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In a merger between two…

October 1st, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

In a merger between two subcutaneous drug delivery companies, Halozyme Therapeutics is paying $750 million in cash to acquire Elektrofi.

With a government shutdown now in…

October 1st, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

With a government shutdown now in effect, the U.S. FDA—already shaken up by head count reductions earlier this year—has sought to keep many of its functions running for the foreseeable future.

AbbVie has kicked off work on a…

October 1st, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

AbbVie has kicked off work on a $70 million expansion of its bioresearch center in Worcester, Massachusetts, where the company conducts both manufacturing and R&D for biologic medicines. The project falls under the banner of

Bayer’s consumer health unit has…

October 1st, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Bayer’s consumer health unit has named Interpublic Group as its creative, production and media partner, integrating the work at a single agency to boost its buying power and leverage generative AI.

Novartis has scored the FDA’s…

September 30th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Novartis has scored the FDA’s approval for a second BTK inhibitor that’s for a non-cancer indication, teeing off potential competition with Sanofi down the line.

The Sept. 29 settlement was the…

September 30th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The Sept. 29 settlement was the result of an investigation by New York’s Office of the Attorney General into a county sheriff’s office's purchase of Opvee.

South Korea-based Boryung…

September 30th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

South Korea-based Boryung Corporation is boosting its global oncology foothold with a deal to take on Sanofi’s time-honored chemotherapy Taxotere (docetaxel) in nearly 20 markets.

A now-deleted LinkedIn post from a…

September 30th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

A now-deleted LinkedIn post from a top FDA official has raised the hackles of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals as industry watchers puzzle over the official's decision to target the approvability of surrogate endpoints—and single out Aurinia’s lupus

Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Rovi,…

September 30th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Rovi, which goes by Rovi, inked a $250 million deal with Bristol Myers Squibb that gives the Spanish CDMO a vaccine and biosimilar production facility in Phoenix as part of an overall manufacturing

Bill Nye is back in the lab….

September 30th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Bill Nye is back in the lab. Backed by Biogen, the television presenter is starring in a four-part web series that brings the quirky humor of “Bill Nye the Science Guy” to the science of

Two clinical trials of Merck’s…

September 29th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Two clinical trials of Merck’s pulmonary arterial hypertension drug Winrevair were so conclusive that the studies were halted because the efficacy of the treatment was assured. Now, Merck has reported results from the phase 3