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Biohaven has suffered a few setbacks in recent months, including an FDA rejection and a missed $150 million benchmark payment, but CEO Vlad Coric looked for the brighter side at JPM, specifically emphasizing a serendipitous discovery that could get the company in the obesity game.
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Speaking on the sidelines of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Novo business development executive Tamara Darsow said the company is gunning for obesity and diabetes assets.
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.
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On Wednesday, Breakthrough Properties announced the launch of StudioLabs, a turnkey, flexible lab and office solution that has been developed for hyper-growth life sciences companies.
Morningside Ventures launched a new biotech company called Adiso Therapeutics, and thriving startup Scenic Biotech scooped up €28 million ($31 million) in funding.
Bancel reaped the rewards of SpikeVax’s success, but the Boston Business Journal noted that annual compensation for Moderna’s median employee plunged 16%.
Gilead Sciences is letting go of 114 employees following an underwhelming response to the results reaped so far from its $21 billion acquisition of Immunomedics in 2020.
Two months after he received a gene-edited pig heart, David Bennett Sr. has died. He was 57.
Biopharma and life sciences companies from across the globe provide updates on their businesses and pipelines.
Kriya forged an antibody discovery agreement with Twist to support the delivery of antibodies with AAV gene therapy in therapeutic oncology applications.
Shares of Adaptive are climbing this morning after the company announced a reorganization of priorities to spur future growth, including a workforce reduction of approximately 12%.
Solve FSHD exists to fund biotechnology and biopharmaceutical research and development efforts toward finding a treatment and cure for FSHD.
The XTEND-1 study showed that efanesoctocog alfa met its primary endpoint of clinically meaningful bleed prevention in people ages 12 years and older with severe hemophilia.