Drug Development

Samsung Biologics to Accelerate Growth in Biosimilar Research

by Samantha McGrail

Samsung Biologics will acquire Biogen’s stake in Samsung Bioepis for $2.3 billion to accelerate growth in biosimilars and novel therapeutic research and development. Under the terms of the...

Former Head of Pharmaceutical R&D of Roche Joins Pfizer

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer recently announced that it will appoint William Pao, MD, PhD, as executive vice president and chief development officer. Effective March 2022, Pao will replace Rod Mackenzie, who recently...

Eli Lilly Invests $1B in Facility to Boost Access to Medicine in NC

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company recently announced plans to invest over $1 billion to create a new manufacturing site and boost access to medicine in Concord, North Carolina. The facility will utilize the...

Tony Wood Replaces Hal Barron as GSK’s Chief Executive Officer

by Samantha McGrail

GSK recently appointed Tony Wood as chief executive officer (CSO), replacing current CSO Hal Barron. Wood, a highly respected scientist and one of the world’s pre-eminent chemists, has over 30...

Pfizer, Biohaven to Commercialize Small Molecule Migraine Drugs

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and Biohaven recently completed a collaboration transaction to commercialize small molecule migraine drugs, rimegepant and zavegepant, outside the US. Rimegepant, commercialized as Nurtex ODT...

Sanofi, Exscientia to Research, Develop Small Molecule Drugs

by Samantha McGrail

Sanofi and Exscientia recently entered into a research collaboration and license agreement to develop 15 novel small molecule drug candidates across oncology and immunology. The companies will...

Eli Lilly Enters Partnership for Nucleic Acid Delivery Technology

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly & Company recently acquired exclusive rights to Entos Pharmaceuticals’ Fusogenix nucleic acid delivery technology to develop nucleic acid products. The companies will initially...

Big Pharma Cooperation Advances Digital Measures, Drug Development

by Samantha McGrail

As big pharma looks to advance its pipelines of innovative drugs and digital measures, industry cooperation is crucial. In recent years, pharmaceutical companies have embraced a more collaborative way...

Hackensack Meridian Health Supports Immuno-Oncology Platform

by Samantha McGrail

Hackensack Meridian Health recently announced its support of the clinical development of a highly-differentiated immuno-oncology platform from Alloplex Biotherapeutics.  This investment is...

Pharma Execs Site Supply Chain Visibility To Boost Manufacturing

by Samantha McGrail

More than nine in 10 executives plan to implement a more robust digital supply chain visibility (SCV) solution over the next 12 months, according to a new report from FourKites. The Pharmaceutical...

Bristol Myers Squibb Partners for Bispecific T-Cell Candidate

by Samantha McGrail

Bristol Myers Squibb and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Immatics recently entered into a license, development, and commercialization agreement for the bispecific T-cell candidate,...

AstraZeneca Enters Agreement for Transthyretin Amyloidosis Medicine

by Samantha McGrail

 AstraZeneca recently entered into a global development and commercialization agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals for transthyretin amyloidosis medication, eplontersen. Eplontersen is a...

Moderna Launches Artificial Intelligence Academy for mRNA Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) recently launched its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy to bring mRNA therapies to patients. The initiative will bring an immersive learning experience...

GSK, University of Oxford to Uncover Mechanisms of Disease

by Samantha McGrail

GSK and the University of Oxford recently entered into a five-year collaboration to improve the success and speed of research and development of new medicines and unravel mechanisms of disease. GSK...

Thermo Fisher Introduces Protein To Advance CRISPR Gene Editing

by Samantha McGrail

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently introduced its new protein, Invitrogen TrueCut HiFi Cas9 Protein, to complement its growing CRISPR gene editing solutions portfolio. CRISPR technology has become...

Pfizer, AWS Collaborate To Improve Drug Development, Manufacturing

by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer and Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently collaborated to create innovative, cloud-based solutions to improve drug development, manufacturing, and distribution for clinical trials.  The...

GSK Appoints Phil Dormitzer Global Head of Vaccines, Research

by Samantha McGrail

GSK recently appointed Phil Dormitzer, MD, PhD, as global head of vaccines research and development and a member of the vaccines leadership team. Previously, Dormitzer was vice president and chief...

President Biden Nominates Former FDA Commissioner as Head of FDA

by Samantha McGrail

President Joe Biden recently nominated Robert Califf as head of FDA, according to multiple news sources. Califf previously served as FDA commissioner at the end of the Obama administration from 2016...

Gilead, Merck Initiate Phase 2 Study for HIV Treatment in Adults

by Samantha McGrail

Gilead and Merck recently announced the start of a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating a combination HIV treatment regimen in adults living with the disease. The open-label study will evaluate the...

Cerner Leverages Real-World Evidence to Advance Therapies

by Samantha McGrail

Cerner recently launched a new operating unit, Cerner Enviza, that offers data-driven solutions and research services to clarify multi-dimensional data through real-world evidence and...