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Oct 30, 2023

Novartis' $3.2B Chinook bet takes flight as phase 3 hits endpoint, providing launchpad for 2024 FDA filing


Merck pays $169M for selective PARP1 drug, stepping up challenge to AstraZeneca and Gilead


ESMO: Roche still hanging on for TIGIT rollercoaster ride


Moderna joins CEPI's 100 Days Mission to advance pandemic preparedness


Deciphera’s tumor-tackling oral med achieves 40% response rate, teeing up 2024 submission


Abingworth closes $356M fund for late-stage biopharma programs

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Novartis' $3.2B Chinook bet takes flight as phase 3 hits endpoint, providing launchpad for 2024 FDA filing

Novartis’ $3.2 billion bet on Chinook Therapeutics is taking off. Top-line phase 3 data show the acquired candidate improved a sign of kidney disease, positioning the Swiss drugmaker to apply for accelerated approval from the FDA next year.
 

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Merck pays $169M for selective PARP1 drug, stepping up challenge to AstraZeneca and Gilead

Merck KGaA is doubling down on its bet that PARPs are just getting started, paying 160 million euros ($169 million) for ex-China rights to a rival to Lynparza and Zejula. The outlay, which is backed by up to 1.4 billion euros in milestones, strengthens the German drugmaker’s hand in a cancer field targeted by AstraZeneca and Gilead.

ESMO: Roche still hanging on for TIGIT rollercoaster ride

The TIGIT class is on a wild rollercoaster ride, dropping from mega heights, swerving around corners just barely hanging on and, at times, delivering thrills. And Roche is strapped into the first car, hanging on for the long haul. It’s paid off, says Charlie Fuchs, senior vice president and global head of oncology and hematology drug development at Genentech and Roche.

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Moderna joins CEPI's 100 Days Mission to advance pandemic preparedness

Moderna is shifting attention to the next pandemic, whatever it may be, in a new partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to condense vaccine development timelines down to 100 days.

Deciphera's tumor-tackling oral med achieves 40% response rate, teeing up 2024 submission

More than three years after Deciphera Pharmaceuticals’ first approval, the company appears to be on the precipice of achieving a second commercial product. 

Abingworth closes $356M fund for late-stage biopharma programs

Investor Abingworth has closed a new $356 million fund specifically designed to co-develop late-stage clinical programs with biotechs and pharmas.

Pfizer discloses nearly 800 layoffs in NJ amid $3.5B cost-cutting drive

Following prior cuts in Illinois and Colorado, Pfizer is parting ways with a staggering 791 employees in Gladstone, New Jersey, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification alert from the Garden State.

Philips chief OK'd distribution of defective CPAP machines: ProPublica

Though Philips has argued its U.S. subsidiary should be responsible for paying damages in its massive CPAP machine recall, instructions to continue selling home ventilators came from the parent company’s top leadership, according to ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

PBMs run media blitz calling out practices of their peers, telling policymakers reforms can cut costs

A group of pharmacy benefit managers has split off from the pack, launching a “six-figure digital media campaign” to make the case that some of the widely criticized organizations provide value to the healthcare system.

ResMed’s 2024 fiscal year kicks off with plans to lay off 5% of workers

As it continues to take advantage of the hole left in the CPAP market by Philips’ ongoing recall, ResMed is still fine-tuning its long-term growth strategy—a process that’s now resulting in short-term shrinkage.

Longevity Health Plan now covering therapeutic music platform SingFit

Deemed a significant advancement for music as medicine treatment, a new partnership will provide members in skilled nursing facilities with access to therapeutic health platform SingFit.

Wayne Gretzky has a face-off with his younger self for new GSK Canada RSV vaccine ad

Canadian former professional ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky engages in a conversation with an AI-generated, younger version of himself, who aims to warn him about the dangers of RSV in a new ad.
 
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