Fujifilm Diosynth Announces $1.2B Expansion in North Carolina, Aiming to Employ 1,400

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, $1.2 billion expansion, North Carolina, Holly Springs, 1/400 jobs, Biopharmaceutical manufacturing, End-to-end cell culture CDMO facility, Japanese investment

Eli Lilly’s State Law Attempt to Halt Florida Compounding Pharmacy’s Tirzepatide Sales Dismissed

Eli Lilly, Florida compounding pharmacy, RXCompoundStore.com, Tirzepatide (Mounjaro/ Zepbound), Judge Roy Altman, Federal Food/ Drug/ and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Frivolous lawsuits

Genmab Acquires ProfoundBio for $1.8 Billion to Challenge AbbVie’s Elahere in ADC Market

Genmab, ProfoundBio, $1.8 billion acquisition, Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs), Competition with AbbVie’s Elahere, Rinatabart sesutecan (Rina-S), Folate Receptor Alpha (FRα), Midphase clinical trials

FDA Grants Emergency Authorization for Invivyd’s Pemgarda Antibody Prophylactic Against COVID-19 in Immunocompromised Individuals

Invivyd, Pemgarda (pemivibart; formerly VYD222), Half-Life Extended Monoclonal Antibody, COVID-19 Prophylactic, Immunocompromised Patients, Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), FDA Approval, Moderate to Severe Immune Compromise, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (Prevention) of COVID-19 in Adults/ Adolescents

FDA Greenlights Idorsia’s Aprocitentan (Tryvio) for Resistant Hypertension Patients

FDA approval, Idorsia, Aprocitentan, Tryvio, Resistant hypertension, Endothelin receptor antagonist, Systolic blood pressure, Uncontrolled hypertension, Combination therapy, Clinical trials, PRECISION study, Recommended dosage: 12.5 mg, Availability: Second half of 2024, Edema and fluid retention side effects

FDA Grants First Approval for Orchard Therapeutics’ Gene Therapy Lenmeldy in Treating Rare Pediatric Neuron Disease

Orchard Therapeutics, Lenmeldy, FDA Approval, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD), Rare Pediatric Disease, Autologous Gene Therapy, Pre-Symptomatic Late Infantile/ Early Juvenile Patients