In 1H financials, WuXi Biologics outlines positive developments across its ‘three major markets’, stressing that US growth is still strong despite US-China trade relations.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories enters a $31m market with the launch of Versavo, a biosimilar of Roche’s Avastin in India, indicated for several types of cancer.
Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and treatment with biologics is expected to boost the prefilled syringes market by 10% in the next few years.
Merck enters a clinical collaboration agreement with Oncologie to evaluate the combination of investigational drug Bavituximab and Keytruda in cancer patients.
The increasing number of cell and gene therapies in clinical development is evolving the supply chain into a ‘supply cycle,’ says TrakCel CEO, with service providers being called to maintain control under pressure.
Revance Therapeutics says developing a Botox biosimilar is “challenging, but not impossible” in reply to AbbVie’s dismissal of the prospect of a copy of the blockbuster coming to market.
The US District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled in Amgen’s favor on the validity of the two patents on Enbrel and the methods for making it.
Sanofi warns that the World Health Organization’s delayed strain selection will push back the date on which it delivers vaccines for the 2019-2020 flu season.
The FDA approves targeted biologic, Dupixent, for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in patients 12 to 17 years old, the first treatment of its kind for adolescents.
The global market for regenerative medicines raised $4.8bn in the first half of 2019; a slowdown compared to the same period of 2018, though the sector is poised for additional growth, says ARM CEO.
