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Nov 4, 2022

Eli Lilly walks diabetes tightrope as Novo Nordisk shortages drive demand for Trulicity and Mounjaro

In wake of bempeg blowup, Sanofi rethinks $2.5B bet on IL-2 after midphase efficacy falls short

After Adderall, common antibiotic amoxicillin runs into shortage amid demand spikes and manufacturing woes

UPDATE: Lilly powers through final stretch in critical Alzheimer's race

Gilead continues to peg hopes of cancer business growth on Trodelvy momentum

Eisai's Alzheimer's hopeful lecanemab may have contributed to patient death: report

AbbVie expects Skyrizi, Rinvoq to eclipse Humira's sales peak, CEO Gonzalez says

ResMed banks on smoother supply chain in 2023 to meet demand from Philips' CPAP recall

EMA cracks down on JAK inflammatory disease drugs, limiting AbbVie's Rinvoq and more on safety risks

Drug that acts on brain's dorsal raphe nucleus could rapidly treat depression

 

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Eli Lilly walks diabetes tightrope as Novo Nordisk shortages drive demand for Trulicity and Mounjaro

The fact that so many patients are clamoring for Trulicity and tirzepatide—approved in Type 2 diabetes this summer as Mounjaro—could prove to be a double-edged sword for Eli Lilly, whose executives on Tuesday warned of supply challenges ahead of a capacity-doubling manufacturing expansion planned for the end of 2023.
 

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In wake of bempeg blowup, Sanofi rethinks $2.5B bet on IL-2 after midphase efficacy falls short

The dream of taming IL-2 keeps slipping further away. After seeing Bristol Myers Squibb and Nektar Therapeutics give up on their candidate, Sanofi has reported “lower than projected” efficacy data on its prospect and rethought its plans for the molecule.

After Adderall, common antibiotic amoxicillin runs into shortage amid demand spikes and manufacturing woes

Oral versions of the common antibiotic amoxicillin—often used on the front lines of childhood bacterial infections—are running scarce in the U.S., as the Halloween season dovetails with a surge in pediatric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases.

UPDATE: Lilly powers through final stretch in critical Alzheimer's race

Lilly is exuding optimism as the race to develop a breakthrough Alzheimer's treatment hits the home stretch. The company is hoping to stay neck-and-neck with Eisai after the latter turned heads with its phase 3 lecanemab data.

Gilead continues to peg hopes of cancer business growth on Trodelvy momentum

Last quarter, Gilead Sciences said it was aiming to ramp up its oncology franchise. That goal played out nicely for the company in its latest earnings report, with third-quarter sales skyrocketing 79% year over year. Gilead aims to derive a third of its revenue from oncology products by 2030, the company announced in April. 

Eisai's Alzheimer's hopeful lecanemab may have contributed to patient death: report

A new STAT News investigation has found that Eisai's experimental Alzheimer's drug lecenemab may have contributed to a patient's death, according to documents obtained by the outlet. The Japanese pharma acknowledged the death but wouldn't divulge specific details citing patient privacy.

AbbVie expects Skyrizi, Rinvoq to eclipse Humira's sales peak, CEO Gonzalez says

AbbVie reported total third-quarter sales of $14.81 billion, up 5.4% operationally. Immunology continued its reign as the company’s top business, growing its revenues more than 16% to $7.651 billion.

ResMed banks on smoother supply chain in 2023 to meet demand from Philips' CPAP recall

During a call with investors on Thursday, CEO Mick Farrell reported that snags in the supply chain are beginning to smooth out, putting ResMed on track to ramp up production in the coming months.

EMA cracks down on JAK inflammatory disease drugs, limiting AbbVie's Rinvoq and more on safety risks

Over a year after the FDA’s dreaded boxed warning addition and treatment line demotion, the JAK inhibitor class of inflammatory disease drugs has gotten its uses restricted by European regulators as well out of safety concerns.

Drug that acts on brain's dorsal raphe nucleus could rapidly treat depression

Researchers have designed a new molecule that increases serotonin signaling, with improvements in as little as two hours in mouse models of depression.
 
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