Marking a bumper month for Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) decisions, 13 medicines have been put forward for approval in the region, including three orphan medicines.
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High Court rejects Novartis, Bayer’s bid to outlaw off-label Avastin
Bayer and Novartis have lost a landmark case in the UK seeking to prevent the off-label use of Roche’s Avastin to treat wet AMD, a leading cause of sight loss in the elderly.
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ABPI enters five-year partnership with AHSN
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is linking arms with the Academic Health Science Network in a five-year partnership that strives to accelerate uptake of transformative biomedical innovations by the NHS
Celgene walks away from Oncomed’s navicixizumab
Celgene has decided not to exercise its option to license OncoMed’s bispecific antibody navicixizumab.
Daiichi to test cancer drug combo
Daiichi Sankyo has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with a subsidiary of MSD to evaluate a potential new combination therapy for breast or lung cancers.
CR UK forms £30m partnership with EU cancer charities
Cancer Research UK is partnering with European cancer research charities AIRC (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro) and FC AECC (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer) to invest around £30 million in six international collaborations aiming to accelerate progress in translational research.
Setback for Pharming’s bid to expand use of Ruconest
US regulators have turned down Pharming’s application to expand the approved uses of Ruconest to include prophylaxis in patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE).
EU green light for new Humira biosimilar
The European Commission has approved Mylan and Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics’ Humira biosimiar Hulio.
Astellas’ kidney disease drug shows promise in PhIII
A Phase III study assessing Astellas’ roxadustat in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anaemia who are not receiving dialysis has met its key endpoints.
Addex joins UK drug and brain research initiative
Swiss group Addex Therapeutics has joined a UK-based initiative established to study the role of the D1 receptor, the main dopamine receptor, in human brain function.
Norgine buys rights to sell Shield’s iron deficiency therapy
Norgine has signed a deal with Shield Therapeutics allowing it to commercialise iron deficiency therapy Feraccru in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
NICE rejects Novartis’ CAR-T Kymriah for adult lymphoma
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has turned down NHS funding for use of Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah in adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
AI drug discovery platform gets £1m innovation boost
Innovate UK is streaming funds into a £1-million artificial intelligence (AI) research project to be delivered by the Medicines Discovery Catapult and two Cambridge-based firms with expertise in software/machine learning.
