea-based Mecaro, for up to €110 million. The ... Read More
Merck and Mersana Therapeutics to co-develop new immunostimulatory ADCs
Merck has announced a collaboration with US-based Mersana Therapeutics to discover new antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by leveraging the latter’s proprietary Immunosynthen STING-agonist ADC platform. The ... Read More
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 ... Read More
Merck to acquire Imago BioSciences to expand blood disorder drugs portfolio
Pharma giant Merck will acquire Imago BioSciences, a Nasdaq-listed clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, for a price of $36 per share in cash, which translates to ... Read More
Cue Biopharma gets FDA fast track status for CUE-101 in HPV16+ R/M HNSCC
Cue Biopharma has been granted fast track designation for CUE-101 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of a type of ... Read More
Zydus Lifesciences gets tentative FDA approval for Sugammadex generic
Zydus Lifesciences (previously Cadila Healthcare) said that its American subsidiary Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) has secured tentative approval for Sugammadex Injection USP 200 mg/2 mL (100 ... Read More
Merck signs $290m deal with Orion Corporation for mCRPC candidate ODM-208
Merck has signed a global development and commercialization deal worth $290 million with Orion Corporation for the latter’s investigational candidate ODM-208 and other drugs that ... Read More