Novartis Completes Acquisition of Chinook Therapeutics Novartis today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Chinook Therapeutics, Inc., a Seattle, WA, based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of precision medicines for kidney diseases, in a…
Novartis remibrutinib Phase III trials met their primary endpoints and showed rapid symptom control in chronic spontaneous urticaria Novartis today announced positive top-line results from the Phase III REMIX-1 and REMIX-2 studies evaluating remibrutinib 25 mg b.i.d., a Bruton’s tyrosine…
AstraZeneca appoints Sharon Barr as Executive Vice President BioPharmaceuticals R&D AstraZeneca today announced the appointment of Sharon Barr as Executive Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals R&D. Sharon will succeed Mene Pangalos, who is retiring and will step down from his role early…
Enhertu demonstrated clinically meaningful progression-free survival and overall survival across multiple HER2-expressing advanced solid tumors in DESTINY-PanTumor02 Phase II trial High-level results from the primary analysis of the ongoing DESTINY-PanTumor02 Phase II trial showed Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) demonstrated clinically meaningful progression-free survival (PFS)…
Sandoz receives positive CHMP opinion for multiple sclerosis biosimilar natalizumab Sandoz, a global leader in off-patent (generic and biosimilar) medicines, today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has adopted…
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Demonstrates Sustained Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life in People With HIV Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today presented new data reinforcing the efficacy, safety, and tolerability profile of lenacapavir, including patient-reported outcomes (PRO) from the Phase 2/3…
New global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders published WHO’s Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on epilepsy and other neurological disorders, published today in all six UN languages, sets out the actions needed to improve access to care and treatment…
AbbVie Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Epcoritamab (TEPKINLY®) for the Treatment of Adults with Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted…
Positive Phase III results for Roche’s OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) twice a year, 10-minute subcutaneous injection in patients with multiple sclerosis Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the Phase III OCARINA II trial evaluating OCREVUS® (ocrelizumab) as a twice…
European Commission approves Roche’s fixed-duration Columvi (glofitamab) for people with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorisation for Columvi® (glofitamab) for the treatment…
Syneos Health Appoints Hillary Bochniak as Chief Human Resources Officer Syneos Health® (Nasdaq:SYNH), a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization, today announced the appointment of Hillary Bochniak as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective July 10, 2023. Ms. Bochniak joins Syneos Health…
Women and girls bear brunt of water and sanitation crisis – new UNICEF-WHO report Globally, women are most likely to be responsible for fetching water for households, while girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to bear the responsibility,…
