Novartis hopes of improving on tacrolimus as the standard drug for preventing organ rejection in transplant patients have been dashed after its iscalimab candidate failed a mid-phase trial.
Novartis' cholesterol-lowering drug Leqvio will be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, and could help to prevent up to 30,000 deaths, according to NICE.
Novartis' CAR-T therapy Kymriah racked up back-to-back approvals in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and large B-cell lymphoma a few years ago, but hasn't added to its label since.
UCB has been bringing up the rear in the IL-17 inhibitor category with bimekizumab, but now has EU approval for the drug and thinks it can mount a stiff challenge to the leaders, including
Novartis and Roche's big-selling eye drug Lucentis has its first biosimilar competitor in Europe, after the European Commission approved Samsung Bioepis' copycat drug Byooviz.
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