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Alector’s AbbVie-Partnered Alzheimer’s Program Fails Phase II, Triggering a 17% Layoff

Alector is kicking off a resource realignment effort that will include a workforce reduction. The biotech expects its current cash position to last it through 2026.

November 26, 2024

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Tristan Manalac

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Drug shortages

Legal Challenge Over Lilly’s GLP-1 Shortages Highlights FDA’s Post-Chevron Vulnerability

Currently, Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound (tirzepatide) are not on the FDA’s shortage list but compounded pharmacies are still making them. That’s unprecedented.

November 26, 2024

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Ben Hargreaves

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Prostate cancer

AstraZeneca’s Truqap Redeems Itself with Phase III Prostate Cancer Win

Truqap’s positive clinical data comes after it failed a late-stage study in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. It helps AstraZeneca position itself as a top player in the prostate cancer space, alongside its Big Pharma colleagues.

November 26, 2024

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Tristan Manalac

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Deals

Sarepta Aims Up to $10B at Arrowhead to Diversify Pipeline With RNA Drugs

With Elevidys expansion in hand, Sarepta commits up to $10 billion to develop short interfering RNA–based drugs to build out its pipeline.

November 26, 2024

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Kate Goodwin

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Weight Loss

‘Bulls Disappointed’ as Amgen’s MariTide Demonstrates 20% Weight Loss

With Amgen’s MariTide results at the lower end of investors’ expectation of 20% to 25% weight loss, the much-anticipated readout sent the company’s shares tumbling.

November 26, 2024

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Annalee Armstrong

Press Releases

Caris Life Sciences Showcases Data Demonstrating the Clinical Value of Clonal Hematopoiesis Identification and Subtraction in Liquid Biopsy to Improve the Accuracy of Treatment Recommendations

November 26, 2024

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Press Releases

Replimune Announces Proposed Public Offering