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As drug candidates discovered via AI move into later-stage clinical trials, the technology seems to be doing as promised: speeding drug development.
Following the hard-won success of early anti-amyloid drugs, a new generation of Alzheimer’s modalities—from tau-targeting gene silencers to blood-brain barrier delivery platforms—is entering the pipeline to anchor future combination therapies.
Three years after the accelerated approval of its anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s therapy, Biogen—neck and neck in the market with Eli Lilly and its Kisunla offering—is focused on a near-term FDA decision for a subcutaneous induction dose of Leqembi, a presymptomatic readout in 2028 and a clutch of next-generation candidates.
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California-based Dren Bio and Pfizer have partnered on a deal valued at more than $1 billion to discover and develop therapeutic bispecific antibodies for select oncology targets.
2021 could very well have been “the year of the vaccine.” While this modality is certainly not new, the COVID-19 pandemic is sparking excitement about just what else they might be able to do.
Amicus announced that it is halting its CLN6 Batten disease gene therapy program after studies failed to achieve consistent results.
U.K.-based Clarivate Plc has identified seven late-stage assets or recently-approved drugs that could hit the billion-dollar per year mark within five years.
The 2022 virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference got off to a roaring start Monday with deal announcements and plans to drive biopharma companies through the coming year.
The Centers for Disease Control recommends wearing a mask in health care settings and other places where people around may have risk factors for severe consequences of COVID-19.
Pfizer has reported that an Omicron-specific vaccine will be available in March, should it be necessary. For those and more COVID-19 news, continue reading.
Sarepta Therapeutics shared positive topline results from its ongoing SRP-9001-102 study on the effectiveness of delandistrogene moxeparvovec in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Another drug Vounatsos heralded was zuranolone, which Biogen is developing with Sage Therapeutics for multiple forms of depression.
Allogene announced that the chromosomal abnormality was not detected in any manufactured AlloCAR T product or any patient treated with the same lot of drugs.