The global pharmaceutical industry held up well during the pandemic, with 10 of the largest businesses only seeing a roughly –3% drop in revenue in 2020. Eight of the 10 even came out ahead. That’s one of the big takeaways from our sister publication Drug Discovery & Development’s inaugural Pharma 50, a compilation of data […]
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Appeals court nixes GSK’s petition for new trial in Vectura patent spat
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected Glaxo Smith Kline’s (NYSE:GSK) petition for a new trial in a patent case brought by British inhaler company Vectura. The circuit court upheld a May 2019 jury verdict in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, awarding Ventura $89.7 million damages for the period from August 2016 through […]
GSK seeks additional asthma indication for Trelegy Ellipta
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) and Innoviva (NSDQ:INVA) said yesterday that they filed a supplemental New Drug Application with the FDA, seeking an additional indication for GSK’s Trelegy Ellipta inhaler for the treatment of asthma in adults. The once-daily, single-inhaler triple-therapy device received FDA approval for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in September 2017. Trelegy Ellipta has not […]
Judge adds $10m in damages in Vectura-GSK patent spat
This article has been updated with a statement from Glaxo Smith Kline. A federal judge in Delaware has awarded British inhaler company Vectura an additional $10.5 million in compensatory damages from Glaxo Smith Kline (NYSE:GSK) in a patent dispute. In May, a jury awarded Vectura $89.7 million in damages for the period from August 2016 […]
Vectura seeks another $44M in GSK patent win
Fresh off its $89.7 million jury award in a patent infringement case against GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), British inhaler company Vectura has petitioned the court for an additional $44 million. On May 16, a jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware awarded Vectura damages for the period from August 2016 through December 2018 for […]
Thermo Fisher to buy Irish drug manufacturing site from GSK for $101m
Thermo Fisher Scientific‘s (NYSE:TMO) said today that it inked a deal to acquire a Cork, Ireland-based drug substance manufacturing site from GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) for approximately $100.6 million (EU €90 million). Waltham, Mass.-based Thermo Fisher said that the acquisition of the new site will allow it to expand capacity and meet customer demand for both the development and […]
Innoviva-GSK project Trelegy Ellipta meets main endpoint in asthma pivotal trial
A combination drug-device therapy developed by GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) and Innoviva (NSDQ:INVA) for asthma, Trelegy Ellipta, met the primary endpoint in its pivotal trial, the companies said last week. The Trelegy Ellipta inhaler is designed to deliver a single daily dose of three drugs – fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium and vilanterol – to patients with uncontrolled asthma. […]
Vectura wins $89.7m in patent infringement case against GlaxoSmithKline
Vectura said this week that it has settled a U.S. patent infringement litigation with GlaxoSmithKline and was awarded $89.7 million in damages. Following a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Ventura was awarded damages for the period from August 2016 through December 2018 for an infringement on Vectura’s U.S. […]
Touting pricetag, Mylan launches Advair generic
Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) today announced the launch of its Wixela Inhub product, a generic for GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) Advair Diskus device, for people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company touted that its device’s list price is 70% less than Advair Diskus and 67% less than GSK’s generic. The wholesale acquisition costs for Mylan’s Wixela Inhub devices […]
Mylan wins race for generic Advair approval
FDA has approved the first generic of GlaxoSmithKline‘s (NYSE:GSK) blockbuster Advair respiratory drug, this one by Mylan (NSDQ:MYL), six months after rejecting Mylan’s application. Canonsburg, PA-based Mylan’s shares jumped 7% to $30.82 at market close after yesterday’s late-afternoon announcement, and were trading at $30.96 mid-morning today. GSK’s stock dipped 2% to$38.70 on the news late yesterday, but had […]