Third-party value assessment organization says AbbVie/Neurocrine's elagolix would be cost effective for endometriosis and associated pain, using a placeholder price of $7,000 per year. But the cost would be substantial for health budgets given the broad prevalence of the condition. 

FDA alerted Mylan to expect a complete response letter related to its ANDA for generic Advair. The company said it still could receive an approval prior to the standard 90-day time period after responding to the letter, because the application has a priority designation.

FDA alerted Mylan to expect a complete response letter related to its ANDA for generic Advair. The company said it still could receive an approval prior to the standard 90-day time period after responding to the letter, because the application has a priority designation.

The US FDA has granted priority review for Pfizer's talazoparib, which would be the fourth PARP inhibitor on the market, though only the second for breast cancer behind Lynparza. Pfizer has a long-term eye on a combination of talazoparib with its PD-L1 inhibitor Bavencio, Oncology CMO Rothenberg told Scrip at ASCO. 

Liz Barrett joined Novartis in February after leading Pfizer's oncology unit, taking over leadership of the business at a time of transition and tasked with building new blockbusters as old reliable work engines mature. She talked to Scrip about her plans for Novartis Oncology at ASCO.

Investors weren't wildy impressed by the data at ASCO this year, but for pharma, the meeting felt like a renewal, a recommitment to getting it right. It was more a year of refinement as industry digests the advances that have been made, the big mistakes, and pivots toward where to go next.