Pharma News, 2022

The FDA has approved AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with Imjudo (tremelimumab) plus platinum-based chemotherapy to treat adult patients with stage 4 nonsmall-cell lung cancer ...

The European Commission has granted a marketing authorization to Stada and Xbrane’s Ximluci (ranibizumab), a biosimilar of Novartis’ Lucentis (ranibizumab), to treat retinal vascular disorders....

Royalty Pharma has purchased a royalty interest in Amgen’s small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) therapy, olpasiran, from Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals for an upfront payment of $250m in cash. ...

A federal jury in Massachusetts has decided that Eli Lilly must pay Teva Pharmaceuticals approximately $176.5 million in damages over infringement of three patents covering Teva’s migraine treat...

The FDA has granted Sobi’s Kineret (anakinra) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults with pneumonia requiring supplemental oxygen who are at risk o...

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it will allow the interchangeability of biosimilars, in a final guidance that adopts a similar approach to that taken earl...

One day soon, including pharmacogenomics testing for all patients will be essential for precise prescribing.

AstraZeneca has moved a step closer to bringing a first-in-class drug to market in the US that can be used to reduce severe asthma attacks, after an FDA advisory committee voted in favour of appro...

Neurotech Pharmaceuticals has announced positive phase 3 topline results from two trials evaluating its NT-501 eye treatment for patients with macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel). ...

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorization for Novartis’ Cosentyx (secukinumab), either alone or with methotrexate, for treatment of...

ICER has published its cost-effectiveness analysis on expensive gene therapies, and Roctavian’s potential use faces more questions than EtranaDez.

Officials with the FDA approved cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo; Regeneron) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced non-small cell lung...