Eyeing the looming 2011 patent expiration of its top-seller Actos (pioglitazone), Takeda has acquired exclusive Japanese development and commercialization rights, and in one case global rights, to 13 of Amgen's clinical candidates, at a potential cost of up to $1.2 billion
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Madrigal and Syndax update investors on their key launches, while Merck KGaA weighs in on the possibility of direct-to-consumer sales in the US.
The Swiss drugmaker’s BAFF-R inhibitor and ADCC-mediated B-cell depletor candidate has chalked up another win in late-stage development, further strengthening its pipeline-in-a-product bid.
The drug, combined with Merck’s Keytruda, was successful among certain chemotherapy-ineligible MIBC patients, with another Phase III readout expected by March 2026.
