The week in pharma: action, reaction and insight – week to August 25, 2023

27 August 2023

By Barbara Obstoj-Cardwell. Editor

US biotech major Amgen last Monday announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold an advisory committee (AdCom) meeting to review the supplementary new drug (sNDA) for full approval of its cancer drug Lumakras. US mRNA focused Moderna last week entered into a collaboration with China’s CARsgen Therapeutics to evaluate a CT041 combination as an mRNA cancer vaccine. US biotech start-up Cellares, which calls itself the first “integrated” development and manufacturing organization (IDMO), has secured $255 million in a series C financing. Also, Denmark’s Novo Nordisk last week presented new data extolling the benefits of its obesity management drug Wegovy (semaglutide) for patients with heart failure.

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