Regulators in the US and Europe have started to review Novartis' biosimilar version of Biogen's big-selling multiple sclerosis therapy Tysabri, which could reach the market next year.
Zymergen's brand new plan to shift from a synthetic biology specialist to a drug discovery player has come to an early end, with the sale of the company to rival Ginkgo Bioworks.
A just-published report on the UK's life sciences sector "ought to ring alarm bells across government," according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).<
Drugmakers Pfizer and Flynn Pharma have been fined £70 million ($84 million) by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging the NHS for a widely-used epilepsy drug.
Long-serving Roche chief executive Severin Schwan is stepping down, to be replaced next March by Thomas Schinecker, currently head of diagnostics at the Swiss group.