Chinook marks an ignominious end for Sting
Aduro finally runs up the white flag on Sting agonism, and becomes a listed shell for Chinook Therapeutics.
Asco 2020 – after Tecentriq’s liver win the spotlight falls on Merck and Astra
Roche secures a front-line liver cancer label, but rival data at Asco show that the competition isn’t resting on its laurels.
Long term forecasts confirm Keytruda’s dominance
Keytruda sales could be more than double any other product in 2026, new estimates suggests, as Merck’s cancer drug surges into the record books.
Idorsia adds insomnia to its pipeline successes
Daridorexant scores in the first of two phase III insomnia studies, but attention will fall on a secondary endpoint measuring daytime performance.
Upcoming events – Genmab's route to market, and late-stage data for Zogenix
Genmab is seeking data to position tisotumab as its first in-house launch, while Zogenix wants Fintepla to challenge GW in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
Another blockbuster year looms for approvals
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s candidate and Fibrogen’s new anaemia pill top the list of the biggest commercial hopes that could reach the market in 2020.
The joker in Exelixis and Bristol’s kidney cancer pack
The first-line Checkmate-9ER study will read out soon, and could show whether two arch rivals can together defeat a common enemy.
Go or no go? Vascepa’s finale and Allergan's pain relief
Amarin’s Vascepa and Allergan’s migraine project ubrogepant are the high-profile pending FDA approval decisions as the sector heads into the last month of the year.
Shock revelation sees Biogen erase its aducanumab losses
The amyloid-beta project is to be filed for Alzheimer’s, and Biogen’s market cap regains the $15bn it lost in March.
