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The FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine is part of a larger communications crisis unfolding at the agency over the past nine months that has also ensnarled Sarepta, Capricor, uniQure and many more.
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The Senate failed to pass a massive spending bill on Thursday—which includes the rare pediatric PRV program but also funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s large-scale crackdown in Minnesota and other states.
Some 200 rare disease therapies are at risk of losing eligibility for a pediatric priority review voucher, a recent analysis by the Rare Disease Company Coalition shows. That could mean $4 billion in missed revenue for already cash-strapped biotechs.
Together with robust data-driven modeling, rethinking regulation and data use could push forward a notoriously challenging field.
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Despite controversy over the drug’s effectiveness, it appears to have spiked interest in investing in Alzheimer’s drug companies, something that had been on the decline for several years.
Results from the Phase III TULIP® study show an antibody-drug conjugate from Byondis significantly prolonged PFS in patients with pretreated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
The tool developed by On Target boosts the ability of surgeons to find and remove cancerous lesions during surgical procedures, increasing progression free and overall survival.
Novartis flexed its clinical muscles over the weekend, announcing results from multiple studies including different types of cancer and kidney disease.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval of Biogen’s aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
The FDA lifted the clinical holds on bluebird bio’s sickle gene therapy and its betibeglogene autotemcel gene therapy for adults, adolescents and children with TDT.
United claims Liquidia and a former employee misappropriated its trade secrets such as regulatory submissions and detailed financial forecasts for its inhaled treprostinil.
Wegovy is the first and only once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist that’s been approved for weight control in people living with obesity. This is the same drug used to treat type 2 diabetes.
It didn’t take too long before a lawsuit was filed over Bristol Myers Squibb’s failure to meet a deadline for a $9 Contingent Value Rights agreement tied to the company’s merger with Celgene.
REGEN-COV’s 1,200 mg dose is authorized to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and children 12 years and older who weigh 40 kilograms or more.