Sanofi’s oral Humira rival stumbles in ph. 2

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Apr 24, 2025

Halozyme sues Merck over subcutaneous Keytruda as licensing talks fall through


Ex-FDA leader joins new initiative designed to fight ‘unfortunate reality’ of vaccine landscape


Sanofi's oral TNF inhibitor misses mark in phase 2 psoriasis trial, prompting focus on combos


PBMs call out big drugmakers for setting high drug prices in new digital ads


Boston Scientific plans to make ground despite $200M in tariff headwinds


Thermo Fisher jumps on the US investment bandwagon with $2B in additional spending


Lowering blood pressure reduces dementia risk in patients with hypertension, large China trial reveals

 

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Halozyme sues Merck over subcutaneous Keytruda as licensing talks fall through

Halozyme is not holding back against Merck & Co. in their injectable Keytruda patent dispute, having now followed through on a verbal warning with a lawsuit.
 

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Ex-FDA leader joins new initiative designed to fight 'unfortunate reality' of vaccine landscape

Armed with $240,000, the “Vaccine Integrity Project” is launching to provide a safeguard for vaccine use amid widespread misinformation campaigns and federal cuts to public health programs. 

Sanofi's oral TNF inhibitor misses mark in phase 2 psoriasis trial, prompting focus on combos

Sanofi’s development of an oral spin on Humira’s mechanism has hit a setback. The candidate fell short in a phase 2 psoriasis trial, prompting the French drugmaker to pull back from plans to develop the molecule as a monotherapy.

PBMs call out big drugmakers for setting high drug prices in new digital ads

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association urges drugmakers to lower the list prices of their medicines in a new series of digital ads that launched across Washington, D.C.

Boston Scientific plans to make ground despite $200M in tariff headwinds

Boston Scientific believes it can absorb the hit based on the continuing growth of its franchises in cardiology and urology.

Thermo Fisher jumps on the US investment bandwagon with $2B in additional spending

Thermo Fisher has joined the life science investment splurge in the U.S. with a new $2 billion plan over the next four years “strengthening American innovation, manufacturing and economic competitiveness,” the company said.

Lowering blood pressure reduces dementia risk in patients with hypertension, large China trial reveals

A study of almost 34,000 people in rural China has revealed that lowering blood pressure can reduce the risk of dementia in patients with hypertension.

BMS shrugs off Cobenfy's schizophrenia hit as it gears up for Alzheimer's psychosis readout, 7 trial starts

Bristol Myers Squibb remains confident that Cobenfy can come out ahead of its recent clinical defeat, and it's planning to start a group of “difficult studies” this year in three indications.

Tariffs will make financial case for pharma M&A 'more difficult,' says Roche CEO

Big Pharma M&A will likely take a hit if the U.S. government lives up to its threats of imposing tariffs on the industry, Roche’s CEO has warned.

Merck ‘willing to work’ with Trump administration on price gap between US, international medicines

The company's CEO, Rob Davis, is joining his industry peers in pushing for greater rewards for innovation in countries outside of the U.S., where drug prices are often substantially lower.

Mosaic adds to cancer combo pattern by licensing 2 clinical-stage drugs from Astex

Mosaic Therapeutics has secured the latest pieces in its combination medicine strategy by licensing two clinical stage tumor drugs from fellow British biotech Astex Pharmaceuticals.

UCB partners with Dr. Pimple Popper in ongoing hidradenitis suppurativa campaign

Like several other biopharmas before it, UCB has turned to perhaps the most recognizable dermatologist in the U.S. to add star power to a skin condition-focused campaign.
 
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