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Top Stories Of The Week Friday, January 20, 2017 So much for Bristol-Myers Squibb keeping pace in the first-line lung cancer combo market. After losing out to rival Merck on the monotherapy front, the New Jersey pharma giant is now falling further behind with its one-two punch, too. Thursday, January 26, 2017 Johnson & Johnson has always been partial to a new biotech and under its buyout of Actelion announced early this morning, it’s creating another by spinning off the Swiss company’s research ops. Monday, January 23, 2017 Merck & Co. will pony up $625 million plus 10 years of royalties on its blockbuster PD-1 cancer drug Keytruda to settle its patent dispute with Opdivo maker Bristol-Myers Squibb and its development partner, Ono. The deal gives Bristol-Myers something of a consolation prize after Opdivo’s recent disappointments in non-small cell lung cancer, with a royalty stream that could be "quite significant," one analyst said. Sunday, January 23, 2017 From video game-based therapies and a liquid biopsy for cancer to deep learning and bioelectronics, 2016’s Fierce 15 are redefining what it means to be a medical device. If they’re not making big bets on nascent technology, they’re reimagining an existing device or therapy to deliver better results. Friday, January 24, 2017 Six big pharma companies are joining forces to create a one-step login for doctors and healthcare providers to get drug information. The newly formed Align Biopharma group includes Allergan, AstraZeneca, Biogen, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Pfizer, along with Veeva Systems life sciences software solutions company. Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Having witnessed antivaccine sentiments swell in Texas, Sabin Vaccine Institute President Peter Hotez worries the feelings will intensify around the country. However, even as reports hit that President Donald Trump has met with antivaccine activists, Hotez is “apprehensive” but not ready to sound an alarm on the new administration just yet. Friday, January 20, 2017 Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a novel computational method that they believe can be used to determine the influence of individual bacterial species in the microbiome to particular disorders. Tuesday, January 24, 2017 India’s Hetero Labs has gained attention by launching biosimilars of some of the world’s top cancer drugs in its home country. But now, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm has drawn scrutiny from the FDA for some dubious practices at a formulations manufacturing plant in Jadcherla. Monday, January 23, 2017 WuXi AppTec, one of the largest CROs in China, has just acquired a Shanghai-based preclinical counterpart, HD Biosciences, building further on its core business. |
