Heading into the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference, pharmas have been focusing on discovery alliances. J&J’s deals look into novel tissue-targeted drugs, ionic liquid delivery technology and cancer vaccine R&D. Lilly teams with Entos on novel methods for delivering neurology drugs.
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Johnson & Johnson-affiliated companies unveiled three research and development pacts during the first week of 2022.
Merck’s immuno-oncology blockbuster was the world’s best-selling drugs by revenues for the second year in a row, with an almost $12bn lead over its closest rival, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Ozempic.
Plus deals involving AbbVie/Ripple, Novo Nordisk/Korro Bio, Novo Nordisk/NanoVation, Bharat, Alopexx, Gilead/Genesis, Lilly/Genetic Leap, Proveca/Cessatech, Vivtex/Equillium and more.
Plus deals involving Lilly/Oblique, Rafael Holdings/Cyclo, ADCendo/Multitude, Ocuvex/Visiox and more.
Amgen’s Imdelltra for small-cell lung cancer is one of two bispecific T-cell engagers approved for solid tumors, but data at the WCLC meeting show other DLL3-targeting BiTEs may be on the way.
An academic study of GLP-1 agonist showed promise in patients with the painful skin condition but with no signs that the Danish drugmaker will pursue the indication, smaller players in the space may be interested.
As it posts third-quarter numbers that again reveal the decline of revenues from its multiple sclerosis portfolio, the US biotech major is entering into the hot area of targeted protein degradation to boost its immunology and neurology pipeline.
