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Taysha Gene Therapies has entered into a strategic equity investment and licensing deal with Astellas. The latter stands to gain access to Taysha’s gene therapy development programs for Rett syndrome and GAN.
Data from two Phase I trials indicate Gritstone Bio’s samRNA vaccine can safely induce a strong and durable immune response against COVID-19.
In the near future, painful jabs and muscle soreness that persists for days could be replaced by new immunization approaches including intradermal delivery, edible and intranasal vaccines.
Mirum Pharmaceuticals announced that Livmarli oral solution met its primary endpoint in the Phase III MARCH study in young patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
BioMed X and Sanofi have inked an R&D collaboration to use digital data and artificial intelligence to predict the efficacy of first-in-class drug candidates using virtual patient populations.
PhaseBio plans to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and sell off its bentracimab assets under a stalking horse arrangement with an unnamed “large pharmaceutical company.”
The FDA greenlit AstraZeneca’s tremelimumab in combination with its checkpoint inhibitor Imfinzi as a treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
Alpine Immune Sciences has voluntarily terminated enrollment in two clinical trials of its immuno-oncology asset, davoceticept, after a second patient death.
Top-line data from Tricida’s VALOR-CKD trial showed veverimer failed to meet its primary endpoint and does not slow progression in patients with metabolic acidosis and CKD.
In a Phase III trial comparing Novartis’ experimental iptacopan against AstraZeneca’s Soliris and Ultomiris in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, iptacopan demonstrated superiority.
Myovant Sciences agreed to be acquired by Sumitovant Biopharma for $2.9 billion - three weeks after turning down a previous offer.
New data from Scholar Rock’s Phase II TOPAZ trial showed its investigational antibody apitegromab improves quality of life in types 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy patients.
The FDA released guidelines Thursday in an attempt to clarify processes for assessing a drug candidate’s efficacy while examining several endpoints, simultaneously.
Shares of Immunic stock have plunged more than 70% in premarket trading after an early peek at its Phase Ib psoriasis drug candidate has so far failed to distinguish itself from placebo.
Johnson & Johnson will lay off 64 employees from its Manhattan-based pharmaceutical supplies business in the early part of 2023.
The proxy battle between Mereo BioPharma and Rubric Capital Management will come to a head on Nov. 18. Mereo issued a shareholder circular on Friday.
Kite Pharma entered into a global licensing deal with Refuge Biotechnologies to leverage the latter’s propriety gene expression plaform and develop potential blood cancer therapies.
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With the appointment of new CEOs, CMOs and CSOs, biopharma and life sciences organizations shuffled their leadership positions as Q3 comes to a close.
AbbVie is buying DJS Antibodies for $225 million in cash to gain access to the British company’s potential fibrotic diseases drug and antibody discovery program.