BeiGene’s Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) has failed to outperform its class rival from Johnson & Johnson/AbbVie in the rare white blood cell cancer Waldenstrom’s macroglublinemia (WM).
AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson’s Imbruvica has become the first chemo-free treatment for first-line chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) to be approved by the FDA, its tenth indication.
BeiGene’s plans for an early approval for BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib in the US and to start challenging Janssen/AbbVie’s blockbuster Imbruvica have suffered a setback.
The FDA has approved Akebia Therapeutics’ vadadustat as a treatment for anaemia caused by chronic kidney disease (CKD) in dialysis patients, becoming the first rival to GS