All Drug Development articles – Page 4
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NewsDupixent receives first-in-decade EU approval in chronic spontaneous urticaria
European approval of Sanofi and Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody provides eligible urticaria patients with a new first-line targeted treatment option.
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MHRA approves Leqembi IV maintenance as additional Alzheimer’s option
Decision provides UK Alzheimer’s patients with an alternative administration method for Eisai and Biogen’s antibody drug.
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NewsLilly bolsters leadership team with neuroscience and immunology in mind
Dr Carole Ho joins from Denali Therapeutics and there are promotions for Adrienne Brown and Daniel Skovronsky.
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NewsMHRA set to overhaul the UK’s rare disease drug regulatory pathway
The medicines regulator will aim to take a more flexible licensing approach for the research and manufacture of rare disease therapies in the UK.
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Pfizer and Novo Nordisk battle for obesity market dominance
Novo Nordisk’s “bold” $6.5 billion bid subject to a final verdict by Metsera’s board of directors.
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FDA draft guidance on biosimilars offers “regulatory relief”
US agency follows in footsteps of European Medicines Agency (EMA) in efforts to streamline biosimilar development.
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Lilly AI factory to accelerate pharmaceutical manufacturing and development
Pharma giant plans to harness its “decades of data” and use AI to set a new scientific standard that accelerates pharmaceutical innovation.
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NewsTaiwan talks evidence-driven TCM at CPHI Frankfurt
Scientific and commercial opportunity for pharma companies looking to source, co develop and manufacture traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
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NewsAI/ML investment strong as UK biotech weathers economic strain
With Q3 2025 venture capital figures representing “a fragile moment” for the UK biotech sector, BIA says sustained government action is needed to secure its global competitive edge.
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NewsNovartis strengthens neuroscience pipeline with $12bn Avidity acquisition
Deal to advance potential first-in-class RNA therapeutics focused on genetic neuromuscular diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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NewsLilly's baricitinib exhibits paediatric potential in major alopecia areata study
Results from the phase III study signify a successful collaboration with biopharma firm Incyte.
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NewsIpsen strikes €1bn deal to acquire French biotech ImCheck Therapeutics
The move will boost its oncology pipeline, adding a potential first-in-class anti-BTN3A monoclonal antibody for acute myeloid leukaemia.
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NewsKeytruda post-surgery could halt return of distant tumours in rare skin cancer
Merck & Co’s anti-PD-1 immunotherapy showed evidence at ESMO of its ability to prevent cancer recurrence in Merkel cell carcinoma.
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NewsEurope unveils science strategy as it looks to become an ‘AI continent’
Establishes Resource for AI Science in Europe and eyes frontier AI models and autonomous agentic AI for pharma.
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NewsMerck & Co starts phase IIb study of tulisokibart in rheumatoid arthritis
The study is one of three to start, along with those in hidradenitis suppurativa and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.
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WebinarAutomating quality control testing for radiopharmaceutical production
This webinar showcased a rapid microbial method that can help to address the time to result challenge posed by short shelf-life radiopharmaceuticals.
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NewsAstraZeneca and Daiichi's Datroway gets phase III breast cancer boost
Companies’ first-line ambitions for the antibody drug conjugate buoyed by the TROPION-Breast02 clinical trial.
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NewsTakeda withdraws from clinical cell therapy activities
The company will instead focus its attention on advancing candidates for modalities that include biologics and ADCs.
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NewsCall for greater investment and innovation from pharma to address RSV
Despite progress from AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Merck & Co, GSK and Pfizer, analysts say effective respiratory syncytial virus treatments are still needed.
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NewsJ&J’s Tremfya secures two paediatric psoriasis approvals from FDA
The US FDA approvals make the drug the first IL-23 inhibitor to be licensed for two common skin conditions.