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Changes continue coming to Vivek Ramaswamy’s Roivant Sciences following a June shakeup that saw a 10 percent cut in employment and the restructuring of its business operations.
It’s hard to believe 2018 is half over. There have been plenty of interesting and important stories in the biopharma space this year. Here’s a look at our top 10 stories so far, counting down from 10 to the number one story.
Biotech manufacturing is the non-glamorous side of biopharma, although its impact on the economy shouldn’t be underestimated. Here’s everything you need to know.
Miracles, it seems, have a high price tag. At least, if those miracles are miracle drugs. There’s no doubt that trends in gene therapy and immuno-oncology are producing drugs that are as close to miraculous as we’re likely to get, doing a great job, generally, in beating back diseases that to this point were untreatable or didn’t respond well to other therapies.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Biogen exercised its option to acquire additional shares of Samsung Bioepis, a joint venture with Samsung BioLogics that was founded in 2012.
With increased worries over the addictive nature of opioid-based pain treatments, more and more companies are focusing on the development of effective treatments without the addictive nature.
The FDA accepted Genentech’s New Drug Application (NDA) for baloxavir marboxil, a single-dose, oral flu treatment for people 12 years and older. It also granted it Priority Review.
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month and June 21 is dubbed “The Longest Day,” which focuses on raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease.
From CRISPR to spider silk there are some great scientific research stories out this week.
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