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Roche announced interim results from the Phase III IMpower010 study, showing for the first time that treatment with Tecentriq (atezolizumab) following surgery and chemotherapy reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death (disease-free survival; DFS) by 34% (hazard ratio [HR]=0.66, 95% CI: 0.50–0.88) in people with Stage II-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), whose tumours express PD-L1≥1%, compared with best supportive care (BSC). In this population, median DFS was not yet reached for Tecentriq compared with 35.3 months for BSC.

Pfizer Inc. announced a new agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply 900 million doses of COMIRNATY, the companies COVID-19 vaccine, to the European Union (EU), with an option for the EC to request up to an additional 900 million doses.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced updated data from the Phase 1/2 trial of mobocertinib (TAK-788) orally administered in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Exon20 insertion mutation-positive (insertion+) metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) who received prior platinum-based chemotherapy. The results showed mobocertinib continued to demonstrate clinically meaningful benefit after over a year of follow up and will be presented at the virtual 57th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting on June 4.

Shilpa Biologicals Private Limited, SBPL, has entered into a 3 year DefInitive Agreement with Dr. Reddys Laboratories Limited, DRL, for production supply of the Sputnik V vaccine from its integrated biologics R&D cum manufacturing center at Dharwad, Karnataka.

Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd announced that it has entered into a royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary  licensing agreement with  Eli Lilly and Company for the manufacture and commercialization of the drug, baricitinib,in India.

Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd announced the launch of Ertapenem for Injection, 1 g/vial, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of INVANZ (ertapenem for injection) for injection, 1 g/vial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).

BioArctic AB announced today that the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) has allowed the company’s Japanese patent application 2017-083057 for novel antibodies that could be developed into a treatment for Alzheimers disease. The antibodies target a shorter (truncated) form of amyloid beta (pE3-Aβ) and are linked to the company’s project AD1503. BioArctic received a patent in Europe based on the same antibodies in January 2021.

Sun Pharma has entered into a royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company Lilly for expanding access to Lillys drug, baricitinib in India. Sun Pharma will manufacture and distribute the drug in India.

Eli Lilly and Company announces new initiatives to help COVID-19 patients in India as part of its commitment to bring the full force of its scientific and medical expertise to attack the coronavirus pandemic around the world. Lilly is offering donations of baricitinib to the Indian government through Direct Relief while simultaneously working with local Indian pharmaceutical companies to execute royalty-free voluntary licensing agreements to accelerate the manufacturing and distribution of the medicine in India during the pandemic.