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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by Bristol Myers Squibb Co’s Juno Therapeutics Inc to reinstate a $1.2 billion award it won in its patent fight with Gilead Sciences Inc subsidiary Kite Pharma Inc over a lymphoma drug.

BMS said its third-quarter sales fell from last year as generic competition ate into sales of its blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid in the United States, as well as the effect of the weak euro and pound.

Bristol Myers Squibb announced Thursday that its blockbuster checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo hit the primary endpoint in the Phase III CheckMate-76K trial for a particularly intractable form of melanoma. 

Mereo BioPharma will cut 40% of its headcount and significantly reduce expenses to support the advancements of its lead programs through the clinic, the company announced Tuesday. 

Last week, rumors spread that PureTech Health was preparing to merge with Nektar Therapeutics. Now the deal, never officially announced, has been called off.

The top pharma companies in 2021 continued to be engaged in creating vaccines and therapeutics, and the investments in R&D led to greater revenue and earnings.

With Celgene and other acquisition costs in the rearview, Bristol Myers Squibb returned to profitability with a vengeance in 2021.

Amgen opened a new research and development site in San Francisco Bay, which will be used to discover new therapeutics for cancer, inflammatory disease and cardiometabolic disorders, the company announced Thursday.

As the economy ebbs and flows, pharma and biotech companies alike are feeling the pressure to cut costs. From rapid inflation to the ever-changing regulatory landscape, many are looking for ways to reduce their burn rate.

Cancer immunotherapy biotech OncoSec Medical Inc. will lay off around 45% of its workforce to focus its resources on the development of its lead asset, TAVO-EP (tavokinogene telseplasmid), the company announced Tuesday.