Solasia's arsenical drug darinaparsin has received its global-first approval in Japan, for PTCL, in a landmark for the Texan chemist who discovered it back in the 70s and paving the way for wider indications and Asian markets.

Teva is gearing up to introduce the Ongavia ranibizumab biosimilar in the UK, following an approval by the local regulator ahead of its European counterpart. The development means the Israeli firm and partners Bioeq and Formycon could secure a global first launch of a rival to Lucentis, ahead of expected imminent launches by Samsung Bioepis of its Byooviz version in the US and Europe.

Ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in early June, analysts at Biomedtracker have highlighted select high-impact late-breaking abstracts that are due to presented, including therapies from AbbVie, Gilead Sciences, Pfizer, Takeda, Amgen, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.

Despite the impact of the war in Ukraine and spiralling costs, as well as lower COVID-19-based revenues, the German group is forecasting a healthy financial performance for full-year 2022.