News FDA approves flurry of drugs ahead of holiday season The FDA has wrapped up a series of new approvals as 2024 draws to a close, with Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Vertex, and Hikma among the beneficiaries.
News AZ gets EU okay for Tagrisso in early-stage lung cancer AstraZeneca's EGFR inhibitor Tagrisso has become the first drug in the class to be approved in the EU for a form of early-stage lung cancer.
News PBM reform dropped in Congress' funding package Proposed reforms to the regulations for PBMs were dropped from the US Congress' end-of-year bill to provide funding to the federal government.
News FDA clears Ionis drug as first therapy for rare disease FCS Ionis Pharma's Tryngolza (olezarsen) has become the first FDA-approved drug therapy for adults with rare disease familial chylomicronaemia syndrome.
News Lilly grabs first-ever FDA nod for a sleep apnoea drug Lilly's Zepbound has become the first drug approved by the FDA for obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, which affects millions in the US.
News Novo completes $16.5bn takeover of Catalent Novo Holdings' $16.5bn takeover of US CDMO Catalent has been completed, after months of debate over potential antitrust issues.
News Daiichi and AZ pull Dato-DXd filing in Europe too AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have decided to voluntarily withdraw their EU marketing application for Dato-DXd in lung cancer.
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