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Bargain-Hunting: 3 Mega-Cap Pharmaceutical Stocks to Buy and Hold

Although the heightened market volatility has caused several pharma stocks to slump in price, the sector’s long-term prospects look bright. This sector has been attracting massive investments and could remain in the limelight in the near term. So, we think it should be wise to buy and hold mega-cap pharmaceutical…

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Alzheimer's Stocks Take A Body Blow After Roche's High-Profile Failure

A highly watched Alzheimer's drug from Roche failed in its final-stage test, but shares of Roche stock rose as others tumbled.

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Roche's Alzheimer's Drug Fails, Advisors Back Pfizer, Moderna Shots For Youngest Kids, Valneva Settles COVID-19 Pact With UK

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

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Roche-AC Immune's Crenezumab Fails To Show Benefit In Sub-Set Of Alzheimer's Patients

Roche Holdings AG (OTC:RHHBY) said its Alzheimer's medicine crenezumab did not slow or prevent cognitive decline in people with a specific genetic mutation that causes early-onset disease. Crenezumab did not show a statistically significant clinical benefit in its co-primary endpoints assessing the rate of change in cognitive abilities or episodic memory function. The…

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AstraZeneca boss 'wouldn't change a thing' despite Covid vaccine 'setbacks'

Jab saved one million lives, says Sir Pascal Soriot

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Test makers target monkeypox market as cases surge

Diagnostic companies are racing to develop tests for monkeypox, hoping to tap into a new market as governments ramp up efforts to trace the world's first major outbreak of the viral infection outside of Africa.

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Roche Shows Interest in This Small-Cap Biotech. Should You?

An emerging therapeutic area continues to draw interest from large drugmakers.

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New sight loss drug made available to thousands on the NHS

Data suggests some patients can now wait up to 16 weeks between doses.

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Cancer Coalition Aims to Boost Access to Medicines in Poorer Countries

Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis and Roche have teamed up with global cancer organizations in an alliance aimed at getting more oncology medications to poorer countries. Currently, fewer than 50% of the cancer drugs on the World Health Organization's (WHO) essential medicines list are available in low and middle income countries,…

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Post-pandemic healthcare

Health crises and emergencies such as Covid-19 have brought into sharp focus the critical need for preparedness. The unprecedented pandemic has led to a dynamically changing environment across the healthcare industry, posing challenges that call for innovative solutions.

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Biotech Stocks Hammered On Roche's Unexpected Failure In Lung Cancer

A Roche failure in lung cancer sent a ripple through biotech stocks on Wednesday, toppling Arcus, BeiGene, Iteos and others.

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Blow to Roche’s Cancer Immunotherapy Prospects as 2nd Trial Fails

Development of a new cancer immunotherapy pioneered by Roche was thrown in doubt on Wednesday when its drug tiragolumab failed to slow the progression of lung cancer in a second trial. In a study, a combination of tiragolumab and Roche's established Tecentriq drug did not reduce the rate of disease…

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Roche's CEO Warns Russia-Ukraine War Causing Problems For Multiple Sclerosis Trials

The development of Roche Holdings AG's (OTC: RHHBY) multiple sclerosis candidate fenebrutinib is negatively impacted by Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

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Lessons For Elon Musk: 5 Notorious Failed Hostile Takeovers

As any student of industry knows, Elon Musk is hardly the first person to attempt a hostile takeover.

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Medicare’s strict Alzheimer’s policy raises ante for drugmakers

The U.S. Medicare program’s decision to tightly limit coverage for the first drug meant to slow the course of Alzheimer’s disease has raised the stakes for companies trying to make the next one.

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AstraZeneca's Ultomiris Shows Sustained Improvements In Functional Activities In Neuromuscular Disease

AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) shared new and prolonged follow-up results from the Phase 3 CHAMPION-MG trial open-label extension (OLE) of Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) in generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). Ultomiris demonstrated long-term efficacy, with improvements in activities of daily living, muscle strength, and quality of life sustained through 60 weeks. Ultomiris was also well tolerated throughout…

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FDA Grants Priority Review To Roche's Actemra For Hospitalized COVID-19 Adults

The FDA has granted priority review to Roche Holdings AG's (OTC:RHHBY) Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) for COVID-19 in hospitalized adults. "If approved, Actemra/RoActemra would be the first U.S. FDA-approved immunomodulator for treating COVID-19 in hospitalized patients," Roche said. The Compay also added that more than 1 million people hospitalized with COVID-19 had been treated with Actemra/RoActemra…

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Roche's Lung Cancer Combo Therapy Flunks Late-Stage Study, Adagio Spikes On Positive COVID Antibody Data, Amylyx Awaits Adcom Verdict

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New Cancer Immunotherapy Fails in First Roche Trial

A highly anticipated new cancer immunotherapy by Roche failed to slow the progression of an aggressive form of lung cancer, the Swiss drug maker said on Wednesday, boding ill for a range of rival drug developers working on similar compounds. The Skyscraper 2 trial was the first to produce results…

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Roche's Evrysdi Shows Long-Term Efficacy, Safety In Broader Spinal Muscular Atrophy Population

At the annual congress of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), Roche Holdings AG (OTC:RHHBY) announced new data for its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug Evrysdi (risdiplam). Evrysdi is a novel survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) splicing modifier, licensed from PTC Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTCT). At the annual MDA event, Roche’s presentations included new three-year data from the…

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Roche And AstraZeneca Settle Ultomiris Patent Lawsuit

Roche Holdings AG (OTC: RHHBY) has decided to close out a patent infringement lawsuit against AstraZeneca plc (NASDAQ: AZN), centering around the latter's newly acquired rare disease drug Ultomiris for a

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Roche Expects Slower FY22 Sales Growth On Lower Demand For COVID-19 Tests

Roche Holdings AG's (OTC: RHHBY) FY21 sales increased 8% Y/Y (9% on a constant currency basis) to CH

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