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Shionogi will waive royalty payments on product sales in all countries under this deal as long as Covid-19 is listed by the World Health Organization as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. In the Phase III portion of a Phase II/III clinicaltrial in Asia, ensitrelvir met the primary endpoint.
With the chemists and druggists across the country opposing the sale of drugs through online, the Central government is taking a stand that the sale of medicines should be strictly under the provisions of the existing regulations and the State Licensing Authorities (SLAs) are legally empowered to act against violation of the legal provisions.
Biogen has exercised an option to license Denali Therapeutics ’ (Denali) programme to develop immunotherapies for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Denali is also expected to receive potential development and commercial milestone payments upon achieving certain milestones, along with royalties based on the future net sales of the drug.
Several oncology products now have “blockbuster” status where sales exceed $1 billion annually. This is relevant for clinicaltrials as more regulators require evidence of efficacy in comparison to the standard of care, which is likely to be one of the blockbuster products. Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) and Opdivo (Nivolumab).
German biotechnology firm 3B Pharmaceuticals (3BP) has entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis Innovative Therapies for its fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-targeting peptide technology. Tiered royalties on net sales are also included in the deal. FAP-2286 is being investigated as a peptide-targeted radionuclide therapy.
The Delhi High Court has granted ten days’ time to the Government of India and the nation’s drug regulator to file a counter affidavit on the petitions filed by almost 28 pharma companies against the order prohibiting manufacturing, distribution and sale of 14 FDCs licensed prior to the year 1988, in the beginning of June. […]
At least seven more pharma companies and a federation of pharma manufacturers have approached the Delhi High Court against the Central Government’s order in the beginning of June prohibiting manufacturing, distribution and sale of 14 fixed dose combinations (FDCs) licensed prior to the year 1988.
Bio-Thera Solutions and Biomm have entered a licensing and supply agreement for Bio-Thera’s BAT2206, a ustekinumab biosimilar. The therapy, which completed a Phase I trial, is now being assessed in an international Phase III clinicaltrial that includes participants from China and Eastern European countries.
Innate is also eligible to receive a total of up to $1.43bn (€1.35bn) in preclinical, clinical, regulatory and commercial milestone payments and royalty payments on net sales in the future. As per the deal, Sanofi will hold an option to include up to two further ANKET targets.
On 8 May 2023, China-based Bliss Biopharmaceutical (BlissBio) announced a clinicaltrial collaboration with Eisai to develop BB-1701, an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for multiple cancer types. The drug became a blockbuster last year, with sales reaching $1.9bn, up from $599m in 2021. targeting ADC.
The NDA is supported by the data package licensed to Ocumension by Nicox as well as the Phase III clinicaltrial in China. Nicox granted exclusive license to Ocumension to develop and commercialise Zerviate in China and most of the Southeast Asian markets.
While a rumoured takeover by Merck & Co has yet to materialise, Seagen is getting on with its own business development, including a just-agreed licensing deal for a cancer immunotherapy developed by Dutch biotech Lava Therapeutics. The biotech said earlier it planned to seek FDA approval to start clinicaltrials towards the end of 2022.
Sanofi announced data from a real-world clinicaltrial that demonstrated its RSV antibody nirsevimab delivered an 83% reduction in hospitalisations in infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD). Nirsevimab is being jointly developed between Sanofi and AstraZeneca.
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Additionally, Royalty Pharma is entitled to receive further payments of up to $160m subject to meeting some clinical, regulatory and sales milestones. The rights to development, regulatory and sales milestone payments of $400m due from Amgen will be retained by Arrowhead. In 2016, it was licensed by the company to Amgen.
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Ibrexafungerp is currently being evaluated in Phase III clinicaltrials to treat invasive candidiasis (IC), a life-threatening fungal infection. in sales-related milestone payments, along with tiered royalties on sales across all indications. Additionally, GSK will pay up to $242.5m
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Akili already has the first and only FDA cleared video game-based digital therapeutic (DTx) for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but is looking to add to its range via a licensing deal with Australia’s TALi Digital. . TALi is also in line for royalties on sales.
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According to the deal, Horizon will provide the funding to develop the therapy until the conclusion of its two Phase II clinicaltrials. Under the agreement, Horizon will hold an option for the acquisition of the ADX-914 programme, which is exercisable through a period after concluding the Phase II trials.
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Under the clinicaltrial supervision of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 40 subjects, 16 of which were independently confirmed as COVID19 positive with PCR tests, provided breath samples that were tested on the Microtox BT nano-optofluidic chip surface. It has licensed in a patented breathalyser, the analysts noted.
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Spanish pharmaceutical firm Ferrer and Swiss biotechnology firm Asceneuron have signed a licensing agreement for the latter’s O-GlcNAcase inhibitor, ASN90, to treat progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Additionally, Asceneuron is eligible for tiered double-digit royalties on ASN90’s global net sales.
Daewoong Pharmaceutical has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with CS Pharmaceuticals (CSP) for Bersiporocin, a first-in-class PRS inhibitor, in the Greater China region for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).
LIB Therapeutics has announced that the FDA has accepted its Biologics License Application (BLA) for lerodalcibep, a novel investigational treatment aimed at reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in a broad patient population.
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AbbVie is to begin clinical development of an antibody designed to neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after licensing the therapy in from Harbour BioMed and Utrecht University. AbbVie has begun a phase 1 clinicaltrial of the antibody, with clinical development beginning in the US and expanding into Europe.
AstraZeneca has signed a licensing deal with UK-based biotech company Redx Pharma for its fibrotic disease candidate RXC006. Redx is also eligible to receive up to $360m in additional payments, dependent on development, regulatory and commercial milestones, as well as tiered royalties on any future sales.
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