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Despite ushering in the current GLP-1 era, Novo Nordisk has fallen behind its chief rival Eli Lilly, which has exceeded the Danish pharma in terms of sales.
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It doesn’t matter how many times you have traversed Union Square; no one knows which way is north, or where The Westin is in relation to the Ritz Carlton. A Verizon outage brought that into focus on Wednesday.
Primarily known as an immunology and neuroscience company, AbbVie wanted to put the biopharma world on notice during its J.P. Morgan presentation: its oncology portfolio is underappreciated. This week, the Illinois-based company dove into the sizzling PD-1/VEGF space with a licensing deal with China-based RemeGen.
Buying vaccine biotech Dynavax was an easy choice for Sanofi despite antivaccine moves by the Trump administration.
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The initiative, a partnership between non-profit biotech company n-Lorem and Columbia University, focuses on developing personalized experimental ASO medicines for nano-rare ALS patients.
Bancel’s most recent statements suggest he’s interested in more philanthropy than just his most recent stock option sales.
Pharma giant Merck announced it is expanding in both area and headcount with a new Cambridge, MA office. The company’s plan is to add 160,000 square feet and 100 new employees.
Zymeworks increased its stake in the company to 6.9%, slightly under 4 million shares, and options with shares popped 13% after the original bid and are up another 10%.
Axcella is prioritizing its clinical development portfolio to focus on its investigative assets for COVID-19 and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) after abrupt leadership resignations.
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On June 5, the FDA is expected to decide the fate of Acer Therapeutics’ experimental treatment for Urea Cycle Disorders (UCDs), ACER-001. CEO Chris Schelling spoke with BioSpace.
The new R&D facility is a product of its new licensing deal with BridgeBio Pharma and will operate under Helsinn Therapeutics.
Shares of Enochian Biosciences plunged more than 36% after the Justice Department announced company cofounder Serhat Gumrukçu was arrested in a sordid 2018 murder-for-hire scheme.
Flagship Pioneering introduced ProFound Therapeutics, a new company that leverages previously undiscovered human proteins to develop treatments for many diseases.