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Sage Therapeutics and Biogen’s zuranolone met its primary and key secondary endpoints in the Phase III SKYLARK study of women with postpartum depression (PPD).
Biogen may have found its CEO in Mathai Mammen - former head of research and development in pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson.
Eisai and Biogen announced positive data from a Phase III trial in Alzheimer’s of its drug lecanemab. Still, questions remain about the drug’s implications for the future of Alzheimer’s treatment.
The anti-amyloid approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease is seeing new life after Eisai and Biogen announced that lecanemab slowed progression of disease in a Phase III study.
MassBioEd partners with developers in Boston to train and employ more workers in a burgeoning Genetown life sciences industry desperate for skilled labor. Meanwhile, Biogen clears real-estate space.
One-year data indicates Biogen’s tofersen for SOD1-ALS, slows the decline of the disease through the lowering of SOD1 protein and neurofilament levels.
Biogen announced that its mid-stage monoclonal antibody litifilimab is showing promise in reducing joint pain related to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) lupus.
In a recently published study, researchers found that the link between the SOD1 protein and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) could extend to all types of the motor neuron disease.
Biogen expects to lay off a potential 1,000 staffers in an effort to cut about $1 billion in costs, according to The Boston Globe, while 10x Genomics and Talis Biomedical also cut staff.
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