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Novartis AG (NVSEF)
- Zacks
Incyte (INCY) Gets CRL for Jakafi Extended-Release Tablets
The FDA issues a complete response letter to Incyte's (INCY) extended-release tablet formulation of Jakafi drug for the treatment of myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera and graft-versus-host disease.
- The Guardian
Novartis scraps cholesterol drug trial in blow to UK life sciences ambitions
Swiss firm’s withdrawal from Leqvio trial with NHS dents government plans to attract post-Brexit research and investment
- Financial Times
Novartis scraps drug trial in blow to UK life sciences ambitions
A Swiss pharmaceutical group has scrapped plans to conduct a major drug trial in the UK, damaging government efforts to showcase the country as an attractive destination for investment in life sciences after Brexit. Three years ago Novartis’s decision to collaborate with the NHS on rolling out inclisiran, a twice-yearly injectable drug for lowering cholesterol, was announced to fanfare, after the UK’s slow take-up of innovative medicines compared with peers was criticised. Matt Hancock, health secretary at the time, described it as “a strong vote of confidence in our world-leading life sciences sector”.
