Sentences with phrase «cancer drug deal»

Merck shells out $ 300 million to partner Eisai in cancer drug deal.

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U.S. drug giant Merck is paying $ 300 million in a deal possibly worth more than $ 5 billion to partner Eisai in an effort to boost its star cancer immunotherapy treatment Keytruda, which could match up well in a combination with Eisai's Lenvima.

Biotech giant Gilead Sciences is beefing up its cancer drug portfolio with a $ 11.9 billion deal to buy Kite Pharma, a company focused on a groundbreaking new class of treatments that turns the body's own immune cells into targeted blood cancer killers.

Gilead, fresh from its CAR - T cancer drug victory last year, has struck a deal with gene - editing specialist Sangamo that could be worth up to $ 3 billion (with $ 150 million in upfront cash).

Pfizer landed one of 2016's most sought - after biopharma deals with its $ 14 billion acquisition of cancer drug maker Medivation, beating out the likes of Sanofi.

New York, Wall Street Journal — Genomic Health Inc. has struck a deal to commercialize a new blood test that can help advanced prostate cancer patients decide whether to try costly new - generation drugs or rely on much cheaper traditional chemotherapy to improve their chances for survival.

(Reuters)- Gilead Sciences Inc agreed to buy Kite Pharma Inc in a nearly $ 12 billion deal on Monday, as it looks to replace flagging sales from hepatitis C drugs with an emerging and expensive class of cancer immunotherapies that are expected to generate billions of dollars in revenue.

NEW YORK (AP)- Biotech drugmaker Amgen will buy cancer drug maker Onyx Pharmaceuticals for about $ 10.4 billion in cash in a deal that will add several cancer drugs to Amgen's stable and boost its pipeline of new drugs.

Furthermore, Celgene is generating free cash flow at a rate of over $ 1 billion per quarter, giving it plenty of options to acquire new drugs, such as with the deal it announced earlier this month to buy Impact Biomedicines and its potential blockbuster drug for a rare form of blood cancer, and its latest announced buyout of CAR - T developer Juno Therapeutics.

Because cancer cells acquire mutations in oncogenes — genes that can transform cells into cancer cells — to support their growth and survival, a great deal of research has focused on identifying oncogenes that could be targeted by cancer drugs.

Hi Paul After being on the immune suppressent drug Neoral for 10 months to deal with severe Psoriasis (which btw my many diet changes would only temporarily be effective — I'd been trying for 4 years) I developed lung cancer stage 4, a listed side effect of the drug.

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The settlement has been called a good deal for the drug company which will avoid the threat of further litigation and potentially punitive damages awarded to litigants who claim Actos use is linked to the development and spread of cancer.