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19:24 , Jul 19, 2019 |  BC Extra  |  Company News

July 19 Company Quick Takes: First biosimilars of Avastin, Herceptin launched; plus Gilenya, Celltrion-Nan Fung and Celgene

Amgen, Allergan launch pair of biosimilars  Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN) launched Mvasi bevacizumab-awwb and Kanjinti trastuzumab-anns in the U.S.; they are the first biosimilars of Avastin bevacizumab and Herceptin trastuzumab available in...
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22:00 , Jul 11, 2019 |  BC Innovations  |  Product Development

How Zymeworks aims to take on Roche’s $10B HER2 franchise

Zymeworks is going head to head with one of the biggest commercial cancer franchises -- Roche’s Herceptin trastuzumab and Perjeta pertuzumab -- as it pursues clinical proof-of-concept for its protein engineering platform. Pivotal readouts in...
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00:47 , Jun 29, 2019 |  BioCentury  |  Finance

All eyes on new modality launches, cancer and rare disease data in 3Q19

While the typical summer lull means fewer catalysts in the third quarter, investors will be keeping a close eye on launches of new modality drugs. Of special interest to multiple buysiders is the launch of...
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23:54 , Jun 19, 2019 |  BioCentury  |  Regulation

Why China’s 4 + 7 policy is good news for innovative drug developers

China’s new policy on generic drugs is likely to have knock-on benefits for drug developers aiming to bring innovative compounds to the China market. For multinationals, it will come after some pain, as they’ll see...
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00:12 , Jun 15, 2019 |  BC Extra  |  Company News

June 13 Company Quick Takes: ISS rebuffs Takeda’s Weber; plus Sage, Blueprint, Tetraphase, Celgene and more

ISS weighs in on Weber  Institutional Shareholder Services recommended Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo:4502; NYSE:TAK) shareholders oppose President and CEO Christophe Weber at the June 27 shareholder meeting because “top management is responsible for the...
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22:43 , Jun 4, 2019 |  BC Extra  |  Clinical News

MacroGenics down on detailed OS data for margetuximab

After getting a bump in May on data released ahead of ASCO, MacroGenics lost $3.13 (17%) to $15.58 on Tuesday following detailed overall survival data from the Phase III SOPHIA trial of margetuximab to treat...
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21:58 , May 24, 2019 |  BioCentury  |  Product Development

Why quizartinib hiccup at ODAC shouldn’t derail Daiichi’s 2025 cancer drug goals

FDA's ODAC may have given the thumbs down to Daiichi’s quizartinib, but a stocked pipeline and another ongoing trial of the candidate suggest it’s more of a hiccup than a hurdle in the Japanese pharma’s...
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00:06 , May 16, 2019 |  BC Extra  |  Clinical News

May 15 ASCO Quick Takes: After-hours pop for Iovance, MacroGenics; plus Takeda, Amgen, Forty Seven

Abstracts were released late Wednesday ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting starting May 31 in Chicago. See below for BioCentury's first round of Quick Takes on selected abstracts. Iovance gains on 44%...
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21:54 , May 8, 2019 |  BC Extra  |  Clinical News

AZ, Daiichi planning global submissions for breast cancer ADC

After AstraZeneca paid Daiichi $1.35 billion up front to jointly develop and commercialize the Japanese pharma’s trastuzumab deruxtecan (DS-8201), the partners reported Wednesday that the antibody-drug conjugate met the primary endpoint in the pivotal Phase...
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22:52 , May 3, 2019 |  BC Extra  |  Company News

May 3 Company Quick Takes: NHS England, Acacia, Insys, Novo, AZ

NHS strikes deal aimed at eliminating HCV in England  NHS England partnered with Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) and AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) to identify and treat individuals who are unaware they...
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