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FDA acting commissioner Janet Woodcock requests independent review of Aduhelm approval

Approval of Biogen's Alzheimer's disease treatment has raised concerns over FDA staff interactions with the company

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AbbVie, Biogen and Pfizer collaboration creates new resource for genetic exome sequence analysis

Companies have created 'world’s largest' resource for genetic exome sequence analysis

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FDA narrows label for Biogen’s Aduhelm to only include mild forms of Alzheimer’s disease

Reflects the patient population included in clinical trials of anti-amyloid treatment

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AstraZeneca clears latest hurdle for Alexion acquisition after EU clearance

AZ first announced the proposed acquisition of Alexion in December 2020

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ICER says price of Biogen’s Aduhelm should be much lower

US cost-effectiveness watchdog’s analysis estimates current annual list price of $56,000 could be reduced to $3,000 to $8,400

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EU identifies first five ‘promising’ COVID-19 drugs as part of therapeutics strategy

The five therapeutic candidates include a repurposed arthritis med and monoclonal antibodies

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Biogen plans confirmatory trial as FDA documents show struggle over Aduhelm approval

Confirmatory trial is planned to be completed ahead of nine-year time frame

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BMS’s oral AML therapy Onureg receives EU approval

Onureg is the oral version of Vidaza, two of the drugs BMS gained as part of its acquisition of Celgene in 2019

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Sanofi’s oral therapy Aubagio approved in the EU for paediatric MS patients

EC approval comes a few weeks after the FDA rejected Aubagio in the same patient population

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Court rules on AZ and EU’s COVID-19 vaccine dispute

The Court in Brussels has ordered AZ to deliver a total of 80.2 million doses to the EU by 27 September 2021

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Biogen doses first patient in phase 3 systemic lupus erythematosus study

Biogen has initiated the late-stage study based on positive results from the phase 2 LILAC study

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Biogen discontinues clinical development of anti-tau antibody for Alzheimer’s disease

The drug failed to meet the primary efficacy endpoint in a phase 2 study

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