Biopharma News

Roche’s acquisition of Good Therapeutics grants them rights to the company's conditionally activated PD-1-regulated IL-2 program.

Lynparza has been approved in Great Britain as an adjuvant treatment for patients with germline BRCA-mutated HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer.

Sanofi’s Xenpozyme (olipudase alfa-rpcp) is now the only approved treatment for acid sphingomyelinase deficiency.

Touchlight will expand Lonza’s end-to-end offering for mRNA manufacturing with an additional, differentiated source of DNA raw material.

Novo Nordisk’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Forma Therapeutics is intended to expand its sickle cell and rare blood disorder portfolio.

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new 300,000 ft² facility, located in Plainville, Mass., will specialize in manufacturing viral vectors.

Scientists have developed a mouse model that could be a promising model system for research into factors affecting mammalian embryonic development and disease.

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid, can now be given to adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the UK.

Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly infringing on patents the company filed from 2010 to 2016.

ProBioGen will collobarate with NextPoint Therapeutics to develop and manufacture its lead antibody candidate.

Charles River has received approval to commercially produce allogeneic cell therapy products for distribution in Europe from EMA.

The UK’s MHRA has granted marketing authorization for Novartis’ radioligand therapy, Pluvicto, for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer in Great Britain.

The United Kingdom has approved Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the original variant and Omicron.

Moderna and the European Commission have amended their agreement to convert contractually agreed doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the company’s Omicron-containing bivalent vaccines for supply in 2022.

Roche announced that FDA has approved Roche’s Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) to treat influenza in children aged five years and older.

Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki) is the first targeted therapy for HER2-low breast cancer.

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, will collaborate with Cerevance to identify novel targets for Alzheimer’s disease.

Pfizer’s $5.4 billion acquisition of Global Blood Therapeutics is expected to strengthen its sickle cell disease portfolio.

Sartorius’ £415 million (US$429 million) acquisition of Albumedix is intended to bolster its portfolio with recombinant albumin-based solutions.

Catalent will acquire Metrics Contract Services for $475 million to expand high-potent capabilities and oral development and manufacturing capacity.

FDA has approved Coherus’ Cimerli (ranibizumab-eqrn) as an interchangeable biosimilar for all five indications of Lucentis.

Sanofi and Innovent have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate development of oncology medicines and expand their presence in China.

Amgen’s acquisition of Chemocentryx includes the autoimmune disease drug Tavneos (avacopan).

La Jolla’s acquisition of Carterra’s LSA Platform is designed to advance their immunological and infectious disease research.

Ipsen and Marengo Therapeutics will collaborate to advance two precision immuno-oncology candidates.

The new facility in Albany, Ore., will support biopharmaceutical development and lyophilization services.

WuXi STA is opening a new large-scale oligonucleotide and peptide manufacturing facility.

Discovery Life Sciences’ acquisition of AllCells is intended to bolster its cell and gene therapy products and services.