Merck to acquire Verona Pharma for US$ 10 billion

Acquisition aligns with Merck’s science-led business development strategy and expands pipeline and portfolio of treatments for cardio-pulmonary diseases

AbbVie announces new data demonstrating Atogepant achieves superiority in Phase 3 study

TEMPLE, a Phase 3 multicenter, randomized, double-blind, head-to-head study, evaluated the tolerability, safety and efficacy of atogepant compared to topiramate for the preventive treatment of migraine in adult patients with a history of four or more migraine days per month

Sanner commences manufacturing critical injection-molded components in USA

The GMP-compliant facility with automated environmental monitoring accommodates both white room and class 7 and 8 cleanroom space

Bristol Myers Squibb announces positive results from Phase 3 Poetyk PsA-1 and PsA-2 trials of deucravacitinib in psoriatic arthritis

Roche’s Tecentriq combined with lurbinectedin shows significant survival benefit in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer

46% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death, and 27% reduction in the risk of death, in an aggressive cancer type with limited survival and few treatment options

AstraZeneca’s fixed-duration Calquence-based regimens approved in EU for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

AMPLIFY Phase III trial results demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival for Calquence combinations

Arvinas and Pfizer's Vepdegestrant significantly improves progression-free survival for patients with ESR1-Mutant, ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer

Vepdegestrant is the first and only PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical trial and the first to show benefit in patients with breast cancer

Pfizer’s Braftovi combination regime reduces death risk for patients with BRAF V600E mutant mCRC

Pivotal results from the Phase 3 Breakwater trial showed 51% risk reduction in death compared to standard-of-care treatment

Merck withdraws Biologics License Application for Patritumab Deruxtecan

The decision to withdraw the BLA is based on topline overall survival (OS) results from the confirmatory HERTHENA-Lung02 Phase 3 trial where OS did not meet statistical significance

Pimicotinib demonstrates best-in-class potential with significant efficacy and clinically meaningful improvements in patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor

MANEUVER met all five key secondary endpoints, with statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in pain, stiffness, range of motion, physical function, and decrease in tumor volume