Oligonucleotide therapeutics are rapidly emerging as a promising class of drugs capable of addressing a variety of genetic and complex diseases by targeting RNA sequences.1 16 September 2024
The protection of intellectual property (IP) rights of foreign pharmaceutical companies in Russia remains complex situation, according to recent statements by Konstantin Panurovsky, legal director of AstraZeneca’s Russian subsidiary, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 13 September 2024
The Russian Ministry of Health wants to speed registration of drugs that are not localized in the Russian Federation at the time of the application submitted by domestic pharmaceutical companies, explaining such changes by "unpredictable geopolitical situation," reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 12 September 2024
NewCo, a relatively new business model that involves a joint venture (JV) between a biotech and a group of investors to bring the biotech’s promising assets to the global market, is gaining popularity among Chinese biotechs, who traditionally rely on out-licensing deals to capitalize assets, s 11 September 2024
The upcoming European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 should provide a reminder—if it were needed—of the pace of innovation in the development of new medicines for cancer. 10 September 2024
A significant drop has been noticed in the prices of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), bringing much-needed relief to the pharmaceutical industry and potentially translating to lower drug costs for consumers. 9 September 2024
Amid an explosion in investment and development milestones seen over the past decade, the age of radiopharmaceuticals as both diagnostics and as therapeutics is very much arriving. 5 September 2024
German pharma major Bayer has filed a lawsuit against the Russian drugmaker Promomed to protect the patent rights for Xarelto (rivaroxaban), its treatment for stroke prevention which is the best-selling drug in the Russian market at present, The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent reports. 2 September 2024
In a major crackdown, the Indian government has imposed an immediate ban on 156 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs, including commonly used antibiotics, pain relievers,and multivitamins. 27 August 2024
Russia plans to create conditions for a significant increase of domestic production of anti-Rhesus immunoglobulin drugs after a sharp decrease of their imports to the local market this year, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 22 August 2024
Accord Healthcare might not be as well-known as certain preeminent pharma corporations in the UK and Europe, but you would struggle to find any company making a greater contribution to the production and supply of medicines across the continent. 14 August 2024
The shortage of drugs in Russia is deepening, and is currently being observed in almost 70 regions throughout the country and forcing the local state to consider ways to resume stable supplies to local market, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 13 August 2024
US biotech major Biogen is disputing the launch of a Russian generic of Spinraza (nusinersen), a drug, which is used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent. 7 August 2024
CytoReason’s $80 million venture round may not have been the biggest in July, but it is one of a growing number of investor bets on AI powered drug discovery this year. 7 August 2024
Domestic drugs and foreign drugs, the production of which is localized in Russia, will be given a priority when included in the list of vital and essential drugs (VED) and expensive drugs, according to a recent resolution signed by the Russian government, The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent reports. 1 August 2024
US-based MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN), has named Yong-Jun Liu as the company’s new head of research. 20 November 2013
UK-based biotech company Immunocore has appointed Jonathan Knowles as the new executive chairman of the board of directors with immediate effect. 20 November 2013
UK-based developer of inhaled therapies Vectura Group (LSE: VEC) has announced the appointment of Bruno Angelici to the board as an independent non-executive director and non-executive chairman designate. 20 November 2013
US-headquartered biotech company AmpliPhi BioSciences (OTCBB: APHB) has appointed Baxter Phillips III to the newly created position of vice president, corporate strategy and business development. 20 November 2013
To support its ongoing success as a BioPharma leader, US drug major Bristol-Myers Squibb says it is evolving its business model, creating a global integrated commercial organization and expanding the scope of its finance organization, and has announced a series of related changes within its senior management team. 14 November 2013
AstraZeneca today announced that Marc Dunoyer has been appointed chief financial officer and will join the company board as an executive director, effective tomorrow. 31 October 2013
Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, say that, despite its recent denials of a rift with its chief executive, its board of directors has agreed with Jeremy Levin that he will step down as president and CEO, just 18 months after assuming the positions at Teva, the world’s largest generics firm. 30 October 2013
Merck KGaA announced today that Gerhard Schmitz will join the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science company as the new Head of Global Accounting from November 1. 30 October 2013
Mergers and acquisitions are common – 111 M&As took place in the UK in the second quarter of 2013 alone – yet there is no ‘one-size fits all’ formula to ensure smooth transitions, writes Chris Molloy, chief executive at RSA, executive search and interim management experts to the life sciences industry. 22 October 2013
Ablynx has announced that Peter Fellner, Bo Jesper Hansen and William Jenkins will be proposed for nomination as Independent Non-Executive Directors at the company's forthcoming extraordinary meeting of its shareholders to be held on November 7. 8 October 2013
UK-based cancer therapeutics firm Scancell, developer of novel immunotherapies, gathered its investors in London for an update on October 1. 7 October 2013
Fresh from their trip to the European Respiratory Society annual congress in Barcelona, Verona Pharma’s research team presented their results to a captive audience, including The Pharma Letter’s Sophie Flowers, in London on Monday. 20 September 2013
One of the UK's leading pharma companies has expressed its support for the Department of Health's five year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy. 13 September 2013
Europe is leading the way when it comes to transparency in clinical trials data, says regulatory lawyer Vincenzo Salvatore, senior counsel at Sidley Austin. 12 September 2013