United Kingdom-based global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has integrated more than 10 molecular products worldwide in the rare diseases field and is promoting more than 20 clinical research programs, said an executive of the company.
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Drugmaker AstraZeneca today pushed deeper into the lucrative but high-risk rare diseases market, signing a cash deal worth up to $3.6 billion for rights to a promising treatment for an incurable liver condition. The FTSE 100’s most valuable company — which stunned investors last year with the $39 billion buy-up of rare...
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has cleared AstraZeneca’s proposed acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alexion). As a result, the acquisition is expected to close on 21 July 2021. Following closing, the new AstraZeneca shares issued to Alexion shareholders will be admitted to listing on the premium listing segment of...
WILMINGTON, Del. — AstraZeneca has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gracell Biotechnologies Inc., a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, furthering the AstraZeneca cell therapy ambition. The proposed acquisition will enrich AstraZeneca’s growing pipeline of cell therapies with...
AstraZeneca’s Alexion has exercised its option to acquire all remaining equity in Caelum Biosciences for CAEL-101, a potentially first-in-class fibril-reactive monoclonal antibody (mAb) for the treatment of light chain (AL) amyloidosis. AL amyloidosis is a rare disease in which misfolded amyloid proteins build up in organs throughout the body, including...
Cambridge, England – AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) and Lynparza (olaparib) have been approved in the European Union (EU) as treatment for certain patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. Imfinzi plus chemotherapy as 1st-line treatment followed by Lynparza and Imfinzi has been approved for patients with mismatch repair proficient (pMMR)...
WILMINGTON, Del. — Updated exploratory results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab) in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy demonstrated a clinically meaningful long-term overall survival (OS) benefit at three years for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC). These results from TOPAZ-1, which are the longest survival...
WILMINGTON, Del. — Positive high-level results of the ADRIATIC Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the dual primary endpoints of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) who had not progressed...
WILMINGTON, Del. – Positive high-level results from a pre-specified interim analysis of the Phase III TULIP-SC trial in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) showed that the subcutaneous (SC) administration of AstraZeneca’s SAPHNELO® (anifrolumab) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in disease activity compared to placebo.1 The safety...
Cambridge, England – AstraZeneca on Monday released high-level results from the Phase III LAURA study, demonstrating clinical benefit for Tagrisso (osimertinib) as a maintenance treatment for patients with unresectable, stage III, EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. The pharma did not reveal specific data in its announcement but said that Tagrisso...