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New Zealand’s government drug funding agency Pharmac has announced that BMS’ Opdivo® (nivolumab) will be fully funded for eligible kidney patients from 1 November 2024.

As previously reported, New Zealand has recently increased funding for cancer drugs, including Key...

On 6 September 2024, the Dusseldorf Local Division of the UPC rejected Novartis/Genentech’s application for a preliminary injunction against Celltrion for “imminent infringement” of EP3805248 relating to an omalizumab formulation.

The UPC proceedings (case Numbers: A...

On 6 September 2024, Novo Nordisk announced its presentation of 21 abstracts and other data at the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) held from 9 to 13 September 2024.

The data to be presented include results from the COM...

On 6 September 2024, Celltrion’s CEO, Seo Jin-seok, announced at the 22nd Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference that it plans to obtain approval for 11 biosimilar products by 2025, with an aim to have a “portfolio of 22 products by 2030”.

Celltrion has 8 biosim...

On 5 September 2024, Cigna Group member, Evernorth, announced that it will offer biosimilar ustekinumab to US patients through its specialty pharmacy, Accredo, with no patient out-of-pocket costs.  The biosimilar offering, available beginning in early 2025, will be offered ...

On 5 September 2024, Novo Nordisk filed separate lawsuits in the US District Court for the District of Delaware against each of Sun Pharmaceutical and Mylan asserting infringement of US patent number 12,029,779 (granted 9 July 2024), which claims a method of reducing body w...

On 4 September 2024, Outlook Therapeutics announced that it has completed patient enrolment in its NORSE EIGHT clinical trial assessing the effectiveness of ONS-5010/Lytenava™ (bevacizumab-vikg, bevacizumab gamma) for use in wet AMD.  The trial is the final step required be...

On 4 September 2024, Merck (MSD) and EyeBio announced the initiation of the phase 2b/3 BRUNELLO trial (NCT06571045) evaluating Restoret™ (MK-3000, formerly EYE103) for the treatment of diabetic macular oedema (DME).

Restoret™ is a tri-specific antibody that acts as a...

In the last 2 weeks, Celltrion has received marketing approvals in the European Union and the United Kingdom for its ustekinumab, SteQeyma® (CT-P43), biosimilar to Janssen’s Stelara®.

On 26 August 2024, Celltrion announced that the European Commission has approved it...