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Adam Urato, who is currently a vaccine advisor to the CDC, is a friend of acting CDER director Tracy Beth Høeg and is a fellow skeptic of the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy.
The timing of the partial hold is “odd,” according to analysts at Stifel, who noted that the preclinical data the FDA took issue with were filed in mid-2024.
South Korea has attracted increasing investment from the pharmaceutical industry, which is drawn to the Asian country due to its experience in antibody-drug conjugates and cell and gene therapies, according to McKinsey.
In this episode of Denatured, you’ll listen to Ram May-Ron, managing partner at FreeMind Group, and Ravi Kiron, managing director at Biopharma Strategy Advisors. We’ll be speaking about how to combine nondilutive funding and family office money into a unified strategy that gets companies through the drug development valley of death.
Over half of biopharma professionals would work again at the companies that let them go, according to a BioSpace LinkedIn poll. Several professionals, as well as recruiting and talent acquisition experts, discuss reasons for—and a key risk of—going back.
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Having targeted Hims & Hers last year, the FDA has issued warnings to more telehealth companies over their promotion of GLP-1 drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity. In one case, compounded products were linked with multiple ER visits.
UniQure and REGENXBIO are both dealing with FDA setbacks for their respective gene therapies, as regulatory experts question the FDA’s decision-making processes; CBER director Vinay Prasad is under probe for allegedly fostering a toxic workplace; Sarepta CEO Doug Ingram is stepping down after several years of tumult at the top of the muscular dystrophy–focused company; and Eli Lilly again tops Novo Nordisk in a weight loss trial.
The funding comes weeks after TL1A blocker duvakitug maintained clinical remission rates above 50% in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease in a Phase 2b trial.
While an anonymous source tied the closure to shortcomings in the FDA’s new pathway, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services pushed back on the suggestion.
The settlement, which requires Moderna to pay the plaintiffs $950 million upfront plus up to $1.3 billion in contingent commitments, is an outcome “better than feared,” according to analysts.
Sanofi will gain global exclusive rights over rovadicitinib, an oral JAK/ROCK blocker that has anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects.
PRESS RELEASES
- Inobrodib in combination with pomalidomide + dexamethasone (InoPd) demonstrates strong clinical efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients - - Observed response rates of 60-75% with inobrodib 20 mg and 30 mg cohorts result in clinical efficacy at least two-fold higher than previously published real-world data for pom-refractory, bispecific or anti-BCMA exposed patients -
Intricon completes construction of its Evolution Free Zone location, combines with Minnetronix Medical, and will fly the Forj Medical flag at its new site; equipment and workforce move into place for the grand opening
Alignment achieved on all key points surrounding non-clinical, CMC and post-market authorization confirmatory study design Biomarker data advanced as key pre-specified surrogate clinical efficacy endpoint, with pending analysis awaiting alignment with US FDA on biomarker statistical analysis plan to be discussed at upcoming December 11, 2025 FDA Type C Meeting Company reiterates end of January 2026 timeline for MAA submission