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Sanofi earnings boosted by Beyfortus, earlier vaccine sales

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Sanofi and partner AstraZeneca recently increased production capacity for their RSV antibody shot, sales of which jumped during the third quarter.

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Twist Bioscience and Astellas team up for antibody discovery

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Twist Bioscience and Astellas Pharma have entered a collaboration to help the latter to discover antibodies for immunotherapies. In May 2022, they signed a research partnership and exclusive option licence agreement for the development of antibodies to reduce tumour microenvironment-mediated immunosuppression.

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Lilly reports fast sales for new diabetes drug

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Still, fourth quarter sales for Mounjaro were slightly below high Wall Street forecasts and didn’t offset falling revenue from Lilly’s COVID-19 antibodies.

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JPM21: Vaccines soar, antibodies struggle as COVID-19 drugs become a business

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Moderna and Gilead reported billions in sales for their coronavirus treatments, but Regeneron's antibody drug cocktail hasn't gained traction. BioNTech, meanwhile, could report critical new vaccine results in days.

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Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi set to generate $12.9bn in sales by 2028

Pharmaceutical Technology

The breakthrough drug is predicted to be a blockbuster, generating total forecast sales of $12.9bn between 2023 and 2028. Leqembi is a monoclonal antibody that targets amyloid beta A4 protein and acts by selectively binding and eliminating amyloid beta plaques, thought to be clinically significant for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

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GSK beats forecasts, thanks to COVID antibody and Shingrix sales

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GlaxoSmithKline has made a promising start to 2022 with a 32% rise in group sales, albeit measured against a downbeat first-quarter result in 2021. Vir Biotechnology-partnered COVID-19 antibody Xevudy (sotrovimab) was the big contributor to the improved result, adding £1.3 billion with no sales recorded in the prior year.

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Brii Bio acquires Vir’s antibody rights for Hepatitis B in Greater China

Pharmaceutical Technology

Brii Biosciences (Brii Bio) has exercised an option for the acquisition of exclusive development and marketing rights for Vir Biotechnology’s investigational antibody, VIR-3434, for Hepatitis B in Greater China, under a partnership agreement. The mAb is presently in the Phase II development stage.

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