The week in pharma: action, reaction and insight – week to October 14

17 October 2022

By Barbara Obstoj-Cardwell. Editor

Among important research news last week, US pharma giant Merck & Co released positive Phase III results for the pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) candidate sotatercept, validating its $11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron last year. Also, Sino-American biotech BeiGene announced new Phase III showing that its blood cancers drug Brukinsa scored superiority to Johnson & Johnson’s Imbruvica in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). After several delays, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has at last approved scPharmaceuticals at-home heart failure treatment Furosix. Last week Merck & Co also excercised its option to jointly develop Moderna’s personalized cancer vaccine mRNA-4157.

Merck’s STELLAR success in PAH II/III

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