NICE has recommended that Akcea’s hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis (hATTR) treatment Tegsedi be made available on the NHS in England, ahead of a rival therapy from Alnylam.
The FDA has approved PureTech Health’s ‘space occupying’ device Plenity as a new prescription treatment for obesity, setting it up to rival Novo Nordisk in this lucrative market.
As it continues to look into drugs that can help opioid-dependant patients, Sandoz has signed an agreement with Shionogi to commercialise Rizmoic (naldemedine) in the key European markets
Shares in UK drugmaker Indivior have gone into freefall after it was charged by the US Department of Justice for fraudulently marketing its opioid addiction treatment.
The so-called ‘middlemen’ in the US pharma supply chain have blamed big pharma for skyrocketing drug prices in the country, as the Senate Finance Committee grilled them over the deals they strik
The European Commission has approved AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza (olaparib) for the treatment of germline BRCA-mutated HER2-negative advanced breast cancer – making it the first drug app
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