Upcoming events – pivotal tests approach for Lilly and Biohaven
Lilly is awaiting the first set of pivotal data with the cytokine agent it bought from Armo last year, while Biohaven heads for migraine catalysts.
Mylan gets an injection, administered by Pfizer
The combination of Upjohn and Mylan means that, for a change, Pfizer is getting smaller. But will the company’s new chief executive really be able to resist the urge to…
Cannabis, M&A and data spur strong gains among small and midcaps
The usual story of positive data and clinical failure influencing company stock performance was given added interest in the second quarter with price fixing allegations…
Price fixing case caps a terrible week for generics
Shares in generics firms tumble in the wake of a huge lawsuit in the US alleging industry-wide price fixing, signalling many more years of pain for this sector.
Lundbeck leaps into the Tourette’s pipeline
By taking out Abide Therapeutics, Lundbeck has bought one of very few clinical-stage Tourette’s syndrome candidates.
Faint hope for Alder as Teva bucks dismal migraine trend
Alder hopes soon to launch its migraine drug eptinezumab, and will nervously have been watching the first full quarter’s sales of three similarly acting drugs.
12 years on, Astra draws a line under Medimmune
The acquisition marked Astrazeneca’s formal embrace of biologicals. Today the Medimmune name was dropped.
Lilly hopes volume can make up for late migraine entry
In a constrained pricing environment a volume play could help sales of Lilly's Emgality as it takes on Amgen’s Aimovig and Teva’s Ajovy.
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