BioSpace News Archive

Policy

BIO Axes 30 Staff in Realignment as Congress Advances BIOSECURE Act

Following its recent about-face on the BIOSECURE Act, designed to combat China’s influence in the biopharma industry, lobbying group Biotechnology Innovation Organization in a realignment is laying off 30 employees.

May 21, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
Opinion: Annexon Tackles Guillain-Barre, Other Inflammatory Diseases with Novel Antibody

With Phase III trial results looming in the second quarter of 2024, Annexon Biosciences aims to transform treatment for Guillain-Barre syndrome with its investigational antibody, ANX005. The candidate is also being trialed in Huntington disease and ALS.

May 21, 2024
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Jia Jie Chen
Drug Development

Precision Medicine and Novel Approaches on Cusp of Breaking Through in Psychiatry

Approaches and targets for depression and other mental health illnesses have remained stagnant for decades. With several readouts for novel therapies on the horizon, that could be changing.

May 21, 2024
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Kate Goodwin
Moderna Among Companies Partnering With OpenAI to Boost AI Efforts

Through its work with OpenAI, Moderna has given employees access to AI tools that aid their daily work and positioned itself for growth.

May 21, 2024
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Angela Gabriel
Bayer’s New Strategy, Novo Vs. Lilly and Psychedelics

Mass layoffs represent a step for Bayer toward reducing managerial layers, while clinical results released in the last week could influence the parallel races between Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly in the GLP-1 and insulin spaces.

May 21, 2024
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Greg Slabodkin, Heather McKenzie, Tyler Patchen
Business

AstraZeneca Sets $80B Revenue Target, Goal of 20 New Drugs by 2030

AstraZeneca on Tuesday laid out an ambitious plan to boost growth in its existing oncology, biopharma and rare disease portfolios, as well as launch 20 new medicines before the end of the decade.

May 21, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
Business

9 Top Biopharma CEO-to-Employee Pay Gaps

Despite weathering a difficult year, biopharma continues to see massive pay gaps between CEOs and their median employees, with top executives often earning hundreds of times more.

May 21, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
FDA

FDA Greenlights Two Interchangeable Biosimilars to Regeneron’s Eylea

The regulator on Monday approved two interchangeable biosimilars to Regeneron’s Eylea, providing additional competition for the pharma’s blockbuster as key patent protections are set to expire.

May 21, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
Drug Development

Sanofi, Regeneron Post Strong Phase III COPD Data for Dupixent as FDA Decision Looms

Late-stage results from the NOTUS trial showed Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent lowered moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations by 34% and led to significantly better lung function.

May 21, 2024
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Tristan Manalac
Policy

Opinion: Chinese CDMOs and US Biopharma PR Strike a Precarious Balance

The PR departments of Chinese CDMOs affected by the BIOSECURE Act and their U.S. partners must step up to ensure proposed legislation doesn’t squash innovation.

May 21, 2024
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JX (Jaxon) Tan