Acquisitions and Collaborations Hot for Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, Merck and Daiichi Sankyo

The European Commission (EC) has unconditionally approved Pfizer’s $43 billion acquisition of Seagen, concluding that the transaction would not raise competition concerns in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Source:…

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Lilly Files More Lawsuits Against Pharmacies Selling Knockoff Mounjaro, Alerts ITC

Eli Lilly has filed lawsuits against 11 online pharmacies that are importing, selling and distributing products purported to contain the active ingredient Lilly’s blockbuster glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist Mounjaro…

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FDA Slaps Samsung Biologics With Form 483 Over Data Integrity Issues, Quality Lapses

The FDA smacked Samsung Biologics for using technology to support application submission testing that had inadequate data integrity controls, among other lapses, following an inspection of its Incheon, South Korea,…

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FDA Guidance Describes Voluntary Consensus Standards for Regenerative Therapy

The FDA has issued a new final guidance intended to facilitate the development and assessment of regenerative medicine therapy (RMT) products CBER regulates through identifying and recognizing voluntary consensus standards…

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