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Amgen’s Otezla, Repatha and biosimilars put on notice, with challenging years ahead

Some of Amgen’s key businesses are drawing concerns as competition looms. Amgen’s 2022 sales could be about $26.3 billion, or $700 million lower than industry watche...
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Novartis may have a buyer for $21B generics unit Sandoz

Amid the industrywide push by Big Pharmas to spin off their generics and consumer businesses, Novartis may be on the verge of separating itself from Sandoz. Swedish-...
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Novartis keeps the leukemia innovation coming with FDA approval for Gleevec follow-on Scemblix as Tasigna patent cliff nears

About two decades ago, Novartis transformed leukemia treatment with the introduction of Gleevec. Now, the Swiss pharma has ushered a third-generation therapy targeted...
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Novartis looks for silver lining in $2B canakinumab repurposing after 2nd lung cancer failure

Is autoinflammatory disease treatment Ilaris a potential new therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? After two pivotal trial failures, the answer seems to be ...
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Ipsen poaches Novartis vet Scheiffele to serve as president of its international specialty care team

Amid its push to grow around the globe in oncology, rare diseases and neuroscience, Ipsen has poached a Novartis veteran to head up its international specialty care t...
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Viatris to close former Novartis site in California in January, lay off 75

Viatris has been busy with cost cuts over the last year, including shuttering a plant in West Virginia that had served as a staple of its community. Now, a former Nov...
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Gilead’s Kite enters leukemia with Tecartus FDA approval, overlapping Novartis’ CAR-T rival Kymriah

Gilead Sciences’ Kite Pharma has expanded its second CAR-T cell therapy, Tecartus, into a leukemia market that overlaps a Novartis territory for Kymirah. The FDA cle...
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Novartis, determined to dethrone Pfizer, will launch bold Kisqali-Ibrance head-to-head trial in breast cancer

Despite two life extension wins, Novartis still finds it tough to convince doctors to use its breast cancer drug Kisqali over Pfizer’s first-to-market Ibrance. Now, w...
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Novartis’ Kymriah flops in earlier lymphoma use, where Gilead, Bristol Myers CAR-T rivals succeeded

Novartis’ Kymriah is losing its shot at a key market expansion opportunity in second-line lymphoma, where CAR-T rivals from Gilead Sciences and Bristol Myers Squibb r...
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Europe

Novartis launches FocalView app, providing opportunity for patients to participate in ophthalmology clinical trials from home

- FocalView is a first-of-its-kind app designed to modernize ophthalmic clinical trials, making them more accessible and flexible - Using patients' self-recorded meas...
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