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.
Novartis cast-off gives Pharming a gap-filler
Pharming picks up Novartis’s late-stage PI3K inhibitor and plans to launch it for an ultra-rare disease. How will the competition respond?
Cost-effectiveness doubts could hit Shire’s Takhzyro launch
A damning report by the US pricing watchdog Icer could bode ill for the uptake of Shire’s big hereditary angioedema hope.
The other shoe drops for Pharming
A US complete response letter leaves Ruconest at the mercy of rivals like Shire.
Shire dodges pricing questions as lanadelumab’s big day nears
Shire's big pipeline hope, lanadelumab, should get approved soon – but will sales live up to expectations?
