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With a June 4 FDA advisory committee meeting looming, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has raised concerns about Lykos Therapeutics’ trials of its MDMA-assisted therapy in post-traumatic stress disorder.
Following back-to-back approvals in lymphocytic leukemia, Bristol Myers Squibb’s CAR-T therapy Breyanzi on Wednesday won the FDA’s green light for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.
While biopharma professionals cited age discrimination as an issue in a new BioSpace report, it’s not the only factor affecting older and younger people’s job searches.
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With medicine becoming more specialized and clinical trial protocols increasingly complex, we need to think about how to drive efficiencies to overcome these challenges and keep up the pace of research.
Armed with a $300 million commitment from Blackstone Life Sciences and a former Merck monoclonal antibody, Uniquity Bio is starting Phase II clinical trials in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The weight-loss drug bonanza continued in the first quarter of 2024 for Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, as Amgen also posted strong results, while Biogen and BMS struggled early in the financial year.
While the FTC continues to review its $16.5 billion buy of Catalent, Novo Holdings announced Wednesday it has acquired a majority stake in Single Use Support, an Austrian life sciences tools company.
With more than half a billion dollars in the new life sciences fund, Sands Capital is looking to finance private companies working to transform the diagnosis and treatment of diseases with large unmet medical needs.
Following an initial rejection in 2023, Ascendis Pharma on Tuesday said it faces another regulatory bump in the road for TransCon PTH with a three-month delay in the ongoing FDA review.
After missing their initial target in March 2024, Eisai and Biogen have initiated a rolling BLA for a subcutaneous maintenance formulation of Leqembi, which could offer a more convenient dosing schedule for Alzheimer’s disease patients.
Bayer joined BMS in announcing major overhaul; Takeda drops up to $2 billion for an anti-amyloid drug from AC Immune; and BioSpace reflects on last week’s ASGCT meeting—the good, the bad and the ugly.
PRESS RELEASES
Data Presented at Epilepsy Foundation Pipeline Conference Demonstrated Significant Reduction in Epileptiform Activity: KIO-300 is the active pharmaceutical ingredient of KIO-301, Kiora’s ongoing Phase 2 clinical program in vision restoration in patients with gene mutation-agnostic Retinitis Pigmentosa
Phio Pharmaceuticals Announces Participation in the Life Sciences Investor Forum on June 24-25, 2026
The Company invites individual and institutional investors, as well as advisors and analysts with an interest in Phio Pharmaceuticals, to attend the live, interactive presentation and one-on-one meetings
TrialAssure and Cancer Research UK Collaborate to Advance AI-Supported Regulatory Document Authoring
Cancer Research UK’s Centre for Drug Development is using TrialAssure LINK AI to support medical writing in CRUK-sponsored studies
CDMO continues on path to commercial growth, expansion
New specialized treatment site expands Paradigm’s capabilities for psychiatric clinical trials and studies evaluating investigational psychedelic-assisted therapies
Key Highlights: · Luxna and BioSpring have extended their existing agreement, enabling the manufacture of next-generation oligonucleotides incorporating Luxna’s GuNA™ amidites, in addition to AmNA™, scpBNA™, and 5′-CP™. · GuNA™ further expands the range of Luxna’s proprietary Xeno Nucleic Acid (XNA) chemistries already available through BioSpring’s oligonucleotide manufacturing services. · GuNA™-modified oligonucleotides are designed to provide enhanced nuclease resistance, improved target binding, reduced immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity; properties that provide key advantages for developing better efficacy and safer therapies targeting neurodegenerative diseases.