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Here’s a look at who’s making moves in the biotech and pharma world this week.
According to BioPharmCatalyst, there have been (or soon will be) 58 biopharma initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2018, and there’s still more than three months to go.
One year after stepping down from her role as president and chief operating officer of Celgene, Jacqualyn (Jackie) Fouse has taken over the reins of Cambridge, Mass.-based Agios Pharmaceuticals.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has had a busy August. In addition to the number of draft guidance documents the agency issued during the month, the FDA has also been busy approving a number of new treatments for a variety of diseases.
The biotech industry is fast-moving and dynamic, and staying on top of all the news can be hard for our busy readers. Here’s a look back at some of the top stories you may have missed this month.
There’s been another milestone in the history of biotech: The world’s first RNAi gene-silencing drug, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ Onpattro, got approved on August 10. That makes 2018 a landmark year. But another year—2014—may prove just as influential for the field and how it develops.
It’s not easy to predict trends in drugs, especially with breakthroughs in immunology and genetic engineering often causing dramatic changes in how biopharma companies approach new drugs.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ Onpattro (patisiran) for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults. It is the first and only RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic to ever be approved.
Here’s a roundup of biopharma companies that have announced hiring trends since the beginning of the year.
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