The Latest Breaking News on Pharma

AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) has ended a research partnership with Sweden's BioArctic, backing out further development of an experimental Parkinson's disease drug and other related medicines. A clinicaltrials.gov listing for ABBV-0805 says a Phase I study is "Withdrawn (Strategic considerations)." The partnership between AbbVie and BioArctic, which began in 2016, was focused on antibody drugs…

Key Takeaways: BeiGene has switched auditors for its New York listing to a U.S. company from a Chinese one in a move to comply with U.S. law The change could reduce the company’s threat of being forcibly delisted from the Nasdaq By Doug Young

Pressure is increasing on the administration to go after drug patents.

A highly anticipated new cancer immunotherapy by Roche failed to slow the progression of an aggressive form of lung cancer, the Swiss drug maker said on Wednesday, boding ill for a range of rival drug developers working on similar compounds. The Skyscraper 2 trial was the first to produce results…

Bristol Myers Squibb's (BMY) outstanding clinical and operational performance, as well as the current momentum across its product portfolio, have enabled the biopharmaceutical concern to post stable revenue growth in its most recent quarterly earnings release. In addition, the stock is currently trading at a discounted valuation despite generating substantial…

Blood products giant CSL says that its ability to collect plasma has been improving as social mobility increases.

Xtandi, a wonder drug for prostate cancer, was developed at UCLA with substantial funding from the taxpayers through the Pentagon and the National Institutes of Health.

KHN's Pharma Cash to Congress database reveals how the drug industry attempts to influence politics

The Biden administration and Congress are embroiled in high-stakes haggling over what urgent priorities will make it into the ever-shrinking social spending bill. But for the pharmaceutical industry there is one agenda: Heading off Medicare drug price negotiation, which it considers an existential threat to its business model.

Portugal is expected to lift quarantine requirements for Britons who have had an Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine.

WA Premier Mark McGowan joins Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in saying people under 40 should not get the AstraZeneca COVID vaccination, based on health advice.