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The anti-amyloid approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease is seeing new life after Eisai and Biogen announced that lecanemab slowed progression of disease in a Phase III study.
Funding initiatives this week saw money flow into cancer, rare liver diseases, respiratory depression, chemotherapy-related toxicities and a cutting-edge machine learning platform.
FUJIFILM Dyosynth Biotechnologies, Taysha Gene Therapies, Veravas highlight innovation stemming from the Lone Star state. BioSpace takes a deep dive into these and other Texas innovators.
Shares of Exicure, Inc. are falling after the company announced a strategic initiative that casts doubts on its future developmental programs.
The FDA ordered Avidity Biosciences to halt clinical trial enrollment after a patient suffered a “serious adverse event” testing the company’s candidate drug for myotonic dystrophy type 1.
The FDA has granted a rolling review to CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex’s exa-cel, a potential one-time treatment for sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
During an R&D presentation Tuesday, Transgene executives and oncology experts highlighted promising therapeutic progress in its programs - focusing on its developmental cancer vaccines.
Colossal started the “de-extinction” of the thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmania tiger. Now with a $30 million investment, this technology is gaining more traction.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Monday against Eli Lilly and Co. alleging the company refused to hire older workers for sales representative positions.
Sanofi has inked a licensing deal with Scribe Therapeutics to develop novel natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer using Scribe’s CRISPR genome editing technology.
In the ongoing proxy battle between London-based Mereo BioPharma Group and Rubric Capital Management, Mereo outlined the outcome of the most recent negotiations, which Rubric rejected.
MassBioEd partners with developers in Boston to train and employ more workers in a burgeoning Genetown life sciences industry desperate for skilled labor. Meanwhile, Biogen clears real-estate space.
PRESS RELEASES
Upcoming Type B Statistical Methods Meeting expected to set stage for FDA to align with EMA and MHRA on use of Fall 2026 3-year overall survival data combined with biomarkers to support early market access
Highlights TempraMed signs non-binding LOI for exclusive distribution in Kuwait with Elegir Trading Kuwait represents a high-value market with significant demand for insulin, GLP-1 therapies, biologics, and other temperature-sensitive medications LOI includes minimum annual purchase commitments in Year 1 Expands TempraMed’s footprint across the Middle East and supports broader regional commercialization strategy Potential future expansion includes VIVI Med™, VIVI Epi™, and VIVI Cap Smart™ products
— Veteran Physician-Scientist Brings Over 25 Years of Pulmonary and Cardiopulmonary Clinical Development Leadership Spanning Pfizer, Gilead, and Aerovate Therapeutics —