Look back at pharma news in week to May 25

26 May 2018

By Barbara Obstoj-Cardwell. Editor

Among last week’s important news, three sets of clinical trial results attracted attention. First, there were positive trial results for Swiss pharma giant Roche’s Hemlibra in hemophilia prophylaxis. Then we heard of another success for Merck & Co’s Keytruda in lung cancer, and there was also good news for AbbVie with a Phase III study of Imbruvica in combination with Roche’s Gazyva. On the regulatory front, Dova Pharmaceuticals gained US Food and Drug approval for its Doptelet in liver disease, and the agency also cleared BioMarin’s Palynziq for phenylketonuria (PKU).

Hemlibra’s latest HAVEN results impress

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