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.
Go or no go? Valuable drugs set for FDA decisions
Upcoming US approval verdicts include inclisiran, valrox and risdiplam, but toxicity issues could scupper filgotinib.
Empliciti’s front-line flop underlines Darzalex’s dominance
The CS1 approach to treating multiple myeloma was once thought capable of matching CD38, but that train left the station some time ago.
Morphosys gets a major tafasitamab endorsement
Incyte hands across $750m up front and buys $150m of Morphosys equity for rights to the anti-CD19 project.
Corporate and regulatory developments over the Christmas period
On the corporate front Astellas continued to buy, while Qiagen decided that it was not, after all, up for sale.
Why a 2020 spotlight will fall on tafasitamab
The anti-CD19 MAb is Morphosys’s lead pipeline asset, and an imminent filing could see it approved next year.
