Production & Sales

Merck announces US launch of ONTRUZANT, a biosimilar of Herceptin

Merck announced the US launch of ONTRUZANT (trastuzumab-dttb), as a biosimilar of the reference biologic medicine Herceptin.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Gen sign distribution agreement in Turkey for ONPATTRO (patisiran)

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an RNAi therapeutics company, and Gen, a GMP-certified pharmaceutical company specializing in rare diseases, today announced an exclusive Distribution Agreement for ONPATTRO, a first-in-class RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis in adults with Stage 1 or Stage 2 polyneuropathy.

Amneal accelerates distribution and production of Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate to meet potential needs of COVID-19 patients nationwide

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest U.S.-based generics manufacturers, today announced that it is responding to the national COVID-19 health emergency by building on its existing supply of hydroxychloroquine sulfate.

AstraZeneca completes divestment agreement with Atnahs Pharma for established hypertension medicines

AstraZeneca has completed the previously communicated agreement with Atnahs Pharma (Atnahs) to divest its global commercial rights to Inderal (propranolol), Tenormin (atenolol), Tenoretic (atenolol, chlorthalidone fixed-dose combination), Zestril (lisinopril) and Zestoretic (lisinopril, hydrochlorothiazide fixed-dose combination).

Takeda completes sale of select OTC and non-core assets to Acino

Takeda Pharmaceutical announced the completion of its previously-announced sale of a portfolio of select over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription pharmaceutical assets in a number of Near East, Middle East and Africa countries within its Growth and Emerging Markets Business Unit (GEM BU) to Acino for a total value in excess of $200m.

Medexus expands its US product portfolio by acquiring hematology asset IXINITY

Medexus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Medexus” or the “Company”) (TSXV: MDP, OTCQB: PDDPF) today announced that the Company, through its US-based subsidiary, acquired Aptevo BioTherapeutics LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owning the worldwide rights to the commercial hematology asset, IXINITY®, from Aptevo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: APVO) (the “Vendor”), a biotechnology company focused on developing oncology, autoimmune and hematology therapeutics (the “Acquisition”).

AstraZeneca divests global rights to Movantik

AstraZeneca has agreed to sublicense its global rights to Movantik (naloxegol), excluding Europe, Canada and Israel, to RedHill Biopharma (RedHill).

Shionogi’s FETROJA now available for treatment of complicated urinary tract infections in US

Shionogi announced FETROJA (cefiderocol) is now available in the U.S. for patients 18 years of age or older who have limited or no alternative treatment options, for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs), including pyelonephritis, caused by the following susceptible Gram-negative microorganisms: Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), Proteus mirabilis (P. mirabilis), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), and Enterobacter cloacae (E. cloacae) complex.

Audentes Therapeutics to build gene therapy manufacturing facility in North Carolina

Astellas company Audentes Therapeutics has unveiled plans to construct a new gene therapy manufacturing facility in Sanford, North Carolina, US.