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In the battle over drug prices, one sector of the healthcare industry has risen above all the players as the boogeyman: pharmacy benefit managers. In this special edition of BioPharm Executive, BioSpace takes a deep dive into the lens now focused on PBMs’ business practices.
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The sale of Dermavant clears the way for Roivant to focus on autoimmune-focused Immunovant and a slate of upcoming pivotal trials.
Summit Therapeutics’ ivonescimab has the potential to challenge Merck’s blockbuster checkpoint inhibitor in non-small cell lung cancer, but experts stress the need for diverse and overall survival data.
The mesothelioma approval for the Keytruda combination regimen potentially unlocks a $12 billion market opportunity, according to a recent report from research firm IMARC Group.
Ahead of a Senate health committee hearing next week with Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jørgensen, Sen. Bernie Sanders claims he has secured assurances from generics developers that they will charge a significantly lower monthly price than the $969 Americans currently pay for the Danish drugmaker’s diabetes blockbuster.
The FDA’s approval of Kisqali in combination with an aromatase inhibitor allows Novartis to target patients with earlier breast cancer who are at risk of recurrence.
If Johnson & Johnson refuses to scrap its proposed changes to the 340B drug pricing for hospitals, it risks the termination of participation in the program and monetary fines, the Health Resources and Services Administration warned.
Infusions of Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics’ Casgevy and bluebird bio’s Lyfgenia have begun; Moderna targets 10 approvals through 2027; more oral obesity drug data; the latest from ESMO and more.
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts announced Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Missouri against the Federal Trade Commission for its “unfair, biased and erroneous” July report on the industry.
The release of early-stage data on three oral weight loss drug candidates hints at which companies have the strongest hand, but the comparisons are rife with confounding variables, leaving analysts unsure about where to place their bets.
Last month, Vertex said sickle cell patients had not yet received infusions of its gene therapy Casgevy. That’s now changed, as the company races with bluebird bio’s Lyfgenia.
Despite meeting the primary endpoint in a Phase III study, two patients treated with Merck and Daiichi Sankyo’s experimental antibody-drug conjugate died in a Phase III non-small cell lung cancer study, though the deaths have not been linked to patritumab deruxtecan.
UPCOMING EVENTS
PRESS RELEASES
Source plant is widely regarded as one of the most valuable fragrance raw materials in the world Stage 2 contract follows successful Stage 1 completion in March 2026
Key Regulatory Benchmark Met, Differentiating DMX-101 from Traditional Opioid Analgesics Late-Breaking Results to be Presented at CPDD 2026 Annual Meeting
Live virtual fireside chat — investors, advisors, and life sciences analysts invited to attend Featuring Dermatologist Mary Spellman, M.D., with Phio CEO Robert Bitterman and Force Family Office CEO Steven Saltzstein
· First-in-class oral mechanism triggers natural satiety hormones, addressing key limitations of GLP-1 therapies · Phase I data demonstrate fat mass reduction, preservation of lean mass, 80% responder rate, and no serious adverse events
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