Merck 1Q 2024 sales up 9% to US$ 15.8 billion

Sales reflect continued strong growth in oncology and vaccines

Mac-Chem Products (India)’s Boisar facility renews EU-GMP certification

Briefs: Sun Pharma and Kimia Biosciences

Sun Pharma's Dadra facility receives OAI status from US FDA

USFDA approves Bristol Myers and 2seventy bio’s Abecma for triple-class exposed multiple myeloma

Abecma tripled progression-free survival compared to standard regimens in the Phase 3 KarMMa-3 trial

Truqap plus Faslodex approved in Japan for patients with advanced HR-positive breast cancer

First and only AKT inhibitor approved in Japan for breast cancer patients with specific biomarker alterations

Ultomiris approved in the US for the treatment of adults with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

First and only long-acting C5 complement inhibitor offers patients with AQP4 Ab+

AstraZeneca to acquire Amolyt Pharma

Acquisition to further expand the Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease pipeline beyond complement inhibition

European Commission approves Pfizer’s Prevenar 20 to help protect infants and children against pneumococcal disease

PREVENAR offers the broadest serotype coverage of any pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to help protect infants and children from the 20 serotypes responsible for the majority of currently circulating pneumococcal disease in the EU and globally

European Commission approves Pfizer’s Velsipity for patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis

VELSIPITY is the first and only oral advanced ulcerative colitis therapy approved for use in patients 16 years of age or older in the EU

Qure.ai adds new FDA breakthrough device status for qSpot-TB

4 FDA clearances & 61 EU MDR CE tags achieved for AI in 18 months