Vectura has abandoned a late-stage drug in severe uncontrolled asthma after it failed a phase 3 trial, resulting in a decline in its already-depressed share price.
Novartis and Roche’s long-running battle to try to prevent off-label prescribing of Roche’s Avastin in place of their approved Lucentis product for the eye disease age-related macular degeneration
A ranking of pharma companies developing new medicines for low- and middle-income countries has revealed that just five companies are responsible for almost two-thirds of projects.
Merck KGaA and Pfizer’s late entrant to the checkpoint inhibitor category has failed a phase III trial in ovarian cancer, denting their hopes of building momentum for the product.
Ionis affiliate Akcea Pharma has new data for its antisense drug for elevated lipoprotein levels in patients with cardiovascular disease that it hopes will entice Novartis into a licensing deal.