Chronic Disease Management

Roche Acquires TIB Molbiol to Boost Molecular Diagnostics Profile

by Samantha McGrail

Roche recently signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares of TIB Molbiol Group to enhance its molecular diagnostic solutions portfolio. The...

Thermo Fisher Launches Portfolio to Advance Quantitative Analysis

by Samantha McGrail

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently launched a new mass spectrometry (MS) portfolio to advance quantitative analysis.  The Thermo Scientific TSQ Plus triple quadrupole MS portfolio increases...

Sanofi Inks $1.9B Pharma Acquisition Deal with Kadmon Holdings

by Samantha McGrail

Sanofi recently entered into a $1.9 billion pharma acquisition deal with Kadmon Holdings to strengthen the growth of its transplant business. Under the terms of the agreement, Sanofi will continue to...

Pfizer Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial of RSV Vaccine in Adults

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer recently initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of a single dose of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate in adults. The...

Medidata, Labcorp Collaborate to Boost Digital Biomarker Discovery

by Samantha McGrail

Medidata and Labcorp Drug Development recently entered into an agreement to expand decentralized clinical trial capabilities and digital biomarker discovery. The companies will leverage Medidata...

Moderna, ILCM to Develop mRNA Therapeutic for Ultra-Rare Disease

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna and the Institute for Life Changing Medicines (ILCM) recently collaborated to develop a new mRNA therapeutic (mRNA-3351) for ultra-rare disease, Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Type 1...

Eli Lilly’s Jardiance Reduces Death for Heart Failure Patients

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company recently announced that its prescription medicine, Jardiance, elicited a 21-percent relative risk reduction in death or hospitalization for heart failure patients compared to...

FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson’s Schizophrenia Injectable

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved Johnson & Johnson’s long-acting atypical antipsychotic, Invega Hafyera, the first and only twice yearly injectable to treat schizophrenia in adults.  Providers...

Novartis Boosts Access to Cholesterol-Lowering RNA Therapy

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis and NHS England recently reached a commercial agreement to enable broad access to Novartis’ RNA therapy, Leqvio, which helps lower LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) in eligible patients with...

Thermo Fisher, AstraZeneca to Develop NGS-Based Targeted Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Thermo Fisher Scientific and AstraZeneca recently entered into a global, multiyear partnership to co-develop next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostics (CDx) for targeted...

Eli Lilly, Lycia Collaborate to Discover Targeted Drug Candidates

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company recently entered into a multi-year research collaboration and licensing agreement with Lycia Therapeutics to discover, deliver, and commercialize novel targeted drug...

FDA Approves Vivistim System for Chronic Ischemic Stroke

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved the MicroTransponder Vivistim Paired VNS System (Vivistim System) to treat moderate to severe upper extremity motor deficits associated with chronic ischemic...

Novartis Cancer Treatment Fails in Phase 3 Clinical Trial

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis recently announced that the Phase 3 clinical trial investigating its aggressive B-cell-non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) treatment, Kymriah, did not meet its primary endpoint of event-free survival...

Role of Digital Therapeutics in Chronic Disease Management

by Samantha McGrail

Digital therapeutics present potential solutions for chronic diseases management, ranging from Alzheimer’s disease, type 2 diabetes, congestive heart failure, and cancer. The same technologies...

FDA Accept Johnson & Johnson’s Expanded Indication for Xarelto

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson and Johnson recently announced that FDA approved an expanded peripheral artery disease (PAD) indication for its Xarelto vascular dose. The indication will now include patients following recent...

FDA Accepts Biologics License Application for BMS aGvHD Therapy

by Samantha McGrail

Bristol Myers Squibb recently announced that FDA accepted a supplemental biologics license application for its Acute Graft Versus Host Disease (aGvHD) therapy, Orencia.  Orencia is intended to...

Pfizer Enters Acquisition Deal for Immuno-Therapeutics Pipeline

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer recently entered into a $2.26-billion pharma acquisition deal with clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, Trillium, to strengthen its next-generation, investigational immuno-therapeutics...

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to GSK’s dMMR Antibody Drug

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently granted accelerated approval to GSK’s PD-1 blocking antibody drug, Jemperli, for adult patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced solid...

Novartis’ Diabetic Macular Edema Drug Successful in 2 Trials

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis recently announced that two Phase 2 clinical trials assessing its diabetic macular edema drug, Beovu, demonstrated overall well-tolerated safety profiles. The global, randomized Kite and...

GoodRx, Boehringer Increase Affordable Drug Access for Patients

by Samantha McGrail

GoodRx and Boehringer Ingelheim recently collaborated to increase affordable drug access for patients with type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).   Under the...