Merck KGaA, Forty Seven Inc. in Ovarian Cancer Pact
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Merck KGaA and Forty Seven Inc., a Menlo Park, California-headquartered clinical-stage company developing immuno-oncology treatments, have agreed to conduct a clinical trial combining Hu5F9-G4, a monoclonal antibody against the CD47…

BeiGene, Mirati in Immuno-Oncology Pact
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BeiGene, a Beijing, China-headquartered clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on immuno-oncology, and Mirati Therapeutics, a San Diego, California-headquartered clinical-stage oncology company, have signed an agreement for the development, manufacturing, and commercialization…

FDA Outlines Policy Priorities for 2018
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its 2018 Strategic Policy Roadmap, which highlights the agency’s priorities. Key items on the agency’s agenda are policies for: addressing the…

FDA Denies Citizen Petitions from Novo Nordisk, Allergan, and Amneal Pharmaceuticals
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Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing with HHS Secretary Nominee
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The US Committee Senate on Finance held a hearing relating to the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…

Friulchem Reports on Patent Ruling for Rifaximin
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Friulchem S.p.A., a Vivaro, Italy-based contract development, and manufacturing organization for innovator and generic pharmaceutical products for human and veterinary use, reports on a recent ruling in Mexico regarding intellectual…

Sharp Completes Part of $23-Million Investment in Clinical Services Facility
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Sharp Packaging Services, a part of UDG Healthcare plc, a company in contract packaging and clinical supply services, has completed the first phase in developing its new $23-million facility in…

PharmaIN, Shionogi & Co. Partner
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PharmaIN Corporation, a Bothell, Washington-headquartered development-stage biopharmaceutical company, and Shionogi & Co., a pharmaceutical company, have signed an agreement with an exclusive two-year option to negotiate a license for a…

Sanofi, Alnylam Restructure RNAi Therapeutics Pact for Rare Diseases
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Sanofi and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company focused on RNAi therapeutics, have announced a restructuring of their RNAi therapeutics alliance to streamline development and commercialization of certain products…

BI, BeiGene in Supply Pact
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Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) and BeiGene, a Beijing, China-headquartered clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on immuno-oncology, have signed a commercial supply agreement for tislelizumab, BeiGene’s investigational anti-PD-1 antibody. Tislelizumab will be manufactured…