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The robot can reposition a patient without interrupting the surgical procedure.

Exclusive rights to the therapy will fuel the expansion of GSK’s own hepatitis B treatment, bepirovirsen, which is currently in late-stage development, the company said.

A pill for dengue fever developed by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) appeared to protect against a form of the virus in a handful of patients in a small human challenge trial in the United States, according to data presented by the company.

Without consumer health and with its orthopedics business undergoing restructuring, pressure on J&J’s large pharmaceutical unit is likely to intensify as the company aims to reach its goal of $57 billion in drug sales by 2025.

In a follow-up readout, data from the head-to-head SEQUENCE study showed that AbbVie’s Skyrizi induced better rates of steroid-free remission in Crohn’s disease than Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara.

Stelara, J&J’s top-selling anti-inflammatory drug, brought in sales of $2.86 billion in the quarter, above LSEG estimates of $2.61 billion.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to recede, the top pharma companies intensified their focus into areas such as cancer and metabolic diseases to build up their pipelines, and their growth prospects, for the future.

J&J is heading into the remainder of 2023 with a new look and a revised outlook.

Johnson & Johnson’s nasal spray Spravato (esketamine) CIII outperformed extended-release quetiapine at inducing remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression, the company announced Wednesday at the same time the results were published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday threw out a $223.8 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson that a jury had awarded to four plaintiffs who claimed they developed cancer from being exposed to asbestos in the company’s talc powder products.