Go or no go? The year ends with Covid-19 vaccine approvals in sight
December promises big US decisions for Novartis, Astrazeneca and Fibrogen, as well as the FDA's first Covid-19 vaccine reviews.
Bergenbio dream lives on, despite Genmab's broken Axl
Genmab cans its antibody-drug conjugate against Axl kinase, an approach on which Bergenbio has gone all in.
Five Prime looks to turn a corner
Survival data with bemarituzumab see the company erase half of the past three years’ losses.
Seattle benefits from Merck's long shot
Merck's move on a target that has attracted little attention – Liv-1 – means future data readouts are now eagerly awaited.
Biogen pays $560m for an unproven Parkinson’s mechanism
All the attention is on aducanumab, but yesterday’s deal with Denali is a reminder that Biogen has other irons in the fire.
Another Astra-Daiichi tie-up puts Trop2 in focus
The UK big pharma is set to hand Japan’s Daiichi $1bn for rights to a second antibody-drug conjugate. Immunomedics watch out.
Roche pits its targeted cancer Blueprint against Lilly
Roche must believe that Blueprint Medicines’ Ret inhibitor pralsetinib has a safety edge over Lilly’s Retevmo.
