Multiple Myeloma
Nov 01, 2022
Actinium Announces SIERRA Trial Results; Santhera Seeks FDA Review for Vamorolone; Seres Announces BLA Submission for SER-109; BMS Announces Results of COMMANDS Trial; Boehringer’s PDE4B Moves Late-stage Clinical Testing; FDA Rejects Gilead’s Hepcludex; Approval to J&J’s BCMAxCD3 Bispecific Antibody for Multiple Myeloma; Syncona to Acquire AGTC
Actinium Announces Positive Top-line Results from Pivotal Phase III SIERRA Trial of Iomab-B Actinium Pharma is on track to submit its targeted radiotherapy for AML patients requiring a bone marrow transplant in the United States, boosted by top-line data from a pivotal trial. The SIERRA trial of Iomab-B, an anti...
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Aug 23, 2022
EMA to review Cidara Therapeutics’ Rezafungin; EU Approves Gilead Sciences’ Sunlenca; FDA Approves Axsome’s Auvelity; EU Marketing Authorisation to Oncopeptides’s Pepaxti; Merck Signs $ 3.5 B Deal with Orna; FDA to review AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza; FDA Approval to Bluebird’s Zynteglo; FDA Decision Date for GSK’s Momelotinib
EU Regulator Starts its Review of Cidara Therapeutics’ Candidiasis Therapy Rezafungin The EU regulator has begun its review of Cidara Therapeutics’ once-weekly antifungal rezafungin, with a decision expected next year as a new option for serious, invasive candida infections. The application is based on the ReSTO...
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Aug 16, 2022
Novartis’ Canakinumab for NSCLC; Novartis’s Zolgensma Updates; Trodelvy Prospects in New Breast Cancer Use; Novartis Secures European Approval For Pluvicto; Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Abecma Phase III Trials; Trastuzumab Approved for Deruxtecan for HER2-Mutant NSCLC
Novartis’ Canakinumab Fails in Phase III Trials for NSCLC Canakinumab's prospects as an anticancer therapy were already dwindling when a third phase III trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) failed to reach its objectives. The most recent setback came from the CANOPY-A study, which included patients with N...
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Jul 05, 2022
AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Shows Positive Results; Novartis Announces Results of Tislelizumab; FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Evorpacept; EU Approves Sanofi’s Xenpozyme; Bayer’s Kerendia Approves in China; FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Talquetamab; FDA Puts Clinical Hold on Sanofi’s Tolebrutinib; FDA Rejects Spero’s Tebipenem
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Evorpacept for AML ALX Oncology Holdings announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted orphan drug designation to Evorpacept, a next-generation CD47 blocker, for treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is an agg...
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May 31, 2022
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo Approval; Mirati’s KRAS-inhibitor Adagrasib; J&J and Legend Biotech’s CAR-T Carvykti Approval; Roche’s Glofitamab; Arena Pharma’s Etrasimod Phase 3 Trials; FDA Approves Dermavant’s Vtama; FDA Approves Novartis’ Cell Therapy; NICE Approves Merck’s Keytruda
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo Gets FDA Approval for Esophageal Cancer The FDA has approved two combination drug regimens based on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo for previously untreated advanced Esophageal Cancer, encroaching on the territory belonging to Merck & Co’s rival Keytruda. The latest...
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Apr 19, 2022
GSK Acquires Sierra Oncology; BriaCell’s Targeted Breast Cancer Immunotherapy; Merck’s Tepmetko; Gilead’s Magrolimab for MDS and AML; Eli Lilly’s Retevmo; Merck’s Pneumococcal Vaccine; FDA Approves Bevacizumab Biosimilar; Halozyme to Acquire Antares Pharma
GSK Acquires Sierra Oncology for USD 1.9 Billion GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy Sierra Oncology and its lead drug assets, momelotinib, for anemia caused by the blood malignancy myelofibrosis. GSK is paying USD 55 per share in cash for Sierra, a 39% premium to the company's closing share price yesterday, valui...
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Mar 30, 2022
Analyzing the Most Promising Drugs That Will Lose Patent in the US & EU in 2022
Patent protection and expiration is one of the hot topics in the healthcare industry. Patent protection results in high sales and profits for the initial developers and innovators of the drugs, and as per various estimates, the gross profit margins for the Patent protected drugs exceed 90% in some cases. However, t...
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Feb 22, 2022
Sandoz’s Generic Revlimid; Agios’ Pyrukynd; Organon Announces 4Q & Full-year Earnings Report; BMS’ CAR-T Drug Breyanzi; Sanofi & Regeneron’s Dupixent Trial; AZ & Daiichi’s Drug Enhertu; Bayer’s Drug Kerendia; Lilly Releases Mirikizumab Data
Sandoz Launches generic Revlimid in 19 European Countries, Bringing a Flood of Competition to BMS' Megablockbuster Since Bristol Myers Squibb acquired Celgene and its megablockbuster Revlimid, the company has been bracing for the day when the multiple myeloma superstar would face generic competition. Sandoz, a s...
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Dec 14, 2021
Pfizer to acquire Arena Pharma; Takeda’s ‘Wave 2’ multiple myeloma med data; Novartis’s next-gen CAR-Ts clinical data; Roche unveils Avenio system
Pfizer acquires drugmaker Arena for USD 6.7 billion to address unmet needs Pfizer declared that it is acquiring Arena Pharmaceuticals, a drug company specializing in inflammation and immunology, for almost USD 7 billion. The pharma giant said it would finance the agreement, worth USD 6.7 billion, with cash on ha...
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Apr 20, 2021
Adagio Raises $336 M; Lyndra’s Schizo Trial; BMS Opdivo for Gastric Cancer; Anixa Ovarian Cancer CAR-T Therapy
Adagio Raises $336 Million to Advance Covid-19 Antibody Treatment An antibody startup Adagio Therapeutics announced the completion of a $336 million Series C financing round. The proceedings from the financing round will be used to augment the development of the company’s lead program developing treatments for C...
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