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The current state of political affairs in the U.S. does not bode well for the direction of that turn. The country is at real risk of losing its long-held lead in biotech innovation.
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The company reported second-quarter revenue Wednesday that included $248.4 million of back royalties and associated interest related to the successful outcome of an arbitration case with J&J’s Janssen.
With partner Biogen mum on zuranolone’s prospects as an FDA August 5 review deadline approaches, Sage Therapeutics’ stock fell Wednesday to its lowest level in months.
While GlaxoSmithKline is anticipating a slower uptake of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine Arexvy, CEO Emma Walmsley said Wednesday the company is pinning much of its growth on the vaccine’s performance.
Following several clinical failures for its candidates Roxadustat and pamrevlumab, FibroGen CEO Enrique Conterno is stepping down for “personal reasons,” the company announced Tuesday.
Embattled SQZ Biotechnologies announced Tuesday that the Swiss biotech will not exercise its option for HPV 16 positive solid tumors under the SQZ-APC-HPV program.
The biotech’s “Fit for Growth” program, which includes the headcount reduction, is expected to generate a net savings of $700 million on operating expenses by 2025.
The license and option deal, for an undisclosed amount, seeks to develop potentially first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate candidates against different oncology targets.
Following two BLA rejections for its Humira biosimilar, Alvotech is expanding its partnership with Teva Pharmaceuticals, which will enable the latter to have greater involvement with quality and control.
With an upfront payment of $310 million in cash, Roche is partnering with Alnylam to develop the latter’s RNA interference candidate zilebesiran for hypertension patients with high cardiovascular risk.
The Federal Trade Commission released new draft guidelines for assessing mergers, while an Alzheimer’s conference yielded promising data and J&J kicked off Q2 earnings season with a sound beat.