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Amgen has launched a late-stage program to test the feasibility of switching patients from weekly GLP-1 injections to its own investigational obesity asset MariTide, which could open up monthly or more infrequent dosing schedules.
Alzheimer’s disease agitation could mean peak sales of over $2.1 billion for Axsome’s Auvelity, according to analysts at William Blair.
Members of the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee questioned the design of AstraZeneca’s Phase 3 trial of camizestrant, which involved switching treatments at the point of mutation detection, as opposed to the current practice of changing regimens upon disease progression.
Corcept Therapeutics’ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug was linked to an 87% reduction in the risk of death, a result the biotech hopes to replicate in an upcoming Phase 3 trial.
Katherine Szarama, who has served as Prasad’s deputy at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research since December, joins a long list of temporary leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services.
On the heels of several big buys, Merck still has eyes for M&A—particularly in the oncology, immunology and cardiometabolic spaces—as the quest continues for a candidate that can top Keytruda.
Foundayo became available on April 9 and has already reached 20,000 patients as Eli Lilly builds its marketing machine for the weight loss pill.
UniQure plans to submit AMT-130 to the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the third quarter of 2026 based on Phase 1/2 data showing a 75% slowing of disease—the same data the FDA has deemed unacceptable for a biologics license application.
After delaying a late-stage readout last year due to “irregularities” at certain study sites, pivotal data for Bristol Myers Squibb’s Cobenfy appear set to arrive later this year.
Follow along as BioSpace tracks job cuts and restructuring initiatives.
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.
Eli Lilly’s $19.8 billion revenue for the first quarter could have been higher if not for declining prices for key medicines like Zepbound, Mounjaro and Taltz.
PRESS RELEASES
U.S. regulatory momentum in psychedelics and peptides could open new commercial opportunities for PharmaTher’s PatchPrint™ automated manufacturing platform and PharmaPatch™ product platform as an attractive solution for compounding pharmacies, hospitals, research institutions, and commercial partners
The Company’s Health Canada-licensed GMP psychedelic manufacturing platform ready to serve emerging demand for ibogaine, a naturally occurring alkaloid under investigation for opioid use disorder, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury
• Strong global consensus on measurement and role of ammonia in Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) • Phase 2a results of YAQ007 (oral OPA) show ammonia reduction • Utility of rifaximin in HE defined more narrowly
