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AstraZeneca and Daiichi set to broaden use of breast cancer drug, challenging Roche

Dive Brief: The Food and Drug Administration approved the antibody treatment Enhertu for earlier use in breast cancer patients, the latest milestone for a drug tha...
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AstraZeneca, Daiichi press rivals with new results for breast cancer drug

Dive Brief: AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's antibody drug Enhertu could become standard treatment for a large group of breast cancer patients following Phase 3 st...
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Amgen partners with Arrakis to develop drugs aimed at RNA

Dive Brief: Amgen will team with Arrakis Therapeutics to develop oral drugs that target and destroy RNA, announcing a deal Tuesday that will pay the Waltham, Massa...
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AstraZeneca wagers $200M on Ionis’ next chance at a rare disease drug

AstraZeneca is betting that Ionis' second drug for transthyretin amyloidosis, or ATTR, will stand out where its first one couldn't. Ionis developed Tegsedi for years...
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AstraZeneca antibody cleared by FDA for preventive use against COVID-19

AstraZeneca's drug, called Evusheld, is the fifth COVID-19 antibody treatment authorized by the FDA, and the fourth now available after Lilly pulled one of its two me...
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FibroGen cuts jobs as it weighs anemia drug’s future in US

The upcoming FDA meeting is critical for FibroGen. CEO Enrique Conterno told analysts on a conference call this week that he believes the company has a "good proposal...
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AstraZeneca builds case for long-acting COVID-19 drug, but is it too late?

In some ways, AstraZeneca's COVID-19 response has been as good as any in the biopharmaceutical industry. The British drugmaker licensed and developed an effective CO...
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As FDA scrutinizes immunotherapy approvals, Merck says Keytruda extends survival in liver cancer trial

The FDA has been under pressure to review the status of drugs granted accelerated approvals based on early data, as in some cases confirmatory trials haven't been com...
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AstraZeneca strikes deal with university spinoff to turn RNA into drugs

The success of the mRNA vaccines developed by Moderna and BioNTech has drawn significant attention, and new funding, to the technology that allows drug developers to ...
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AstraZeneca reports study success for rare disease drug acquired in Alexion deal

Should detailed study results bear out ALXN1480's benefit and lead to an FDA approval, the experimental drug could become an important new option for people with Wils...
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