Drug Development

The FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine is “part of a disturbing pattern” of moving regulatory goalposts, according to Clay Alspach, executive director of the Alliance for mRNA Medicines. Meanwhile, streamlined communications with regulators in other countries pave the way for rapid uptake of novel modalities.
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A rapturous response to data published last year for Pelage’s hair loss candidate overwhelmed the biotech. Now, the company is ready to show the world the science behind the breakthrough.
Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca are all ramping up the use of AI, but drug discovery is not the primary success story—yet.
Analysts, investors and scientists are eager for Biogen’s 2026 BIIB080 readout. Even if successful, executives warn that there are many more steps before the Alzheimer’s therapy could reach the market.
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The competition between Merck’s pneumococcal vaccine and Pfizer’s Prevnar series of vaccines is intensifying after the regulator granted priority review to the former’s BLA for V116.
A court in Germany on Tuesday nullified one of CureVac’s intellectual property rights in a patent case against BioNTech. However, court proceedings involving seven other patent rights will continue.
Argenx’s subcutaneous Fc receptor blocker efgartigimod was unable to induce a significantly higher rate of complete remission than placebo in the skin autoimmune disease. The company’s stock plummeted in response to the news.
Also called an umbrella or basket trial, the master trial allows for a more targeted approach to cancer treatment, faster patient enrollment and the flexibility to pivot.
The combination of Jemperli and chemotherapy followed by Zejula improved progression-free survival in a late-stage study of patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.
While the candidate was effective in Phase III results, Point’s stock price fell following the announcement.
A GLP-1-based drug from Structure Therapeutics shows clinical promise but not enough for some on Wall Street.
BMS will halt a trial investigating the Opdulag combination in colorectal cancer after determining that it would not hit its primary endpoint.
The biotech reported topline data from a mid-stage study of MM-120, its LSD-based drug, in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
The combination of Keytruda and an mRNA vaccine reduced the risk of death or relapse in patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer after three years in a Phase IIb study.