Novartis and Amgen have become embroiled in a legal row over rights to the migraine prevention drug Aimovig, as sales of a new class of injected drugs begin to mount.
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.
Celgene has filed its highly anticipated oral MS drug ozanimod with the US regulator, more than a year after the FDA rejected it because of a bureaucratic foul-up.
Karuna Therapeutics has raised $68 million to further develop its neurology drug KarXT, which is in phase 2 clinical development for acute psychosis in patients with schizophrenia.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals may have thought it got out of trouble last year after an FDA safety investigation into its flagship Parkinson’s drug Nuplazid revealed no new risks – but documents h