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The FDA took center stage last week as it approved the first-ever MASH therapy and considered additional approvals for CAR-T therapies, whose safety the agency has been investigating since last year.
The past year saw the slowest year-over-year growth in biopharma salaries in the past five years, according to the BioSpace 2024 Life Sciences Salary Report.
Bayer bagged another late-stage victory for its menopause drug candidate Tuesday, setting up a potential showdown with Astellas’ Veozah which was approved last year by the FDA for the treatment of hot flashes.
Engrail Therapeutics’ latest financing round will give it enough funds to advance its candidates for neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders through clinical development.
GenAI, the youngest of the AI family, is evolving quickly. The global life sciences industry is attempting to evolve with it. However, as a keynote session at DIA’s MASC suggests, taking a pause to understand AI risks and to prepare to comply with the EU AI Act is what is needed.
The biotech Tuesday reported that 56% of patients taking paltusotine in a late-stage trial achieved the primary endpoint of IGF-1 levels for their rare hormonal disorder. An NDA submission is slated for later this year with a launch anticipated in 2025.
Following in the footsteps of Bristol Myers Squibb and Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca on Tuesday jumped into the radiopharmaceuticals space by acquiring Fusion Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth $2.4 billion.
To help support the launch of Lyfgenia, bluebird bio on Monday entered into a five-year term loan deal with Hercules Capital that will extend the biotech’s cash runway through the first quarter of 2026.
An appellate court sided with Regeneron versus Novartis on Monday, agreeing that anti-VEGF pre-filled syringes constitute a distinct market than those sold in vials. The case involves Regeneron’s Eylea and Novartis’ Lucentis eye treatments.
Orchard Therapeutics on Monday secured the FDA’s first approval for an autologous gene therapy to treat the rare metabolic disease metachromatic leukodystrophy in children.
BioSpace’s 2024 Salary Report explores the average salaries and salary trends of life sciences professionals.
AstraZeneca reported Monday that adding Lynparza to Imfinzi improved outcomes in mismatch repair proficient endometrial cancer, more than doubling the median duration of response in patients.
With Boehringer Ingelheim’s announcement earlier this month that it was capping U.S. inhaler costs at $35 per month, AstraZeneca on Monday followed suit.
Following GSK’s lead, Pfizer plans to lower its interest in Haleon from 32% to approximately 24%, with the sale of 630 million ordinary shares in the consumer healthcare spinoff.
New late-stage trial results for GSK’s Jemperli show improved overall and progression-free survival in a broader range of endometrial cancer patients, which could lead to a potential label expansion.
Contineum Therapeutics joined the 2024 initial public offering class on Friday with an SEC filing. The biotech will use the IPO proceeds to complete a Phase II trial for its most mature candidate targeting multiple sclerosis.
With its FDA approval last week and first-to-market advantage, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Rezdiffra will set the standard for other metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis candidates in development.
By votes of 11-0 and 8-3, respectively, an FDA advisory committee Friday deemed the risks of early death for both Johnson & Johnson’s Carvykti and Bristol Myers Squibb’s Abecma acceptable.
Asgard Therapeutics, a Swedish gene therapy biotech, has closed a $32 million Series A round with help from prominent pharma players as it prepares for a 2026 IND.
Bayer will co-create a novel target identification platform that leverages Aignostics’ artificial intelligence technology and proprietary multimodal patient cohorts.