FDA issues warning letter to Intas’ plant in north India; okays Axsome’s drug for Alzheimer’s-related agitation
In Phispers this week, India’s Intas Pharmaceuticals received a warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (...
Impressions : 2065
FDA seeks more safety data from Lilly on obesity drug Foundayo; Novo partners OpenAI to speed up drug development
This week’s Phispers brings you news on how artificial intelligence (AI) is taking centerstage in the world of pharmaceut...
Impressions : 2328
Neurocrine buys Soleno for US$ 2.9 bn; Novo says Wegovy pill outperforms Lilly’s Foundayo in cross-trial comparison
In Phispers this week, Neurocrine Biosciences announced the
acquisition of rare-disease drugmaker Soleno Therapeutics for US$ ...
Impressions : 1511
Lilly in US$ 7.8 bn deal to acquire Centessa for its sleep disorder pipeline; bags FDA nod for obesity med orforglipron
In Phispers this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Eli Lilly’s Foundayo (orforglipron), a once-dai...
Impressions : 1358
Lilly to invest US$ 3 bn in China to boost supply of new obesity drug; Servier acquires Day One Biopharma for US$ 2.5 bn
In Phispers this week, Eli Lilly announced its plans to invest US$
3 billion in China over the next decade in order to build p...
Impressions : 2555
FDA agrees to review Moderna’s amended mRNA-based flu vaccine application; Lilly builds orforglipron stock ahead of approval
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had said it will not review Moderna’s application for its experiment...
Impressions : 1873
J&J’s 2026 sales may cross US$ 100 bn; FDA delays fast-track reviews of drugs under Trump’s voucher program
In 2022, Pfizer had crossed US$ 100 billion in revenue owing to its Covid products. While that was a one-off, Johnson & Johnson...
Impressions : 1758
Pfizer, Novo escalate bidding war for obesity-drug developer Metsera; Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue for US$ 48.7 bn
As we return from
our one-week break due to the CPhI Worldwide, we find our double-dose Phispers
edition to be filled with se...
Impressions : 1452
Novo targets MASH with up to US$ 5.2bn Akero buy; BMS acquires cell therapy developer Orbital for US$ 1.5 bn
In this week’s Phispers, Novo Nordisk and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) struck multi-billion-dollar acquisitions to expand t...
Impressions : 1212
Pfizer buys Metsera for up to US$ 7.3 bn, Roche acquires 89bio; FDA okays injectable version of Merck’s Keytruda
In this week’s Phispers, Pfizer announced the acquisition of New York-based biotech Metsera for up to US$ 7.3 billion, ma...
Impressions : 1806
Novartis inks US$ 5.7 bn licensing deal with Monte Rosa for immune-related diseases; GSK, Lilly pledge more investments in US
In this week’s news, drugmakers continued to invest heavily in the US in order to avoid tariffs. GSK said it will invest ...
Impressions : 1342
White House sacks CDC director; FDA okays Ionis’ Dawnzera, first RNA-based preventive for hereditary angioedema
The Trump administration has fired US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez, post a policy di...
Impressions : 1488
FDA grants accelerated nod to Boehringer’s lung cancer med; reinstates ousted CBER chief Vinay Prasad
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an accelerated approval to Boehringer Ingelheim’s Hernexeos (zonger...
Impressions : 1867
Royalty Pharma inks US$ 2 bn cancer drug deal with Revolution; Astra-Daiichi’s Datroway wins US approval for lung cancer
In news this week, Royalty Pharma committed up to US$ 2 billion to Revolution Medicines for their promising pancreatic and lung...
Impressions : 3194
Roche announces US$ 50 bn investment in US to avoid tariffs; Regeneron signs US$ 3 bn onshoring deal with Fujifilm
After Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Novartis, Roche has announced plans to manufacture in the US to avoid tariffs. The Swiss...
Impressions : 1464

