Novartis has taken an option on novel inhibitors of the KRAS cell signaling pathway while it funds the drug discovery research at the Cancer Research UK’s Beatson Institute.

Local knowledge on the regulatory and commercial fronts is an absolute must to succeed in Europe, Patrick Mahaffy tells Scrip a couple of months after the firm's PARP inhibitor Rubraca hit the German market.

InfaCare’s jaundice drug needs more neurodevelopmental outcome studies, US FDA committee says, but one panelist doubts feasibility of long-term follow-up; talk of additional studies leads to an unusual tongue-lashing from one of InfaCare's experts, who says he was 'stunned' by the committee’s conclusion that efficacy had not been shown.

Celgene won the first approval for a drug developed under its aggressive deal-making strategy in 2017 and several potential blockbusters in its partnered pipeline are edging closer to the market. Ozanimod will soon face regulatory approval, but the next-in-line acquired asset GED-0301 had a major setback. Scrip considers the contribution externally derived products have made – and will make – to Celgene’s business.