Merck & Co's earlier efforts to find new therapies for Alzheimer's disease resulted in failure, but the company is returning to the field via an R&D alliance with UK biotech Cerevan
UK-based Verona Pharma has scored a key win in a phase 3 trial of its chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drug ensifentrine, setting up regulatory filings in the first half of next
EGFR inhibitors like AstraZeneca's Tagrisso have been hugely successful in treating EGFR-positive lung cancer, but the durability of treatment is often reduced by resistance mutations.
Sanofi has paused recruitment in its international phase 3 trials of BTK inhibitor tolebrutinib for multiple sclerosis, although it says studies aimed at getting US approval are on track to
Sosei Heptares has taken another of its partnered G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) programmes into mid-stage clinical trials, earning a $30 million milestone payment from Neurocrine Biosci
Less than three years after being spun out of Oxford University, privately-held biotech MiroBio is heading for a takeover by Gilead Sciences in a $405 million deal.