FDA go-ahead to Roche’s one-minute follicular lymphoma therapy

Full approval will depend on verification of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial

GSK strikes deal with US to lower prescription drug costs & boost respiratory medicine access

GSK will make most of its inhaled respiratory portfolio and other products available on a direct purchasing platform, offering savings of up to 66%

Merck strikes historic deal with Trump admin to lower drug costs for Americans

GSK’s Exdensur gains FDA nod for severe asthma with just two doses a year

The approval for Exdensur (depemokimab-ulaa) comes on the back of SWIFT-1 and SWIFT-2 Phase III trials

Gilead’s new HIV therapy shows promising Phase 3 results

The study found BIC/LEN to be statistically non-inferior to BIKTARVY, Gilead’s current standard-of-care therapy

FDA nod to Johnson & Johnson’s AKEEGA for aggressive prostate cancer

Patients with BRCA mutations often face aggressive disease and poor prognosis

Merck wins key EU backing to expand use of PAH Drug WINREVAIR

WINREVAIR is currently the first and only activin signalling inhibitor approved for PAH across all 27 EU member states

Pfizer’s TUKYSA shows major benefit in first-line maintenance for metastatic breast cancer

The Phase 3 HER2CLIMB-05 trial showed a 35.9% reduction in risk for patients treated with TUKYSA

Eli Lilly’s retatrutide delivers breakthrough results in obesity & knee osteoarthritis trial

Retatrutide, tested at 9 mg and 12 mg doses alongside diet and exercise, met all primary and key secondary endpoints

Industry-academia partnership key to advancing R&D agenda, says Dr. Jitendra Singh

Growing patent filings and tier-2 innovators reflect expanding national research base