BioSpace News Archive

Final round interviews can be difficult, especially for those working in a competitive field. To help, here are five impressive final-round interview questions for life science professionals.

IFM Therapeutics is launching its second subsidiary in less than a year. This morning, the Boston-based company, launched IFM Due (pronounced du-way), a subsidiary company developing a suite of cGAS inhibitors and STING antagonists that can target diseases like NASH, lupus and Parkinson’s.

There has been recent optimism—and possibly hype—over so-called NAD boosters. Kaiser Health News (KHN) recently reported on Harvard University researcher David Sinclair, who is taking his own research product, a supplement that boosts nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a cofactor found in all living cells.

San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics announced it was reassuming 100 percent of its global rights for ARCT-810, a messenger RNA (mRNA) drug to treat OTC Deficiency. The drug previously had a 50/50 collaboration between Arcturus and Tubingen, Germany-based CureVac AG.

A summary of IPOs from companies in the biotech and pharma world since February 1, 2019.

Sanofi and Regeneron, following Amgen dropping the price of Repatha in October 2018, have dropped Praluent to $5,850 a year. This is about a 60-percent reduction from the original price for both the 75 mg and 150 mg doses. The new prices will kick in early March.

AbbVie is taking a $90 million plunge into B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeting immunotherapeutics against multiple myeloma in a collaborative deal with Menlo Park, Calif.-based Teneobio, Inc.

In an exclusive interview with BioSpace, Iovance CEO Maria Fardis said the company’s goal is to add headcount to support its growth strategy. The company currently has about 100 full-time employees.

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Genentech’s Xofluza, a single-dose treatment for the flu, it was met with great fanfare, particularly in Japan, where the treatment was first discovered.

When biotech companies post openings for new positions, hiring managers often face the immense task of sorting through numerous resumes of qualified candidates. However, in South Korea, hiring managers are facing a different problem – a dearth of qualified candidates.