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CVS plans to make a major primary care play by the end of 2022

CVS plans to make a big move in primary care by investing or acquiring a provider by the end of this year. CVS is looking for providers with a strong management team and a robust tech stack. "Obviously, the ability to scale, given the size of the company that we are and a pathway to profitability," CVS CEO Karen Lynch said during the company's earnings call Wednesday.

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Amgen, on an M&A spree, inks $3.7B ChemoCentryx buyout to boost inflammatory disease presence

Facing one of the biopharma industry’s steepest patent cliffs for the decade, Amgen has been on a shopping spree. The latest purchase? A $3.7 billion deal to acquire complement inhibitor developer ChemoCentryx.

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Looking east, Sanofi pens 'pioneering' cancer drug partnership with China's Innovent

When it comes to global market expansion, many Big Pharmas have their eye on China—and clearly Sanofi is no exception. The French drugmaker has signed a cancer-focused deal with Suzhou-based Innovent, focused on developing and rolling out two of Sanofi’s oncology assets.

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Tandem lines up FDA review of new pint-sized insulin pump amid lower-than-expected sales

After stumbling a bit in the second quarter of the year, Tandem Diabetes is getting back on its feet, multi-quarter recovery plan already in place.

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HHS declares public health emergency over monkeypox

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra declared a public health emergency on the monkeypox outbreak as cases in the U.S. surge past 6,000.

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Amarin suspends German sales force as Vascepa's European launch sputters

Amarin has everything riding on Vascepa, its fish-oil derived heart drug. With the company’s sales presence in Germany suspended thanks to "unprecedented local market conditions,” Amarin finds itself in a tough spot as it wages on with the launch.

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Late to the CAR-T game, AstraZeneca quietly works on its own off-the-shelf therapies

While AstraZeneca may be a major player in the oncology space, the company has been noticeably absent as the first wave of CAR-T therapies hit the market over the past five years. But movement is happening behind the scenes.

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Glaukos nets FDA clearance for latest pressure-relieving glaucoma eye stent

The agency's green light opens up the use of Glaukos’ iStent through its own, standalone procedure—giving eye surgeons a greater range of options to treat elevated intraocular pressure and help prevent loss of vision. The company's prior versions of iStent could only be deployed while patients were already undergoing surgery to replace a cataract lens. 

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Lilly 'won't be discouraged' if others fail in Alzheimer's, neuroscience chief says

Eli Lilly "won't be discouraged" if its Alzheimer's competitors flunk their critical tests, neuroscience chief Anne White has declared. The senior VP took the firm stance as Lilly announced that donanemab has been accepted for a priority review by the FDA in early onset Alzheimer's under the accelerated review pathway.

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CivicaScript bringing its first low-cost generic to market

The public benefits company and sister to Civica Rx is making its first generic available: 250mg abiraterone acetate tablets.

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Thermo Fisher, plugging ahead on $650M bioprocessing upgrade, unveils $76M expansion at US site

Thermo Fisher has completed an expansion at its dry powder media manufacturing plant in Grand Island, New York, creating “redundant capacity” and expanding the site’s production arsenal to include technology and materials used in the development and commercial production of new vaccines and biologic drugs.

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Virtual reality tech helps separate conjoined twins in Brazil

The life-saving potential of VR is now on full display, as physicians in Brazil and the U.K. reported this week the success of a VR-guided surgery to separate twins who were joined at the skull.

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