BioSpace News Archive

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Insights

Beyond sunshine: Iberia’s biotech moment has arrived with developing capital networks

Strong science, lower costs and growing capital networks are putting Spain and Portugal on the biotech investment map, even as structural bottlenecks persist, according to two investors.

June 12, 2026

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Jennifer C. Smith-Parker

Business

Novo hit with cybersecurity breach, urges vigilance among trial participants

Novo Nordisk said that the information affected by the breach shouldn’t allow third parties to “identify participants in our clinical trials” despite “unauthorized access” to patients’ personal data.

June 12, 2026

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2 min read

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Tristan Manalac

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Neurodegenerative disease

Novartis’ $12B Avidity buy pays dividends with Phase 1/2 muscular dystrophy win

The RNA-based medicine is one of a handful of antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates that Novartis acquired last October when it took over neuromuscular-focused Avidity Biosciences.

June 12, 2026

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2 min read

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Tristan Manalac

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Rare diseases

Amgen shores up Tavneos’ FDA defense with Duke data analysis

After the FDA flagged patient deaths linked to Amgen’s rare disease drug Tavneos and called for its voluntary removal, the pharma recruited an independent data analysis from Duke researchers to help build the case for the drug’s continued market approval.

June 12, 2026

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2 min read

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Tristan Manalac