Look back at pharma news in the week to April 26

28 April 2019

By Barbara Obstoj-Cardwell. Editor

Important regulatory news last week included US Food and Drug Administration approval for the combination of Merck & Co’s Keytruda and Pfizer’s Inlyta, which is seen as a challenge for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo and Yervoy in kidney cancer. Also, FDA approval of AbbVie’s plaque psoriasis drug Skyrizi was notable and generated discussion at the drugmaker’s financial results conference call. On the clinical trial front, Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries revealed it was scrapping development of Ajovy (fremanezumab) in cluster headache and Eli Lily presented positive new data on its spondyloarthritis drug Taltz.

Keytruda approval in kidney cancer; challenging Bristol-Myers

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