Pfizer

Jan 14, 2020

Eli Lilly has announced to buy a biopharmaceutical company, Dermira, for a whopping sum of USD 1.1 Billion in an all-cash transaction. Through the acquisition, Eli Lilly is planning to expand its immunology pipeline by adding lebrikizumab, which is a novel, investigational, monoclonal antibody. The drug is desi...

Jan 07, 2020

A South Korean startup therapeutics company Nunaps has successfully raised USD 4.2 Million around 5 billion won in a Series A round.  The investment was made by the K Partners, KTB Network, and K2 Investment Partners. Nunaps is digital therapeutics and is planning to use the funds to build its digital thera...

Dec 10, 2019

Merck is set to complete the already planned purchase of the ArQule for USD 2.7 Billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Merck will pay USD 20 for each share in cash for a total amount of USD 2.7 Billion. ArQule is a biopharmaceutical, which is focused on kinase inhibitor discovery, finding cures for cancer p...

Nov 28, 2019

Sanofi’s Toujeo has received FDA recommendation for its expanded use in Type 1 Diabetes. Toujeo is an insulin glargine injection to control the highs and lows of blood sugar in the body. Indicated to be used in adults and paediatric patients of age six and older. Earlier, the injection was considered suitab...

Nov 27, 2019

Sickle cell disease is a haematological, genetic disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. According to the NIH, “Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting 70,000 to 80,000 Americans’’. The estimates are somewhat similar to that of CDC’s according t...

Nov 19, 2019

Novo Nordisk has announced to enter into a collaboration with Dicerna’s RNAi platform to focus on metabolic and liver-related diseases. The companies will be focusing to advance the treatment landscape of the diseases such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Nordisk will be inv...

Oct 15, 2019

ImaginAb has collaborated with AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Takeda to develop technology to facilitate tumour imaging and monitoring inside the cells. ImaginAb is an emerging imaging company focused on immune-oncology. The technology also helps in targeting and visualizing CD8+ T cells, which are activated by the im...

Jul 02, 2019

Pfizer’s Zirabev gets FDA nod for the treatment of five types of cancer The US FDA has approved Zirabev (bevacizumab-bvzr), a drug developed by Pfizer, for the treatment of five different types of cancer namely metastatic colorectal cancer; unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic non-squamous no...

Jun 18, 2019

Bluebird declares the price of its gene therapy- Zynteglo Bluebird Bio has set the price of its gene therapy Zynteglo at USD 1.8 million. Zynteglo, so far, has only been approved for treating rare blood disorders in the Europe Union. The full price of Zynteglo can be dispersed out for five years, at approx...

May 21, 2019

FDA approves Fragmin- an anticoagulant for children   The FDA today approved Fragmin for the treatment of blood clots. Pfizer’s candidate Fragmin which was earlier approved for the treatment of only adults suffering from a fatal disease called VTE, which can include deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in the d...