Tag: Novartis

23
Dec 2019

Bionest

The SMA Market: Assessing the Unknowns

Challenges and opportunities in the field of spinal muscular atrophy, including how new disease-modifying therapies are likely to change SMA’s course over time.
11
Apr 2018

Bionest

Apps and Drugs/ Apps as Drugs

In our January post on what we planned to watch for in 2018, we predicted that digital health would come to the foreground of activity this year. And indeed, we are starting to see a lot of buzz around digital health. In March, Novartis and Pear Therapeutics announced the first development deal between a major...
13
Nov 2017

Bionest

Kite Gains First Adult CAR-T Approval

Less than two weeks following the closing of Gilead’s acquisition of the company, Kite Pharma’s CAR-T immunotherapeutic, axicabtagene ciloleucel, has gained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first CAR-T therapy for an adult indication. The approval, which came more than a month ahead of the expected FDA decision date, is for...