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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s…

October 6th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Datroway has become the first cancer drug to show an overall survival benefit against chemotherapy for certain patients with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. In a phase 3 trial,

Myeloid Therapeutics’ name no…

October 6th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Myeloid Therapeutics’ name no longer fits its pipeline. Having expanded beyond the eponymous myeloid cells, the biotech has rebranded as Create Medicines and committed to an R&D strategy that spans in vivo multi-immune programming.

The FDA unveiled a new pilot…

October 3rd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA unveiled a new pilot program that aims to speed up review times for generic drugmakers who test and manufacture their products in the U.S. Separately, the agency met with industry stakeholders this week

In a letter inked to the U.K.’s…

October 3rd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

In a letter inked to the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority, three advocacy organizations called the recent string of Big Pharma companies pulling their U.K. investments a coordinated scheme for "anti-competitive purposes."

The FDA has approved Jazz…

October 3rd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA has approved Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Zepzelca, used in combination with Roche’s Tecentriq, as a first-line maintenance treatment in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer

The initial part of the up-to-$339…

October 3rd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The initial part of the up-to-$339 million funding will largely be used to establish U.S. manufacturing for the non-vaccine flu preventive candidate, with additional options tied to further clinical studies, Cidara said.

GSK has successfully appealed…

October 3rd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

GSK has successfully appealed a ruling by the U.K. marketing watchdog that determined a trio of its COVID-19 vaccine press releases had brought discredit on the pharma industry.

Sealed court documents obtained by…

October 2nd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Sealed court documents obtained by Fierce Biotech reveal how Novo Nordisk and Singapore's KBP Biosciences went from partners in a $1.3 billion deal to legal foes. Takeda has decided to cease all research work in

Artificial intelligence is…

October 2nd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Artificial intelligence is redefining industries at an unprecedented pace—and healthcare is no exception. But as algorithms grow smarter and adoption accelerates, leaders face a pressing question: how do we embrace the possibilities of AI without

Vaxcyte is paying Thermo Fisher…

October 2nd, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Vaxcyte is paying Thermo Fisher Scientific up to $1 billion to access vaccine fill-finish capacity at the CDMO’s production facility in Greenville, North Carolina. Vaxcyte positioned the deal as a “long-term U.S. commercial manufacturing commitment.”