The Israeli biotech which is listed on the NASDAQ is in for a busy 2021 with strong marketing pushes for Movantik, Aemcolo and Talicia and completing a pivotal trial for COVID-19 hopeful opaganib.

Saying its review found “no conclusive evidence of a causal relationship” between the products and cancer, agency is allowing continued marketing of Miacalcin and Fortical nasal sprays but limiting use to only those post-menopausal women for whom alternative treatments are not suitable.

A new life sciences hedge fund operated by two former associates of activist investor Carl Icahn is challenging Otsuka’s takeover of cancer drug developer Astex. Also, Johnson & Johnson’s London Innovation Center announced four alliances, Celgene took another option on one of its investments and Takeda teamed up with New York research institutions to form a new discovery institute.

Newly formed Enteris inks its first licensing deal as it tries to prove to potential partners that its technology can help company up-cycle old drugs and improve their patent life by making them orally available.