Hengrui gets world-first okay for platelet drug hetrombopag
Hengrui's oral TPO agonist, hetrombopag, is the first in the class to be approved for thrombocytopenia caused by chemotherapy for solid tumours.
Andy Plump to step down as Takeda's R&D chief
Andy Plump, credited with a 'soup-to-nuts' overhaul of Takeda's R&D in more than a decade of leadership at the division, has announced his retirement.
AbbVie charts a new course for CGRPs in menstrual migraine
AbbVie's Qulipta has become the first oral CGRP inhibitor to show efficacy in a phase 3 study involving women with menstrual migraine.
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