ADCs Graduated From Salvage to First Line, Twice in a Week
Enhertu with pertuzumab and Trodelvy with Keytruda both won CHMP opinions for first-line metastatic breast cancer, moving ADCs from last resort to standard.
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Europe Backs the Cholesterol Class That Failed Four Times
Europe recommended approval for a CETP inhibitor, a class with four prior failures, on LDL-lowering trials. The outcomes trial that decides it has not read out.
The Cheapest Drug in Retina Just Became a Branded Product
LYTENAVA becomes the first FDA-approved ophthalmic bevacizumab for wet AMD, with 12 years of exclusivity, on a molecule already used in most first-line treatment.
Agilent Has Built an Annuity on Merck’s Clinical Programme, One Indication at a Time
Agilent won its eighth CE-marked companion diagnostic indication for a single PD-L1 assay, each one riding on a label expansion Merck paid to generate.
Dassault Paid $1.8B Cash for the Company That Processes 12 Million Safety Reports a Year
Dassault Systèmes will pay $1.8 billion cash for ArisGlobal, whose platform processes more than 12 million patient safety reports annually for 200 customers.
One Trial Miss Cut AstraZeneca’s Cushion Above $80bn to $800m
A drug worth $1.9bn of 2030 revenue cost AstraZeneca £19bn in a day, leaving roughly $800m of headroom above its $80bn goal with the risky readouts still ahead.
Crysvita Reaches One-Month-Old Infants in the EU, and Buys Two More Years of Orphan Exclusivity
The European Commission approved Crysvita for infants as young as one month with XLH, a decision that also buys Kyowa Kirin two more years of orphan exclusivity.
Lilly taps InduPro’s proximity-guided platform in up to $950M oncology deal
Eli Lilly and Company has entered a global strategic collaboration, licensing agreement, and equity investment with InduPro Therapeutics, betting up to $950 million on a proximity-guided approach to discover first-in-class bispecific and multispecific oncology therapeutics. Under the agreement, the companies will collaborate on up to three oncology targets, with Lilly also taking an equity stake … Read more
Ikarovec Eyes $1B Deal to Move Eye Gene Therapy In-Office
UK biotech Ikarovec teams with VectorBuilder on eye gene delivery.
Sanofi, Earendil Lab ink $2.5B deal for bispecific antibody
Sanofi has entered a strategic collaboration with Earendil Labs worth up to $2.56B to discover bispecific antibodies.