Thermo Fisher Scientific‘s (NYSE:TMO) said today that it inked a deal to acquire a Cork, Ireland-based drug substance manufacturing site from GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) for approximately $100.6 million (EU €90 million). Waltham, Mass.-based Thermo Fisher said that the acquisition of the new site will allow it to expand capacity and meet customer demand for both the development and […]
Vectura said this week that it has settled a U.S. patent infringement litigation with GlaxoSmithKline and was awarded $89.7 million in damages. Following a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Ventura was awarded damages for the period from August 2016 through December 2018 for an infringement on Vectura’s U.S. […]
A combination drug-device therapy developed by GlaxoSmithKline(NYSE:GSK) and Innoviva (NSDQ:INVA) for asthma, Trelegy Ellipta, met the primary endpoint in its pivotal trial, the companies said last week. The Trelegy Ellipta inhaler is designed to deliver a single daily dose of three drugs – fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium and vilanterol – to patients with uncontrolled asthma. The 2,436-patient Captain trial […]
Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) today announced the launch of its Wixela Inhub product, a generic for GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) Advair Diskus device, for people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company touted that its device’s list price is 70% less than Advair Diskus and 67% less than GSK’s generic. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery […]
FDA has approved the first generic of GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) blockbuster Advair respiratory drug, this one by Mylan (NSDQ:MYL), six months after rejecting Mylan’s application. Canonsburg, PA-based Mylan’s shares jumped 7% to $30.82 at market close after yesterday’s late-afternoon announcement, and were trading at $30.96 mid-morning today. GSK’s stock dipped 2% to$38.70 on the news late yesterday, but had more than […]
NeuroMetrix (NSDQ:NURO) said this week that it reeled in a $3.8 million milestone payment from its collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) consumer healthcare unit. The strategic deal between the two groups was first announced in January this year. According to the terms of the deal, GSK acquired exclusive ownership of NeuroMetrix’s Quell pain-relief device outside the U.S., in exchange for […]
Shares in Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) dropped -5% yesterday after the pharmaceutical company revealed that it received the dreaded ‘complete response letter’ from the FDA, denying its application for a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) blockbuster Advair respiratory drug. Canonsburg, PA-based Mylan noted that the CRL was due to “minor deficiencies” identified in its application and that it expects […]
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) won FDA approval for the use of its Arnuity Ellipta inhaler as a once-daily therapy for the maintenance treatment of asthma in children as young as five years old. The pharmaceutical company touted its regulatory win, pointing out that the fluticasone furoate treatment is one of the only once-daily asthma therapies cleared in the […]
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) touted new data today from a long-term study of its biologic treatment for patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. One-third of patients treated with mepolizumab experienced no exacerbations, GSK reported – down from an average of two exacerbations each year at the start of the study. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug […]
To prove a generic drug is as safe and effective as the branded version, pharmaceutical companies have to hand over upwards of 1,000 doses of the product to a generic developer. But if the manufacturer creating the generic drug cannot get its hands on enough sample, the development and testing process slows down. It could […]
NeuroMetrix (NSDQ:NURO) today saw shares fall despite announcing an exclusive deal giving GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) ownership of its Quell technology for commercialization outside the US and releasing Street-beating first quarter earnings. In its deal with GlaxoSmithKline, Waltham, Mass.-based NeuroMetrix said it will receive payments totaling $26.5 million, with $5 million paid at closing and up to $21.5 million […]
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