Bio/Pharma News

Sanofi has issued a statement expressing its disappointment with FTC’s decision to block an exclusive licensing agreement with Maze Therapeutics for a rare disease drug candidate.

AbbVie’s proposed acquisition of ImmunoGen is expected to accelerate AbbVie's entry into the commercial market for ovarian cancer and includes ImmunoGen’s flagship cancer therapy, ELAHERE (mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx).

This collaboration will combine BigHat Biosciences’ AI/ML-guided Milliner platform with AbbVie's expertise in oncology and neuroscience to develop next-generation antibodies.

AstraZeneca will utilize Absci’s AI antibody drug creation platform to create an AI-designed antibody.

Novartis has issued a nationwide voluntary recall of two lots of Sandimmune Oral Solution (cyclosporine oral solution, USP), 100 mg/mL because of crystallization issues.

Novo Nordisk will invest more than DKK 16 billion (US$2.3 billion) to expand its production facilities in Chartres, France.

Exagamglogene autotemcel seen as synechdoche.

Under this multi-year collaboration, Genentech and NVIDIA will use AI to optimize and accelerate each company’s platforms to discover and develop innovative therapeutics.

Chris Spivey, editorial director for Pharmaceutical Technology, discusses messenger RNA (mRNA) advances with Guillaume Roelandts, Head of Products and Marketing, Quantoom Biosciences, at the 11th International mRNA Health Conference in Berlin, Germany.

The largest biotech hub is set to be built in Lithuania by Northway Group.

In part two of an interview with Thomas Langenickel, MD, chief medical officer at Ethris, Langenickel highlights the challenges in developing mRNA therapeutics for pulmonary diseases.

Consent decrees were issued against Evig LLC, of St. George, Utah, and Premium Production LLC, of St. George, Utah, for unapproved dietary supplements.

The US District Court for the District of Arizona entered into consent decree against Smart Women’s Choice and its CEO to stop the company from distributing unapproved contraceptive drugs.

Under the agreement, the companies will discover and develop drug candidates targeting two ion channels linked to neurological disorders.

Novartis and Legend Biotech seek to advance certain CAR-T cell therapy candidates targeting Delta-like ligand protein 3.

Adzynma provides a replacement for low levels of the ADAMTS13 enzyme in patients with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

A discussion with Thomas Langenickel, MD, chief medical officer at Ethris, shines a light on how advances made with mRNA technology are also advancing the industry’s ability to focus on treatment of rare diseases, such as rare lung diseases.

In this episode of the Drug Solutions podcast, Jill Murphy, former editor, speaks with Bourji Mourad, partnership director at ThermoSafe, about the supply chain in the pharmaceutical industry, specifically related to packaging, pharma air freight, and the pressure on suppliers with post-COVID-19 changes on delivery.

Matthew Lauber, senior director—Cell and Gene Therapy, Consumables & Lab Automation, at Waters Corporation highlights how current technologies are enabling oligonucleotide development.

Matthew Lauber, senior director—Cell and Gene Therapy, Consumables & Lab Automation, at Waters Corporation, considers that status of oligonucleotides on the market.

Matthew Lauber, senior director—Cell and Gene Therapy, Consumables & Lab Automation, at Waters Corporation discusses the analytical and downstream purification challenges of oligonucleotides.

Dujuan Lu, PhD, global leader—E&L, SGS Health Sciences, recommends some key issues that pharma manufacturers should consider when formulating products that require a medical device.

This is the second biologic approved to treat HS, a painful and reoccurring skin disease.

PENBRAYA combines components from two meningococcal vaccines, Trumenba and Nimenrix.

The treatment has received Priority Review designation, as well as FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation and Orphan Drug designation.

The designation will grant Lisata EU marketing exclusivity for 10 years after approval and protocol assistance from EMA.

The spinal muscular atrophy treatment, currently marketed by Roche, generated $1.2 billion in sales in 2022.

These results will provide insights from more than 250 global pharma executives, including discoveries such as pharma confidence dipping below the record scores of 2022, although it has remained extremely resilient despite wider macro uncertainly, according to the press release.

Spark Therapeutics and SpliceBio have formed a collaboration to develop a gene therapy that can treat an inherited retinal disease.

When considering manufacturing and the growth of drug formulation, it is evident that there has been change and many new advancements introduced to make processes more efficient.