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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have been battling head-to-head in an exploding obesity market. They should never have been compared apples to apples.
Bristol Myers Squibb delivered better than expected fourth quarter earnings, but Eliquis missed expectations while Cobenfy continues to struggle with uptake.
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Analysts are cautiously optimistic about an IPO rebound for biopharma. BioSpace is keeping track of companies that seek to trade on the public markets this year.
Despite the Phase 1 cull, CEO Vas Narasimhan on Wednesday maintained that Novartis continues to invest in its early-stage pipeline, looking for deals in the “sub-$2-billion range.”
The SPAC agreement values PrimeGen US at $1.5 billion in equity and gives it capital to advance its pre-clinical triple-activated mesenchymal stem cell pipeline into the clinic.
One of the assets shelved by Eli Lilly is a gene therapy for dementia, which it obtained in its $1.04-billion acquisition of Prevail Therapeutics in late 2020.
In this episode of Denatured, Jennifer C. Smith-Parker speaks to Erik Digman Wiklund, CEO of Circio and Jacob Becraft, Co-founder and CEO of Strand Therapeutics. They discuss how post-COVID, emerging platforms like circular and logic circuit RNA are expanding the field’s therapeutic horizons.
Regulatory challenges have been even more top of mind than usual given recent upheaval at the FDA. BioSpace spoke to three industry experts about key issues, which include applying new artificial intelligence guidance. The experts also shared advice for working with regulators.
Looking for a biopharma job? Check out the BioSpace list of 12 top companies hiring life sciences professionals like you.
Biopharmas are less focused on local job candidates and are more open to recruiting regardless of location, according to the new BioSpace employment outlook report. Even employers who prefer to hire locally would consider remote hires for some roles.
After a series of deaths in patients taking Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapies, doubt has crept into investor sentiments around the long-time Wall Street darling, and patients may soon begin looking elsewhere.
In addition to claiming revenue of $19.3 billion for the fourth quarter, Eli Lilly executives offered a glimpse into their strategy to expand their GLP-1 franchise into the immunology and inflammation space, with trials currently underway in asthma, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
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◆ VIAL-INHBE is a novel, GalNAc-conjugated INHBE (Activin E) siRNA for the treatment of obesity and other cardiometabolic indications with a projected Q6M dosing intervall ◆ VIAL-INHBE DIO mouse model data demonstrated compelling fat-selective weight-loss and lean mass preservation ◆ Combination therapy with a low-dose GLP-1 resulted in synergistic weight loss and lean mass preservation that was maintained off-GLP-1 treatment ◆ A Phase 1 open-label study in Australia is initiating to evaluate safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamic responses ◆ Interim subcutaneous safety and pharmacokinetic data are expected in H1 2026
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