The Teva Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi drug, duvakitug, showed statistically significant and clinically meaningful results in a Phase 2b study in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. The drug is part of an emerging class of therapies that target TL1A, a protein involved in signaling that drives inflammation.
Sanofi’s equity investment in the new Orano Med entity comes a month after the pharmaceutical giant struck a €100 million deal to license a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical developed for neuroendocrine tumors. Orano Med develops targeted cancer therapies based on lead-212, an alpha-emitting isotope.
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Recordati is acquiring Sanofi’s Enjaymo, the only approved drug for the rare blood disorder cold agglutinin disease. Achieving sales milestones could bring the deal’s value to more than $1 billion.
Dupixent, a Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals drug, is now approved for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive lung disease prevalent in smokers. It’s the sixth FDA-approved indication for the blockbuster drug.
Sanofi is licensing a RadioMedix radiopharmaceutical in development for neuroendocrine tumors. The French pharmaceutical giant is responsible for global commercialization of the therapy, a potential competitor to the Novartis radiopharmaceutical Lutathera.
RNA therapies developer miRecule is partnered with Sanofi on the development of a treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD. MiRecule, winner in the biopharma track of MedCity News’s Pitch Perfect startup competition, is now pursuing a Series A round of financing.
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European Medicines Agency approval of Dupixent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease makes the drug the first biologic therapy approved for treating the prevalent respiratory condition. In COPD, Dupixent addresses what’s called type 2 inflammation.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
The FDA approved X4 Pharmaceuticals drug Xolremdi for treating WHIM syndrome. The molecule, which addresses the underlying cause of this rare immunodeficiency, was licensed from Sanofi’s Genzyme subsidiary.
Sanofi, which is leading development of the Denali Therapeutics-partnered molecule, disclosed little about the clinical trial results in ALS. But this Phase 2 failure follows the 2020 clinical trial pause of a different partnered molecule that addresses the same target.
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Sanofi and Synthekine will work together to develop cytokine therapies for inflammatory diseases. This new alliance comes as Sanofi is salvaging a different cytokine therapy that showed disappointing efficacy in Phase 2 after the pharma giant acquired it in a $2.5 billion deal.
Insulin prices have long been a pain point for diabetics. The big three insulin manufacturers have cut prices across their product lineups, but potential competition from other biosimilar insulins is still in earlier stages of development.
Sanofi is acquiring Inhibrx to get its hands on a drug candidate in pivotal testing for the protein deficiency alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, which leads to lung and liver problems. Inhibrx’s remaining assets will be spun out into a new company.
Sanofi, which markets the two primary treatments for Pompe disease, was trying to add a third one by licensing rights to a Maze Therapeutics drug candidate with a different therapeutic approach. A Federal Trade Commission complaint alleges the deal amounts to a monopoly player taking out its competition.
Formed by Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li, BioMap uses artificial intelligence technology to glean insight into proteins to guide biologic drug discovery. The startup is the latest company to join a growing list of Sanofi partners as the pharmaceutical giant continues investing in AI-enabled drug discovery.