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Merck antibody reduces RSV-related disease, hospitalizations in trial

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Detailed data from a Phase 2b/3 study of Merck’s treatment clesrovimab should support the company’s efforts to win approval by the 2025-2026 season.

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GSK partners with Chinese pharma to expand Shingrix sales

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The purchase agreement with Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products is part of GSK’s plan to double sales of the shingles vaccine by 2026.

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Bluebird, short on cash, takes on $175M in debt financing

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The funding could extend the cash-strapped gene therapy maker’s financial runway to 2026, but only if the company successfully hits certain milestones.

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HP&M Director, Allyson Mullen, Appointed to the Association of Medical Diagnostic Manufacturers 2024-2026 Board of Directors

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. (HP&M), HP&M), the largest dedicated food and drug law firm in the U.S., is pleased to announce that Director Allyson Mullen has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of Medical Diagnostic Manufacturers (AMDM). This prestigious appointment recognizes Ms.

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Dengue is spreading and Sanofi is pulling the market’s only vaccine. What’s next?

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

As Sanofi prepares to halt production on its dengue vaccine in 2026, locally acquired infections in the U.S. are raising the alarm.

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AstraZeneca’s Challenge to Price Negotiation Fails in Federal District Court

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AstraZeneca also claimed that CMS’s revised guidance on the Negotiation Program for Price Applicability Year 2026 (“Guidance”) interpreted the IRA in two very faulty ways, which violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and harmed and will continue to harm the company. The court found numerous flaws with this argument.

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GSK’s ViiV to expand supply of HIV drug in Africa

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The company is committing to make at least 2 million doses of its long-acting PrEP therapy available in low- and middle-income countries next year and in 2026.