Pharmaceutical Regulatory news last week included US drug developer Cytokinetics gaining European Commission approval for its cardiomyopathy drug Myqorzo. Swedish biotech Hansa Biopharma said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its biologics license application (BLA) for imlifidase for review and the FDA approved UK pharma major AstraZeneca’s Calquence plus venetoclax for lymphocytic leukemia. Also of note, US major Eli Lilly entered a licensing deal with Australia’s CSL Limited for the commercialize clazakizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) monoclonal antibody (MAb) for the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). 22 February 2026