Samsung Biologics has signed an agreement with Biogen to acquire Biogen’s 50% stake in Samsung Bioepis, a joint venture formed by the two companies, for up to $2.3 billion.
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UCB and Zogenix have agreed to an acquisition deal totaling nearly $2 billion.
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies plans to invest £400 million (US$528 million) to expand its Billingham, Teeside facility in the United Kingdom.
Pfizer’s $6.7 billion acquisition of Arena will give them access to a portfolio of immuno-inflammatory therapies.
Pfizer found that two-dose recipients exhibited a more than 25-fold reduction in neutralization titers against Omicron relative to wild-type.
AstraZeneca struck a deal worth up to more than $3.5 billion with Ionis Pharmaceuticals for the rights to develop and commercialize their transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis treatment.
Recordati’s blockbuster acquisition of EUSA Pharma gives them access to a portfolio of four drugs that treat rare cancers.
The Comirnaty vaccine received a positive opinion from the EMA’s CHMP for children five to under 12 years of age.
Novo Nordisk’s 3.3 billion acquisition of Dicerna gives them access to their RNAi technology.
FDA has amended its EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 booster to include all individuals aged 18 or older.
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The White House has nominated Robert Califf to head FDA, ending months of uncertainty about the future path for the high-profile agency.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is the first to receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization for use in children ages five to 11.
Moderna’s KidCOVE study showed a robust neutralizing antibody response in children aged six to under 12.
Pfizer and BioNTech’s Phase III trial demonstrated 95.6% booster efficacy relative to participants who received placebo.
In addition to allowing booster shots of the Moderna and J&J vaccines, FDA approved heterologous booster shots.
The council voted 19-0 to recommend that FDA authorize booster doses of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine just one day after granting Moderna a similar recommendation.
The council voted 19–0 to recommend that FDA authorize booster doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for certain populations.
AION Labs will be a first-of-its-kind AI/pharma and computational biology innovation lab aimed at spearheading the adoption of AI technologies and computational science.
Pfizer and BioNTech’s request would make them the first vaccine accessible to individuals under the age of 12.
Takeda will use Selecta Bioscience’s ImmTOR platform to develop gene therapies for lysosomal storage disorders.
Merck’s 11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron gives them access to their lead therapeutic candidate, sotatercept.
The FDA has amended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to allow a single booster dose to several high-risk populations.
Moderna’s newest insights include an overall efficacy review, a study on breakthrough infections, and a study on long-term immunity.
Moderna’s new single-dose vaccine will be a booster for both COVID-19 and the flu.
After receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from a batch of Moderna vaccines that were suspected to have contaminants, two people in Japan died. Meanwhile, another one million doses have been temporarily suspended in Japan.
Pfizer’s proposed $2.26-billion acquisition of Trillium Therapeutics will add next-generation hematology-targeted immuno-therapeutics to its oncology pipeline.
HHS Public Health and a team of medical experts recommend that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will soon be necessary.
FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which will be marketed as Comirnaty.
The agency has amended the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to allow certain immunocompromised people to receive an additional dose of the vaccine.
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced the signing of a letter of intent with The Biovac Institute Ltd to manufacture the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for distribution within the African Union.
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