Baloxavir marboxil, a flu drug seen by Roche as a successor to Tamiflu, significantly sped time to relief for patients highly vulnerable to serious complications.
A scientist who pioneered the technology used to discover the biggest selling drug in the world, AbbVie’s Humira, was among a trio who received this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Alnylam may have to put hold off plans for an early FDA approval for its gene-silencing drug givosiran – because recruitment to a rare disease trial is going better than expected.<
