August 12th 2024
A conversation with Matthew Bardell, managing director, nVentic, about a perhaps overlooked but useful strategic component of company performance and overall business benchmarks: inventory optimization.
Emergent BioSolutions Awarded Contract to Supply US Military With Anthrax Vaccine
January 12th 2024The US Department of Defense awarded Emergent BioSolutions Inc. with a contract worth up to $235.8 million to supply all branches of the US military with BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis against anthrax disease.
Phase III Trial for Keytruda Combination in Lung Cancer Stopped for Lack of Survival Benefit
December 7th 2023An independent Data Monitoring Committee found that Keytruda in combination with chemotherapy followed by Keytruda plus Lynparza did not produce an improved overall survival benefit vs. Keytruda in combination with chemotherapy followed by Keytruda plus a placebo in patients with metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer.
FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Abatacept to Treat Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis
November 1st 2023Abatacept is indicated across multiple inflammatory conditions, including for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis, pediatric patients with moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and active juvenile psoriatic arthritis.
FDA Approves Interchangeable Ustekinumab Biosimilar for Inflammatory Diseases
November 1st 2023The FDA granted Wezlana with interchangeable designation after clinical trials found no clinically significant differences in safety and efficacy for the indicated conditions across multiple inflammatory diseases.
FDA Approves Keytruda Plus Chemotherapy for Biliary Tract Cancer
November 1st 2023The approval of pembrolizumab (Keytruda; Merck) combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin for the treatment locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer is the sixth sixth indication for the anti-PD-1 therapy for gastrointestinal cancers.