Biden Ramps Up Fight Against High Drug Prices in State of the Union Address

State of the Union Address, Biden Administration, Big Pharma, Drug Prices, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Drug Negotiations, Out-of-Pocket Cap Expansion, Private Insurance Protections, Generic Drug Cost-Sharing Limit, Cell & Gene Therapy Access Model, Commercial Drug Sales Rebates

AstraZeneca Commits £650M Expansion for UK Vaccine Hub and Research Campus

AstraZeneca, £650 million investment, UK vaccine hub, Speke/ Liverpool, Renewable energy, Operationally net-zero facility, Research and Development (R&D) campus, Cambridge/ England, Job creation, Pandemic preparedness, Public health protection, Economic growth, Government support, Tax environment, Life sciences sector

NICE Rejects Coverage for AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Breast Cancer Drug Enhertu Due to Cost-Effectiveness Concerns

NICE, Enhertu, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, Breast cancer, Cost-effectiveness, Coverage rejection, Technology Appraisal, National Health Service (NHS)

Akero Reinforces Phase III FGF21 Analog Candidate with Enhanced Fibrosis Response Rates in MASH Data Update

Akero Therapeutics, FGF21 Analog, efruxifermin (EFX), Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), Phase IIb HARMONY Study, Fibrosis Response Rate, 96 Weeks, Statistically Significant Improvements

J&J Scores First-Line Approval for Rybrevant Combination in Lung Cancer with EGFR Exon 20 Mutations

Johnson & Johnson, Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw), FDA Approval, First-Line Treatment, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations, Carboplatin-Pemetrexed Chemotherapy, Phase 3 PAPILLON Study, Reduced Disease Progression or Mortality Risk, Improved Objective Response Rate (ORR) and Progression-Free Survival (PFS)