Look back at pharma news in the week to April 19

21 April 2019

By Barbara Obstoj-Cardwell. Editor

Looking back as news last week, Gilead Sciences’ collaboration with start-up insitro on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was noteworthy. On the M&A front there was the news that Catalent is acquiring Paragon Biosciences aimed at the gene therapy sector, and Kiadis Pharma buying CytoSen Therapeutics also to expand into gene therapy. On the pricing front, Amgen announced that its newly US approved osteoporosis drug Evenity would carry an annual price tag of $21,900. Featured clinical trial news included new data from Novartis subsidiary AveXis on its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug Zolgensma.

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