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The company has withdrawn a suit against the Department of Health and Human Services after its prostate cancer therapy was not included in Medicare’s initial drug price negotiation list.
Led by new investor Google Ventures, it is one of 2023’s larger fundraising efforts and comes less than a year after a $4 billion deal with Takeda for a Nimbus autoimmune disease treatment.
Interim data from the company’s late-stage clinical trial suggests its cell therapy treatment for heart failure likely won’t meet the primary efficacy endpoint, BioCardia announced on Tuesday.
The vaccine maker reported new trial data confirming an 8.7 to 11-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies against circulating strains, including the highly watched BA.2.86, EG.5 and FL.1.5.1 variants.
Citing the need to improve its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, the regulator has declined AstraZeneca’s bid to get its C5 complement inhibitor approved in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
Monitoring rebates from drugmakers will be critical as provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act are implemented, including drug price negotiations, the Government Accountability Office contends.
Biotech Beam Therapeutics has dosed the first patient in a Phase I/II study of its base-edited CAR-T therapy in relapsed or refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.
With several of the first 10 selected drugs facing patent expirations and generic competition, the drug price negotiations dictated by the IRA may not greatly affect revenues. But that could change quickly.
Purdue University and Eli Lilly begin one of the only scholarship programs in the country aimed at seniors in high school, while other companies launch similar initiatives for graduate students.
Half of entry-level jobs in the U.S. life sciences require skills considered middle and lower level that could be filled by people with less than a four-year degree, according to a recent report on life sciences workforce trends.
Former Agilent Technologies executive Jacob Thaysen will take the reins later this month replacing CEO Francis deSouza, who stepped down in June following a proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn.
The company Tuesday posted Sandoz’s financial performance for the first half of 2023, as it looks to secure the approval of shareholders this month for the generics and biosimilars spin-off.
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