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Dec 7, 2023

AbbVie CEO Gonzalez brushes off FTC concerns for Cerevel buy: 'This acquisition is not anti-competitive.'


As Biden administration eyes 'march-in' rights to lower drug prices, pharma gears up for battle


Blood tests? Aisle 3: FDA greenlights BD & Babson’s fingertip collection system aimed at pharmacies, grocery stores


Sanofi's quiet Sarclisa chalks up a first-in-class win with eyes on a first-line multiple myeloma nod


'No one was spared': 2023 biopharma funds projected to fall $13B YOY, Pitchbook finds 


Medtronic calls off $738M acquisition of insulin patch pump maker EOFlow

 

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AbbVie CEO Gonzalez brushes off FTC concerns for Cerevel buy: 'This acquisition is not anti-competitive.'

AbbVie’s $8.7 billion acquisition of Cerevel will help fill in gaps in the Chicago pharma’s pipeline with new areas to explore in neuroscience, but will regulators play ball?
 

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As Biden administration eyes 'march-in' rights to lower drug prices, pharma gears up for battle

While so-called “march-in” rights have yet to materialize in the United States, the controversial measure to cut drug prices appears to be gaining traction with the government.

Blood tests? Aisle 3: FDA greenlights BD & Babson’s fingertip collection system aimed at pharmacies, grocery stores

Theranos had a lot of bad ideas, but making blood draws smaller and easier wasn’t necessarily one of them.

Sanofi's quiet Sarclisa chalks up a first-in-class win with eyes on a first-line multiple myeloma nod

In the currently mismatched CD38 antibody race, Sanofi’s Sarclisa has delivered a pivotal trial win, which might help the lagging follower level the playing field a little with Johnson & Johnson.

'No one was spared': 2023 biopharma funds projected to fall $13B YOY, Pitchbook finds

By the end of the year, biopharmas are projected to have raised about $24 billion across about 840 transactions—the lowest tally in four years, according to a new PitchBook analysis.

Medtronic calls off $738M acquisition of insulin patch pump maker EOFlow

About half a year after announcing its intent to acquire a South Korean maker of tubeless insulin pump technology, Medtronic is scrapping the deal.

Novartis hit with FDA letter detailing 'significant' Kymriah manufacturing shortfalls

In recent months, Novartis has faced scrutiny from the FDA over Kymriah production shortfalls, a newly posted letter shows. The company says it's working to address the situation.

Regeneron touts possible 'best-in-class' myeloma bispecific, but adverse events climb to 100%

Responses to Regeneron's bispecific linvoseltamab have risen but so have adverse events and deaths associated with the multiple myeloma drug.

FDA clears its first at-home, OTC artificial insemination kit

Developed by Mosie Baby, the $130 kit contains two pairs of collection cups and specially designed syringes.

For Merck, Lynparza fails to improve on Keytruda in first-line lung cancer

Merck has called it quits on another attempt to enhance its powerful PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda in non-small cell lung cancer just as its TIGIT program goes up in flames.

Sanofi, facing skeptical investors, predicts $5B sales for 3 drugs, names 9 more blockbusters

Sanofi has tipped three “pipeline-in-a-product” assets to generate 5 billion euros ($5.4 billion) a year or more. The forecasts are part of a set of predictions intended to justify the drugmaker’s decision to funnel cash into key programs rather than increase its operating profit margin.

Bayer inks 2nd recent collab focused on healthy aging, now with McLaren F1 partner Salus Optima

For the second time in as many weeks, Bayer’s consumer health division has formed a precision health partnership centered on encouraging healthy aging.
 
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