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Health-focused nonprofits like the Drug Information Association (DIA) serve as crucial bridge-builders in the healthcare ecosystem during a time of uncertainty.
Eli Lilly says Indianapolis-based Premier Weight Loss is cracking open auto-injector pens containing its blockbuster drug and repackaging them into separate doses.
Researchers in pharma and beyond have historically glommed onto a limited number of disease targets, limiting innovation. AI could change that.
Akero Therapeutics, 89bio, Boston Pharmaceuticals and more are working to bring novel treatment options for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis to a market that could reach $16 billion by 2033.
One day after the European Medicines Agency requested that three clinical trials of Elevidys be placed on hold after the death of a U.S. teenager, a data monitoring committee concluded that they should continue unchanged.
Roche’s reorganization of Spark Therapeutics is coming more into focus, with nearly 300 employees being let go by the end of this year. Spark also trimmed its staff in 2024.
While it’s not unusual for certain positions to turn over with a new administration, the number of senior-level FDA staffers who have recently left the agency is unprecedented. The lack of communication, transparency and human decency is as well.
The FDA has asked for another well-controlled trial to establish the efficacy of reproxalap in dry eye disease.
The FDA derives just under half of its yearly funding from pharma user fees, which help support its operations and fund employee salaries. An analysis from AgencyIQ suggests that the agency is dangerously close to losing it all.
In the Phase III MITIGATE trial, Uplizna cut IgG4-related disease flares by 87% versus placebo.
Sangamo, which has been having cash problems, will receive $18 million upfront in licensing fees for its AAV capsid that in preclinical studies has shown the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
Bo Wang is a renowned AI scientist at the University of Toronto. He’s bringing his open-source culture and computational biology to Xaira Therapeutics in June.
PRESS RELEASES
Acceptance of TempraMed’s products by Meuhedet Health Services strengthens TempraMed’s B2B institutional commercialization strategy as the Company advances reimbursement initiatives and expands relationships with leading healthcare organizations globally Highlights Meuhedet Health Services, Israel’s third-largest Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), serving more than one million insured members, has accepted TempraMed’s flagship VIVI Cap™ and VIVI Epi™ products. TempraMed products are now accepted by two of Israel’s four national HMOs—Maccabi Healthcare Services and Meuhedet—providing institutional access to approximately four million insured lives. The Company is executing a global B2B institutional strategy focused on healthcare organizations, insurers, distributors and government healthcare systems.
· New research team expands capabilities at Boehringer’s U.S. R&D site in Ridgefield, Connecticut.