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Racing Merck and Pfizer, Roche readies to file subcutaneous Tecentriq after posting phase 3 data

Roche has taken the lead in the race to bring subcutaneous checkpoint inhibitors to market in the West, reporting phase 3 results that tee it up to file for approval in the U.S. and the EU.

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Mitsubishi Tanabe models economic impact of IV-to-oral switch

What is the economic impact of introducing an oral version of an intravenous drug? That is the health economics question at the heart of a paper by researchers at RTI Health Solutions and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma. The answer? It’s complicated.

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Cure Pharmaceutical sells drug delivery patents in $20M deal

Cure Pharmaceutical is cashing in some of its drug delivery intellectual property, selling patents covering film-based drug delivery to TF Tech Ventures in a deal worth $20 million.

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GSK, still early in US launch, licenses long-acting HIV PrEP drug Apretude to patent pool for poorer nations

Antivirals have historically made up the bulk of licenses that allow generics companies to copy innovative drugs for poorer countries. Now, GSK’s ViiV Healthcare is adding the world’s first long-acting HIV prevention med to a patent-sharing program merely seven months into an FDA approval.

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Aiming to avoid Pfizer's Eucrisa failure, Arcutis wins FDA nod for Zoryve cream in psoriasis

Pfizer's Eucrisa never lived to become the next big topical treatment for inflammatory skin diseases. Now, young biotech Arcutis Biotherapeutics is bringing along a new therapy that goes after the same drug target but with a very different product profile.

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The top 10 Big Pharmas for their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in 2022

Pharma’s reputation may have soared amid the pandemic, but that came with a brighter spotlight on DEI issues. In recent years, pharma has been trying to penetrate social issues of diversity, equity and inclusion more deeply into its corporate psyche.

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'The Top Line' podcast: Lessons from Alzheimer's failures, is pharma doing enough for the climate, plus more

This week on "The Top Line," we discuss how to move forward from Alzheimer's latest drug development setback and what the industry needs to do to make a real environmental difference. We also chat about how AI in drug R&D is growing up and ways to handle the cell and gene therapies' sticker shock.

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Discover Nexelis’ first-hand perspective on how to develop innovative, agile solutions in vaccine efficacy testing in this exclusive e-book.

Whitepaper: The Most Suitable Dosage Form Technologies for the Oral Delivery of Lipid-Based Formulations

What is the most suitable dosage form technology for the Oral Delivery of Lipid-Based Formulations?

Article: Formulation Strategies When Transitioning From Vial to PFS

Learn how formulation development for a PFS affects manufacturing to drive the industry toward optimizing delivery of injectable products and, ultimately, improving patient care.

Whitepaper: Catalent Pulmonary & Nasal Delivery Capabilities Sheet

Did you know Catalent has newly expanded in-house capabilities spanning clinical and commercial scale manufacturing for DPIs, unit-dose, bi-dose and preserved multi-dose nasal sprays?

eBook: Orally Inhaled & Nasal Drug Delivery: A Pipeline of Opportunities

Orally Inhaled & Nasal Drug Delivery: A Pipeline of Opportunities

Whitepaper: Intranasal Drug Product Development: Formulation to Manufacturing

What are key considerations for intranasal delivery in the treatment of acute and chronic conditions?

Case Study: Versatility of Softgel Technology - Encapsulation of a Volatile Compound

Learn more about how the versatility of Softgel Technology helped a customer with a volatile compound.

Article: Lipid-Based Drug Delivery System to Bring Poorly Soluble Drugs to Market

How can Lipid-Based Drug Delivery System help bring poorly soluble drugs to market?

On-Demand Webinar: The Faster Path From Pre-Filled Syringe to Auto-Injector

Ypsomed and Catalent Biologics experts discuss strategies for integrated PFS manufacturing and auto-injector assembly to accelerate timelines and more in this webinar.

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