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As Sangamo runs out of cash, Eli Lilly and Astellas have emerged as stalking horse bidders for key assets, including a Fabry gene therapy currently being submitted for potential FDA approval.
Follow along as BioSpace tracks job cuts and restructuring initiatives.
Given its intravenous route of administration, Merck’s tulisokibart will likely “need to be meaningfully improved” over Roche’s afimkibart, which can be given subcutaneously, BMO Capital Markets analysts said. Both assets are being tested for ulcerative colitis.
Eli Lilly’s weight-loss franchise—including the tirzepatide products Mounjaro and Zepbound, and the weight-loss pill Foundayo—is projected to account for nearly half of the total sales of the top 10 drugs in 2032.
While existing antibody-drug conjugates have been incredible advancements in cancer care, patients are ready for a better experience. At the BIO International Convention in San Diego on Thursday, BioSpace will lead a discussion on the next generation of ADCs.
Despite an overall survival miss, Leerink Partners said Pfizer’s antibody-drug conjugate showed “promising” signals of efficacy in a subgroup of patients who had undergone only one prior line of treatment.
With drug pricing now embedded in U.S. policy, business development teams in biotech and pharma are changing the way they strike deals, including acknowledging policy uncertainties with renegotiation clauses.
Former FDA, CDC and NIH leaders convene at the BIO International Convention to discuss the dismantling of the Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration—and where we go from here.
Having stuck with local production in the years when offshoring to lower-cost locations was in fashion, Aquestive’s CEO is well placed to explain what the recent reshoring drive means for manufacturers.
Anticipated to be one of fastest-growing jobs in manufacturing, pharmaceutical jobs offer a salary 32% higher than the average U.S. manufacturing role.
China’s Haisco Pharmaceutical continues to wield deals, this time out-licensing rights to two late-stage programs to New Jersey biotech Nuvectis.
Among the health department’s efforts is an expedited investigational new drug pilot program that would leverage collaborations with U.S. research institutions to reduce early trial timelines by as much as 12 months.
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.