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The Middle-East and North-Africa region (MENA), which encompasses some of the world’s wealthiest economies, extends unparalleled opportunities to multinational corporations with expertise in medical devices. There is a conspicuous disparity in the economic prowess across the countries, but most of them have shown r...

Roche has entered into a licensing partnership with Sarepta Therapeutics worth USD 1.15 Billion.  Roche has agreed to license in Sarepta’s gene therapy ‘SRP-9001’ for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), though which Roche will gain access to exclusive rights to it globally except in the US.  As per t...

Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Acceleron Pharma have announced that US FDA committee will review BMS’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for its Reblozyl in MDS. Reblozyl ((luspatercept-aamt) has recently been approved by the regulatory authority to cure a rare type of blood disorder, Beta-thalassemi...

Novartis plans to buy The Medicines Company for USD 9.7 Billion to gain access to a heart drug inclisiran, almost ready to get into the market. Under the terms of the deal, Novartis will pay USD 85 per share to the Medicines Company, a cholesterol drug developer, making the deal up to USD 9.7 Billion. The whole...

Roche’s Genentech has presented positive Phase III results from the IMvigor130 study aimed at studying Tecentriq (atezolizumab) tested in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy. The drug, Tecentriq, combined with Pt-based chemotherapy showed a noteworthy improvement in patients with untreated advanced bla...

The US FDA has in a recent move granted Roche’s Gazyva Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for adults with lupus nephritis. Gazyva (obinutuzumab) is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug. Classified as a "monoclonal antibody", Gazyva is a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody. The drug...

More than a dozen companies have shifted their focus towards the Hormone Receptor positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative breast cancer therapeutic area. Some of them are Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Odonate Therapeutics, Radius Pharmaceuticals, Immunomedics, Roche Group Syndax Ph...

Hormone Receptor (HR)-positive/ Human Epidermal Receptor 2 (HER2)-negative Breast Cancer is the most prevalent form of breast cancer. This type accounts for a higher percentage among all breast cancers. Hormone receptors are proteins that receive hormone signals and cue the cancer cells to grow. If breast cancer ce...

Recently, the US FDA has approved a new drug therapy to treat adults with interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis or scleroderma, called SSc-ILD. Ofev (nintedanib) capsules, the drug developed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, has shown efficacy in slowing down the rate of decline in pul...

Breast cancer is not a single disease leading to abnormal cell division in breast tissues. In the United States, it is estimated that more than 40,000 women will die from breast cancer in 2017. According to DelveInsight’s estimates, the total Breast cancer incident population in the 7MM was found to be 626,867 in 2...