BioSpace News Archive

Events

Advanced Lateral Flow Conference 2025

Taking place October 14–15, 2025, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California, ALFC brings together the global rapid diagnostics ecosystem to exchange insights, spark collaborations, and advance the industry’s most promising technologies.

September 18, 2025

Immunology and inflammation

Roivant, Pfizer’s Therapy Shows ‘Patient-Centered Benefit’ in Rare Inflammatory Condition

Brepocitinib remains “ahead of competition” in the dermatomyositis space, according to analysts at Leerink, who projected that the drug candidate could hit $2 billion in sales in 2032.

September 18, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

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Pain

Lexicon Backs Phase III Go Decision for Non-Opioid Pain Med With Post-Hoc Analysis

Supporting Lexicon Pharmaceuticals’ decision to advance the non-opioid analgesic pilavapadin into late-stage development—despite a topline miss in March—is an “improving” regulatory environment for non-addictive options for chronic pain, according to analysts at Jefferies.

September 18, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

One Death in the HAVEN 1 Trial Complicates Roche’s Entry into the Hemophilia A Market

Mergers & acquisitions

Roche Makes Major MASH Move With $3.5B 89bio Buy

The star of the acquisition, which includes a contingent value right of $6 per share, is pegozafermin, an FGF21 analog in late-stage development for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

September 18, 2025

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Tristan Manalac

PODCAST

What Do AI and Hammers Have in Common?

In this episode of Denatured, BioSpace’s head of insights Lori Ellis and Colin Zick, partner at Foley Hoag LLP, spend time discussing some of the points brought up in the Bioprocessing Summit last month. They explore the connections between hammers, AI, The Planet of the Apes and monoliths.

September 18, 2025

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Lori Ellis

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Neurodegenerative disease

VectorY Bets up to $1.2B+ That Shape’s Brain-Penetrant Capsids Are a Fit

VectorY Therapeutics will evaluate the use of SHP-DB1, a capsid developed by Shape Therapeutics, to deliver therapies to the brain, including VectorY’s developmental Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease treatments.

September 18, 2025

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Dan Samorodnitsky

Cardiovascular disease

Deep Dive: Oral Obesity Drugs on the Cusp

In this deep dive, BioSpace explores the next big thing in obesity.

September 18, 2025

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Heather McKenzie

Layoffs

Layoffs From Just 6 Pharmas Could Wipe Out Over 39,000 Jobs

This year, Novo Nordisk and Merck announced significant layoffs, with Novo planning to axe about 9,000 employees and Merck projecting it could let go of roughly 6,000. Meanwhile, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis and Pfizer have also made noteworthy cuts.

September 18, 2025

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Angela Gabriel