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

Biocon gets approval for diabetes drug Liraglutide in India

The approval is for the generic version of Victoza, indicated for the treatment of insufficiently controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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

Revvity introduces new IVD reference standards for monitoring oncology diagnostic testing workflows

Revvity launches its first set of IVD Mimix reference standards, providing diagnostic labs with trusted quality controls for optimizing tests and monitoring workflows

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

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

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

USV’s ‘United for BP Control’ Mission takes aim at India’s blood pressure epidemic

The initiative was announced at World Hypertension Congress, Chennai

Zydus receives USFDA ‘Fast Track Designation’ for novel oral inhibitor ‘Usnoflast’

Usnoflast has previously also received ‘Orphan Drug Designation (ODD)’ from the USFDA