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Novartis acquires Arctos Medical to develop gene therapy programme
The Arctos Medical acquisition will expand Novarits’ optogenetics portfolio to bring gene therapies to patients with severe vision loss.
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AstraZeneca to invest $360 million in Irish manufacturing facility
The next-generation active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility should meet the needs for AstraZeneca’s new medicines pipeline.
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Lilly announces leadership changes and creation of new business units
Eli Lilly and Company have announced executive leadership changes and the creation of neuroscience and immunology business units.
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Drug price reduction could have no impact on future approvals, study finds
New research shows that drug price reductions under the US's H.R. 3 policy could have no impact on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Parkinson’s disease market sales to reach $11.5 billion in 2029
The Parkinson’s disease market is set to triple in sales by 2029 driven by novel biologics and delivery systems, reports GlobalData.
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AstraZeneca reveals $15.54 billion in revenues in H1 2021
H1 financial results show AstraZeneca’s revenues grew by 23 percent in 2021, with $14.37 billion attributed to activities aside from COVID-19 vaccine sales.
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LBPs may offer hope to IBS patients in the near future, says report
Live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) are expected to help patients with IBS who currently have no US- or EMA-approved treatments.
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How could waiving COVID-19-related intellectual property rights affect biopharma?
In this article, EPR’s Hannah Balfour discusses the potential impact of waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19-related medicine and technology on pharma, biopharma and biotech companies.
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How off-patent strategies benefit patient care
Graeme Duncan, CEO at ADVANZ PHARMA, discusses how targeted strategic investment within the off-patent sector can add value and enhance choice for patients and healthcare professionals alike, while helping to drive and maintain innovation within the pharmaceutical industry.
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GSK to focus on vaccines and specialty medicines in next decade
In an investor update, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) revealed its plan to promote growth and performance over next ten years.
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Competition and Markets Authority investigating AstraZeneca’s Alexion acquisition
The UK’s competition authority will assess whether AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Alexion will result in a “substantial lessening of competition”.
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Novel chemotherapeutic pro-drug approved for FIH trial in the UK
If the proof-of concept trial of AVA6000 Pro-doxorubicin is successful, it could lead to a pipeline of pro-drug chemotherapies with limited toxicity, say the drug's developers.
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Merck to acquire VelosBio for $2.75 billion
The acquisition will strengthen Merck’s oncology pipeline with VLS-101, an investigational antibody-drug conjugate in trials for haematological malignancies and solid tumours.
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UK government secures early access to 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The government has entered partnerships with Pfizer and Valneva to secure doses of several promising COVID-19 vaccines and secured COVID-19 neutralising antibody treatments from AstraZeneca.
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New HIV PrEP drug could derail efforts to expand virus prevention coverage
US researchers have stated a newly approved HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) therapy does not have benefits that warrant its price tag and could deter generic competition.
