Biotechnology Among last week’s regulatory news, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an additional indication for pharma major Bristol Myers Squibb and 2seventy bio’s Abecma for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma after two or more prior lines of therapy. The US Justice Department filed a False Claims Act complaint against Regeneron regarding the pricing of its eye diseases drug Eylea. On the M&A front, Vertex Pharma last Wednesday announced that it is acquiring fellow USA-based Alpine Immune Sciences and its kidney disease candidate povetacicept for $4.6 billion. Also of note, Arvinas last week entered into a potential $1 billion plus licensing deal with Swiss pharma giant Novartis for its prostate cancer candidate ARV-766. 14 April 2024