Bristol Myers Squibb gets Reblozyl EC approval for anemia associated with NTD beta thalassemia

Pallavi Madhiraju- March 4, 2023

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

Pallavi Madhiraju- February 23, 2023

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

Raghuram Kadari- January 21, 2023

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

Raghuram Kadari- January 4, 2023

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

Raghuram Kadari- December 29, 2022

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

Raghuram Kadari- December 28, 2022

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

Raghuram Kadari- November 23, 2022

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

Pallavi Madhiraju- October 5, 2022

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

pallavi123- September 18, 2022

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

pallavi123- July 16, 2022

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