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What’s Driving Growing Optimism About India In Pharma Boardrooms

Eli Lilly’s India chief, at a recent summit, talked about India moving up the “priority list” when it came to boardroom discussions, while the founding CEO, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, outlined the implications for pharma as the massive publicly funded health assurance scheme widens coverage in the country.

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UniQure: Accelerated Approval Plan With US FDA May Save Five Years

 
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UniQure said discussions with the FDA resulted in a path forward for seeking accelerated approval of its gene therapy AMT-130 in Huntington’s disease.

Cardiff Aims To Change Standard Of Care For Some Colorectal Cancers

 

Phase II data for onvansertib in first-line RAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer demonstrated impressive early efficacy and underpinned a $40m fundraising for the company.

Busy GSK Builds New Relation In Fibrosis And Arthritis

 
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Deal Snapshot: December is just over a week old but the UK giant has packed a lot in, signing collaborations with likes of Duality Biologics (cancer) and Muna Therapeutics (neurodegeneration). Now it is targeting fibrotic diseases and osteoarthritis after inking a deal with Relation Therapeutics.

AbbVie Logs Another Phase III Success With Tavapadon In Parkinson’s

 
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The firm said it will file the D1/D5 dopamine receptor agonist for US FDA approval in 2025. The drug may salvage value from AbbVie’s Cerevel buyout.

Business


UniQure: Accelerated Approval Plan With US FDA May Save Five Years

 
• By 

UniQure said discussions with the FDA resulted in a path forward for seeking accelerated approval of its gene therapy AMT-130 in Huntington’s disease.

Busy GSK Builds New Relation In Fibrosis And Arthritis

 
• By 

Deal Snapshot: December is just over a week old but the UK giant has packed a lot in, signing collaborations with likes of Duality Biologics (cancer) and Muna Therapeutics (neurodegeneration). Now it is targeting fibrotic diseases and osteoarthritis after inking a deal with Relation Therapeutics.

Stock Watch: US Election Brings More Cons Than Pros For Life Sciences

 
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The US election result brought stock market volatility especially to pharma and biotech companies but the poster children for approved GLP-1 agonists and vaccines were initially the hardest hit.

What’s Driving Growing Optimism About India In Pharma Boardrooms

 

Eli Lilly’s India chief, at a recent summit, talked about India moving up the “priority list” when it came to boardroom discussions, while the founding CEO, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, outlined the implications for pharma as the massive publicly funded health assurance scheme widens coverage in the country.

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Stock Watch: US Election Brings More Cons Than Pros For Life Sciences

 
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The US election result brought stock market volatility especially to pharma and biotech companies but the poster children for approved GLP-1 agonists and vaccines were initially the hardest hit.

Pipeline Watch: Eight Approvals And Nine Phase III Readouts

Pipeline Watch is a weekly snapshot of selected late-stage clinical trial events and approvals announced by pharmaceutical and biotech companies at medical and industry conferences, in financial and company presentations, and in company releases and statements.

Deal Watch: GSK Extends Its Shingrix Alliance In China With Zhifei

 
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Plus deals involving Mitsubishi Tanabe/Dewpoint, Lilly/Rondo, Ono/Congruence, Bristol Myers Squibb/AI Proteins and more.

Finance Watch: Atlas Raises Another $450m Fund To Back Start-Ups

 
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Private Company Edition: Atlas Venture closed its $450m Fund XIV after some notable exits. Also, Nuvig’s $161m series B round more than triples its $47m series A from 2022, while Maze’s $115m series D fell below its prior $190m round and Antag raised an €80m ($84.7m) series A.