Roche Holding AG is acquiring San Diego-based Ignyta Inc. for $1.7 billion with an offer of $27 per share in cash, a 74 percent increase over its closing price on Thursday.

Christmas came early for Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc. with an FDA approval of Rhopressa (netarsudil) for open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension on Monday – or maybe call it an early Valentine's Day gift considering the PDUFA goal date wasn't until Feb. 28, 2018.

Many companies have tried and failed to make an HIV vaccine capable of preventing HIV infection, but the virus has eluded more than 30 vaccines so far.

Many companies have tried and failed to make an HIV vaccine capable of preventing HIV infection, but the virus has eluded more than 30 vaccines so far.

Immuno-oncology drugs Keytruda (pembrolizumab, Merck & Co. Inc.) and Opdivo (nivolumab, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) came in first and third in the latest edition of the Trinity Drug Index, with hepatitis C drug Harvoni (sofosbuvir/ledipasvir, Gilead Sciences Inc.) taking the second spot. This version of the annual index scores the 41 drugs approved by the FDA in 2014 based on commercial, therapeutic and R&D categories.

Immuno-oncology drugs Keytruda (pembrolizumab, Merck & Co. Inc.) and Opdivo (nivolumab, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) came in first and third in the latest edition of the Trinity Drug Index, with hepatitis C drug Harvoni (sofosbuvir/ledipasvir, Gilead Sciences Inc.) taking the second spot. This version of the annual index scores the 41 drugs approved by the FDA in 2014 based on commercial, therapeutic and R&D categories.

The old saying "many hands make quick work" doesn't apply to drug manufacturing for use in clinical trials, according to a new study from The Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) looking at single-source vs. multivendor manufacturing at contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs).

With a third of the world's cancer patients residing in China and upward of half of them enrolling in clinical trials, small U.S.-based companies are looking across the Pacific to test their oncology drug candidates.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drug development has increased substantially over the last few years. And both large pharmaceutical companies and venture capital are starting to take notice.