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CG Life has hired Collette…

May 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

CG Life has hired Collette “Coco” Douaihy, bringing the former Dentsu International, Evoke and Digitas Health leader on board to head up its creative offering to biopharma companies.

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals has spent…

May 20th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals has spent the past three years marketing its way out of a largely unknown but stigmatized condition: Demodex blepharitis, an eyelid disease caused by mites.

Two months after UCB revealed the…

May 19th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Two months after UCB revealed the success of Bimzelx in a head-to-head trial against AbbVie’s Skyrizi in patients with psoriatic arthritis, the Belgian drugmaker has unveiled the results. In the phase 3b study, 49% of

Roche has signed a voluntary…

May 19th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Roche has signed a voluntary license agreement providing its popular influenza antiviral drug Xofluza for generic drugmakers to copy in 129 developing countries.

With questions already swirling…

May 19th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

With questions already swirling about the actual affordability impact of the government’s drug purchasing portal TrumpRx, the White House is updating the platform to address a key gap in the medicines it lists, albeit with

Takeda plans to appeal after a…

May 19th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Takeda plans to appeal after a federal jury found it liable in a landmark pay-for-delay antitrust case and ordered the Japanese drugmaker to pay $885 million in damages, a figure that could be roughly tripled

A Novartis cross-border…

May 18th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

A Novartis cross-border partnership is turning into a standoff. The Swiss pharma has unilaterally terminated a plant leasing contract with Chinese CDMO Porton Pharma Solutions after a regulatory hiccup.

Following a string of defeats for…

May 18th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Following a string of defeats for the industry in challenging the Inflation Reduction Act, Hail Mary efforts from a handful of companies to have their criticisms heard by the United States’ High Court have fallen

After an impressive phase 3…

May 18th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

After an impressive phase 3 showing last fall, AstraZeneca’s wager on CinCor Pharma and its aldosterone synthase inhibitor (ASI) baxdrostat has continued to pay off, with an FDA approval Monday that also advances the British

Merck and Kelun-Biotech have…

May 18th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Merck and Kelun-Biotech have already notched four approvals in China for their TROP2-directed ADC sacituzumab tirumotecan. Now, after meeting the primary endpoints in a phase 3 trial of certain patients with endometrial cancer, the companies

Already tracking $5 billion in…

May 18th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

Already tracking $5 billion in annual sales, Enhertu has secured two new FDA approvals for treating early breast cancer. But while arriving nearly two months early, the adjuvant label comes with a catch.

BeOne Medicines has tapped former…

May 18th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

BeOne Medicines has tapped former professional soccer goalkeeper Tim Howard as the face of its first major corporate campaign, which plays on how the company is geared up to “save” lives.

With the ink barely dry on…

May 15th, 2026|Fierce Pharma|

With the ink barely dry on outgoing commissioner Marty Makary’s resignation, another top regulator may be heading for the exit at the FDA.