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Amgen’s Soliris biosimilar clears phase 3, but won’t launch until 2025

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The biotech has confirmed it will not launch the biosimilar until March 2025 however, honouring the terms of its 2020 agreement with Alexion that resolved litigation over the validity of patents covering Soliris (eculizumab) in the US.

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EMA publishes mid-point regulatory science strategy report

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a report summarising the mid-point achievements of its Regulatory Science Strategy (RSS) to 2025. Regulatory science refers to the scientific disciplines that are applied to the quality, safety and efficacy assessment of medicinal products.

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FDA approves first Stelara biosimilar, Wezlana

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The FDA said its approval of Wezlana is based on “a comprehensive review of scientific evidence demonstrating it is highly similar to Stelara and that there are no clinically meaningful differences between the two products in terms of safety, purity and potency.” Like Stelara, the most serious known side effect of Wezlana is infection.

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Moderna reveals optimistic data for influenza-COVID-19 vaccine

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Data from Moderna’s mRNA-1083 Phase I/II trial The ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial is evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of mRNA-1083 compared to a standard dose of the influenza vaccine Fluarix, in adults aged 50-64. No new safety concerns were identified for mRNA-1083 compared to the standalone vaccines in the study.

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AstraZeneca partnership to pioneer UK’s first commercial biomethane supply

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Once operational in early 2025, the partnership will reduce emissions by an estimated 20,000 tonnes CO 2 equivalent (CO 2 e). The pharma company’s sites in Macclesfield, Cambridge, Luton and Speke will be supplied by energy from the biomethane facility.

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Novo Nordisk, Kry partner on digital programme for obesity

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Prior to the launch of those drugs, pharmacological therapy for obesity was something of a backwater, constrained by tolerability and safety issues for older, generic drugs, and lacklustre take-up of newer therapies with limited efficacy. billion in 2025. Novo Nordisk recently predicted its obesity sales could reach $3.7

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SparingVision raises €75m for eye disease gene therapies

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According to the Paris-based biotech, SPVN06 should start trials in RP towards the end of this year, with safety data due in 2023 and efficacy proof-of-concept in 2025. The current schedule is for trials to start in 2024, with first safety and efficacy data coming a year later.

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