AstraZeneca and development partner Daiichi Sankyo have withdrawn a marketing authorization application for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in lung cancer. 24 December 2024
Venture capital firm BC Partners has entered into an agreement under which the private equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives will acquire a majority stake in Netherlands-based Synthon, from funds advised by BC Partners. 17 December 2024
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has licensed an indication extension to Blincyto (blinatumomab) to treat adults with Philadelphia chromosome negative CD19-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) in the consolidation phase. 17 December 2024
Danish vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic has signed a licensing and manufacturing agreement with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to expand production capacity for its mpox vaccine Jynneos. 17 December 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) for the Biologics License Application (BLA) for a fixed combination of Rybrevant (amivantamab) and recombinant human hyaluronidase for subcutaneous administration (SC amivantamab) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. 17 December 2024
Japanese drugmaker Kyorin Pharmaceutical has entered into a licensee agreement with Bayer for the novel obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment BAY2925976 and its backup compound discovered by the German pharma major. 17 December 2024
US health technology assessor the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) as released a Final Evidence Report assessing the comparative clinical effectiveness of French drugmaker Pierre Fabre’s tabelecleucel (tab-cel) for the treatment of Epstein-Barr virus positive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (EBV+ PTLD). 17 December 2024
Japan’s largest drugmaker, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, announced it is working with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to voluntarily withdraw the marketing authorization of Alofisel (darvadstrocel), a treatment for complex perianal fistulas in patients with Crohn’s disease, in the European Union (EU). 16 December 2024
Dewpoint Therapeutics and ConcertAI have announced the first phase of their translational oncology partnership, aligned around the former company's latest drug candidate, DPTX3186. 16 December 2024
Colorado, USA-based OncoVerity announced the closing of a series A extension led by existing investors, argenX and RefinedScience. The value was not disclosed, but this extension follows a $30 million Series A fundraiser in March 2023. 22 November 2024
Venture capital firm BC Partners has entered into an agreement under which the private equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives will acquire a majority stake in Netherlands-based Synthon, from funds advised by BC Partners. 17 December 2024