Monday, February 27, 2023 Daily Archives

Sanofi prepping for April rollout of hemophilia A therapy Altuviiio

Sanofi says it is working with its third-party manufacturing partner to make its recently approved factor VIII therapy Altuviiio available from April. Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Altuviiio [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Fc-VWF-XTEN Fusion Protein], Sanofi’s factor VIII replacement therapy. The therapy has been described as a first-in-class treatment for the treatment of patients with hemophilia A, delivering a normal to near-normal factor activity levels (over 40%) for most of the week through a single dose.…

Seagen rumor mill spins again with Pfizer $30bn+ deal

After Merck & Co. failed in its alleged bid last year, Pfizer is the latest firm said to be eyeing up antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developer Seagen. Seagen (previously Seattle Genetics) is a pioneer in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) space, having brought three of the 12 commercially available products to market. In June last year, the Wall Street Journal reported Merck & Co. was interested in buying the Bothell, Washington to boost its oncology portfolio and pipeline. But with talks supposedly…