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Dec 5, 2023

As Stelara cliff looms, J&J expects 25 blockbuster drugs to drive future sales growth


Novartis' Pluvicto readout is causing trouble for Eli Lilly’s $1.4B radiotherapy buy


Awaiting FDA ok for exa-cel, CRISPR Tx cuts 2 cancer programs and expands into autoimmune disease


Novartis follows Pfizer, GSK, J&J and Sanofi as it launches a fresh corporate rebranding


Rockley Photonics begins shopping around its health-tracking wearable


Deep brain stimulation implants improve cognition for traumatic brain injury patients in small study

 

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As Stelara cliff looms, J&J expects 25 blockbuster drugs to drive future sales growth

During an enterprise business review Tuesday, J&J laid out a range of expectations across the 2025 to 2030 timeframe. Chief among those, J&J says it will boast more than 10 drugs with peak sales potential of at least $5 billion, plus another 15-plus products with sales potential of at least $1 billion.
 

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Novartis' Pluvicto readout is causing trouble for Eli Lilly’s $1.4B radiotherapy buy

Eli Lilly has pushed back the deadline of its tender offer for radiotherapy company Point Biopharma’s shares for a second time. According to two senior executives, Lilly’s current predicament is caused not by any internal factors but by Point’s rival, Novartis.

Awaiting FDA ok for exa-cel, CRISPR Tx cuts 2 cancer programs and expands into autoimmune disease

Days away from an FDA decision on a sickle cell gene therapy, CRISPR Therapeutics is ditching its “first-generation” allogeneic CAR-T candidates and expanding into autoimmune disease.

Novartis follows Pfizer, GSK, J&J and Sanofi as it launches a fresh corporate rebranding

Swiss major Novartis is leaning on its roots as it launches a new look for the company after this year’s Sandoz spinoff and pipeline refocus.

Rockley Photonics begins shopping around its health-tracking wearable

After wrapping up bankruptcy proceedings over the summer and, according to the company, emerging with all of its material customer contracts and tech development programs still in place, Rockley is ready to return to the process of finding buyers for its wrist-based biosensor.

Deep brain stimulation implants improve cognition for traumatic brain injury patients in small study

For the first time, according to researchers, an implanted device has successfully demonstrated long-term improvements following a traumatic brain injury.

Pharma group blasts UK's drug rebate scheme shortly after lauding 'landmark' spending deal

Despite what was presented as a “landmark” deal between the pharmaceutical companies and the government, the U.K.’s pharma association has not stopped pressuring the government for more industry-friendly spending policies.

As J&J outlines bullish pipeline goals, neuroscience pipeline takes a starring role

Johnson & Johnson's neuroscience pipeline is taking center stage, now one of three therapeutic focus areas mentioned in the company's business review. Three neuroscience drugs are expected to rake in $1-5 billion in revenue by 2030.

Roche’s bid to build a better Piqray yields phase 3 breast cancer win, opening door to regulators

Roche’s pitch to reset the standard of care in a breast cancer population has cleared a late-phase hurdle. The drugmaker’s attempt to improve on Novartis’ Piqray and deliver a first-line PI3K inhibitor has yielded a improved progression-free survival (PFS) in phase 3, teeing up talks with regulatory authorities.

Salix, seeking to tackle stigma, co-creates awareness day for opioid-induced constipation

Salix Pharmaceuticals is putting a new date in the disease awareness calendar. Working with two nonprofits, the drugmaker has declared Dec. 5 Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) Awareness Day to try to tackle the stigma and silence surrounding this condition.

Chiesi, buffing up environmental credentials, works with BBC to spread message about greener inhalers

Chiesi is working with the BBC to show off its climate-conscious credentials, partnering with the British broadcaster on a web series episode about redesigning inhalers to reduce their environmental impact.

Travere cuts workforce by 20% as Filspari's prospects are up in one rare kidney disease, down in another

Travere Therapeutics will reduce its workforce by 20%, with the job cuts focused on “non-field-based employees,” the company said on Tuesday. The layoffs are part of a shake-up of the San Diego-based company as it focuses on its launch of kidney drug Filspari and develops pegtibatinase as a potential treatment for the metabolic disorder homocystinuria (HCU).

Paragonix launches nationwide organ transplant logistics network

Paragonix Technologies is making the jump to becoming a full transplant logistics provider.

Sanofi spins up AI pact, inking $140M deal to apply Aqemia’s physics algorithms to drug discovery

Another day, another artificial intelligence (AI) deal. Tuesday was Sanofi’s turn to partner up, striking a deal worth up to $140 million to work on the discovery of small molecules with its compatriot Aqemia.
 
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