Zydus to acquire Agenus’ US manufacturing facilities, forays into global biologics CDMO business

Ichnos Glenmark Innovation’s full dose-escalation data show high response rates of ISB 2001

Sanofi acquires US biopharma firm Blueprint Medicines for $9.1 billion

Adds fast-growing and only approved medicine for advanced and indolent systemic mastocytosis to the Sanofi portfolio

Sigachi Industries FY25 revenue surges 25%, EBITDA 46%

Newly commissioned MCC in Jhagadia and Dahej and CCS project expansions will unlock an additional 8,800 MTPA, fuelling year-over-year revenue gains of 20%-30% in excipients

Keytruda plus Trodelvy reduced risk of disease progression by 35% V/s Keytruda plus cchemothrapy in first-line PD-L1+ TNBC

First pivotal Phase 3 trial to show superiority of Keytruda plus a TROP2 antibody-drug conjugate, Trodelvy, versus standard of care in first-line metastatic TNBC

Paras Health Gurugram raises alarm over surge in tobacco-related cancers

Approximately 35% of male cancer patients and 12% of female cancer patients at Paras Health were diagnosed with tobacco-related cancers

Sudeep Pharma acquires Nutrition Supplies Services

This strategic move positions Sudeep Pharma to seamlessly integrate high-end premix capabilities with its mineral portfolio

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

Bayer’s Sevabertinib granted FDA priority review for the treatment of patients with HER2-mutant non-small cell lung cancer

This is specifically for the evaluation of medicines that, if approved, would provide a significant improvement in the safety or effectiveness of the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of a serious condition

Fluor-built Bayer cell therapy facility in California achieves LEED v4 platinum certification

Facility also named 2025 ISPE Facility of the Year Winner for Social Impact - Unmet Medical Needs