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Following seven patient deaths in a Phase II study, ADC Therapeutics is discontinuing the development of its Zynlonta antibody-drug conjugate—combined with Rituxan—for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Even at its highest dose, Vir Biotechnology’s investigational flu shot failed to significantly outperform placebo at preventing influenza A illness in a mid-stage study.
Amid high rates of U.S. obesity, a bipartisan bill has been reintroduced in the Senate and House of Representatives with backing from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Boehringer Ingelheim.
The company’s sales guidance for 2023 has been raised to $98.8 billion to $99.8 billion, driven by cancer drugs and medical devices. J&J’s stock rose about 5% in early trading Thursday.
The program—a joint initiative between CDER and CBER—aims to accelerate the development of therapies for rare diseases.
The company is handing back a multivalent Shigella vaccine candidate to LimmaTech Biologics, which spun out in 2015 after GSK’s acquisition of GlycoVaxyn for $190 million.
Illumina is laying off 79 workers in San Diego, and according to an internal email, more layoffs will be announced soon.
At almost 80,000 square feet, the addition will allow the Japan-based to create jobs for in-office and hybrid workers in the region.
The proposed regulatory framework provides a tougher stance on mergers, impacting industries such as biopharma where the FTC’s recent lawsuit seeks to block Amgen’s Horizon Therapeutics buy.
The Federal Trade Commission and the company had been in settlement discussions, but those talks have ended as the agency’s antitrust lawsuit seeks to block the Horizon Therapeutics sale.
Republican lawmakers have called on the Food and Drug Administration to explain its foreign inspection programs for drug manufacturers in China and India as shortages continue in the U.S.
With Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi now fully approved, researchers are exploring combinations—including with therapies targeting tau and microglial function—that could increase its effectiveness.