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AstraZeneca’s subsidiary Alexion has announced plans to acquire all the remaining equity stake in Caelum Biosciences for up to $500m. Alexion had entered into a partnership with Caelum

Appili Therapeutics has announced a strategic alliance with AiPharma to advance the global development of Avigan/Reeqonus (favipiravir). Avigan/Reeqonus is a broad-spectrum oral antiviral, which is currently being assessed

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved AstraZeneca’s Saphnelo (anifrolumab) to treat adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE is a serious autoimmune

UNION therapeutics has signed a strategic collaboration and license agreement with Innovent Biologics for the development and commercialisation of orismilast in China. Orismilast is a next-generation PDE4 inhibitor

Incyte has signed a collaboration and license agreement with Syndax Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialise axatilimab for chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) and other fibrotic diseases. Axatilimab is an

Pfizer has dosed the first subjects in a Phase I clinical trial to test an influenza vaccine which is developed using mRNA technology. The randomised Phase I trial,

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Amgen’s Repatha (evolocumab) to treat paediatric patients aged ten years and above with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH). The drug received approval as

The World Health Organization (WHO) has added Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Roche’s Covid-19 antibody drug cocktail to the list of treatments for Covid-19 patients. The agency has recommended the

AstraZeneca has entered a strategic, long-term research collaboration with biopharmaceutical firm VaxEquity to discover, develop and commercialise self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) therapeutics platform. VaxEquity was founded last year by