Catalent to buy Paragon for $1.2B as gene therapy demand grows

Biologics have been a business boon to contract manufacturers, Catalent included. Large-molecule drugs are such a focus, in fact, that last year Catalent split its...

Amicus widens UPenn gene therapy collaboration

Biopharma companies wanting to treat rare diseases are increasingly pressed to be invested in gene therapy. Novartis and Roche have recognized this with their multi-billion-dollar...

Don’t worry about Humira biosimilars, the pipeline will deliver, AbbVie says

As Humira (adalimiumab) goes, so goes AbbVie. And it may require quite a few new products to replace the rheumatoid arthritis giant, which earned just...

Pfizer, Novartis partner in hunt to find drugs for NASH

Neither Pfizer or Novartis are among the handful of companies at the leading edge of NASH drug development, which has yet to advance a...
Over more than three decades at the Food and Drug Administration, Janet Woodcock has seen the biotech industry mature from the early days of...
Array's combination of Braftovi (encorafenib) and Mektovi (binimetinib) already appears well received in the small clinical setting of advanced melanoma with BRAF V600E or...
Expectations for Evenity (romosozumab) are modest, and the rejection by the EMA is a "minor setback" for Amgen, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst...

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The gene therapy era has arrived. So have the...

A landmark regulatory approval has vaulted the cell and gene therapy space to the front of the drug industry's mind. But speedy progress has...

Roche cancer drug the 3rd approved for pan-tumor use

Aimed at the molecular catalysts of tumor growth, targeted therapies are treatment mainstays across a wide range of cancer types. 

Sanofi inks research deal with Denali in neurological, inflammatory...

Denali started 2018 with one research agreement with Takeda and is now ending the year with another big pharma collaboration. The Takeda deal, announced in...

PhRMA’s DTC defense rolls out on airwaves and online

The move by PhRMA and its members to address calls for more transparency on drugs prices came to a head in October, when the...

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