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STAT+: The ADC hot streak continues: J&J to buy cancer drug developer Ambrx Biopharma

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Johnson & Johnson said Monday that it would purchase Ambrx Biopharma for nearly $2 billion, picking up a company specializing in targeted chemotherapy treatments — one of the hottest areas of cancer drug development.     The deal, disclosed as the biopharma field marked the first day of the annual J.P.

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Dr. Reddy’s launches Toripalimab under the brand name Zytorvi in India

Express Pharma

The standard of care for RM-NPC in India before Toripalimab was chemotherapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin). Additionally, Toripalimab has also been approved as monotherapy for the treatment of adults with recurrent unresectable or metastatic NPC with disease progression on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy.

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Beta Drugs raises Rs 117 cr from HealthQuad and others

Express Pharma

Beta Drugs offers a broad product portfolio across major oncology segments, including chemotherapy, targeted, hormonal and supportive therapy. The company was also honoured with the Forbes “Best Under a Billion” award in 2024.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about drug shortages, Medicare spending on an Alzheimer’s drug, and more

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Medicare actuaries expect the drug, which is called Leqembi and sold by Eisai in partnership with Biogen, to cost the traditional Medicare program around $550 million in 2024. That is projected to increase to $3.5 billion in 2025 for the entire Medicare program, a spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Medicaid coverage of obesity drugs, a death in a sickle cell trial, and more

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Beam said the patient succumbed to respiratory failure, deemed to be “likely caused” by a regimen of chemotherapy required to prepare the patient for BEAM-101, a treatment that uses the company’s new, more precise form of CRISPR gene editing called base editing. The

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CHMP meeting highlights: April 2024

European Pharmaceutical Review

If approved, fruquintinib could provide a new oral, chemotherapy-free option as the first and only selective inhibitor of all three vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) receptors approved in the EU for this disease, according to Takeda.

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CHMP meeting highlights: January 2024

European Pharmaceutical Review

The European Medicine Agency’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended marketing authorisations for the regulatory approval of three medicines at its January 2024 meeting last week. CHMP’s September 2023 meeting highlights The post CHMP meeting highlights: January 2024 appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.