Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced the entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Telavant Holdings, Inc. (Telavant), a Roivant company, owned by Roivant Sciences Ltd. and Pfizer Inc.. The agreement includes the development, manufacturing and commercialisation rights in the US and Japan for Telavant's RVT-3101, a novel TL1A directed antibody.

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, announced that 20 company abstracts will be presented at the European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) 30th Congress, which is being held in Brussels, Belgium, from October 24 to 27, 2023.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PENBRAYA™ (meningococcal groups A, B, C, W and Y vaccine), the first and only pentavalent vaccine that provides coverage against the most common serogroups causing meningococcal disease in adolescents and young adults 10 through 25 years of age.

Ahead of this month's CPHI Barcelona - the world's largest pharma event, held at Fira Barcelona (October 24-26th, 2023) - and CPHI & PMEC India to be held at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR (November 28-30) key highlights from the CPHI pharma survey are announced. The full findings will be published at CPHI Barcelona as part of the CPHI Annual Report.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BRAFTOVI® (encorafenib) + MEKTOVI® (binimetinib) for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a BRAF V600E mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

Bayer AG has opened a new cell therapy production plant in Berkeley, California, USA, to bring cell therapies to patients on a global scale. The USD 250 million investment will support the production of material required for clinical trials and potential commercial launch of BlueRock Therapeutics' bemdaneprocel (BRT-DA01), an investigational cell therapy currently in evaluation for treating Parkinson's Disease.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) will present data across its infectious disease portfolio at the upcoming IDWeek 2023 held in Boston from October 11-15, 2023. Data from 45 abstracts will highlight the advances Pfizer is making in helping prevent and treat certain infectious diseases, particularly respiratory illnesses. This will include research featured in the IDWeek press program assessing the potential public health impact of ABRYSVO™ (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine), the company's bivalent respiratory syncytial virus prefusion F (RSVpreF) vaccine for maternal immunization to protect infants against RSV illness.