The FDA has approved Novartis’ Mayzent (siponimod) multiple sclerosis pill for relapsing forms of the disease, dealing a potential blow to a much-delayed rival from Celgene.
The dwindling number of amyloid-targeting drugs in development for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been reduced by one more, after Biogen and Eisai pulled the plug on aducanumab.
Biogen has agreed to buy UK-based gene therapy biotech Nightstar, which focuses on using modified viruses as therapies for inherited retinal disorders, in a deal worth $800 million.
One of the biggest headline-grabbers at the 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare conference this week was Sage Therapeutics unveiling promising data from an up-rated phase III trial of its postpartum
Biogen has signed a brace of collaborations to expand its central nervous system (CNS) pipeline, adding new candidates for Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases.
Roche is hoping to challenge Biogen with a new treatment for the rare muscle wasting disease spinal muscular atrophy – and the plans just got a boost after European regulators gave it speci