US health technology assessor the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) as released a Final Evidence Report assessing the comparative clinical effectiveness of French drugmaker Pierre Fabre’s tabelecleucel (tab-cel) for the treatment of Epstein-Barr virus positive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (EBV+ PTLD). 17 December 2024
Japan’s largest drugmaker, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, announced it is working with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to voluntarily withdraw the marketing authorization of Alofisel (darvadstrocel), a treatment for complex perianal fistulas in patients with Crohn’s disease, in the European Union (EU). 16 December 2024
Dewpoint Therapeutics and ConcertAI have announced the first phase of their translational oncology partnership, aligned around the former company's latest drug candidate, DPTX3186. 16 December 2024
Chinese biotech RemeGen has presented results from a Phase III trial of disitamab vedotin, a HER2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. 16 December 2024
The schizophrenia market across the seven major markets is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4% from $8.4 billion in 2021 to $17.0 billion in 2031, driven by the anticipated introduction of 11 late-stage pipeline products during the forecast period. 16 December 2024
Bicycle Therapeutics, a UK-headquartered pharma company developing a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide technology, closed a third lower on Friday. 16 December 2024
Denmark-based diabetes and obesity giant Novo Nordisk says it plans to invest 8.5 billion Danish kroner ($1.2 billion) to establish a completely new production facility in Odense, Denmark. 16 December 2024
VectorY Therapeutics, a Netherlands-based biotech focused on neurodegenerative diseases, has appointed Jim Scibetta as chief executive officer. 16 December 2024
The Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) in Mexico has approved humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody Leqembi (lecanemab) for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). 5 December 2024
Privately-held immunotherapy company Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals is taking over Ikena Oncology in a reverse merger deal, forming a new company, InmageneBio. 27 December 2024