Amgen has reported positive phase 3 results with its biosimilar version of AstraZeneca/Alexion's blockbuster rare disease drug Soliris, setting up a regulatory filing with the FDA.
Ten months after ChemoCentryx scored an unexpected FDA approval for autoimmune disease therapy Tavneos, Amgen has swooped in with a $3.7 billion bid to buy out the company.
AstraZeneca has signed a deal to buy US biotech TeneoTwo in a deal worth up to $1.27 billion that will boost its position therapies for haematological cancers.
Amgen is planning to push its olpasiran candidate for reducing lipoprotein(a) into phase 3 as quickly as possible as it tries to catch up with rival programmes at Novartis.
Mirati Therapeutics will hear from the FDA on its KRAS inhibitor adagrasib later this year, hoping to compete with first-to-market rival Lumakras from Amgen.
Novartis has joined the select cadre of drugmakers developing KRAS inhibitors for cancer, opening its account with phase 1b data on JDQ443 showing efficacy in KRAS-mutated non-small cell lu