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As part of the collaboration, Johnson & Johnson will have an exclusive option to acquire Sail Biomedicines for an additional $2.58 billion.
Sanofi is going to “look very deeply” at its late-stage pipeline as part of a portfolio prioritization initiative, though new CEO Belén Garijo didn’t commit to shelving a specific number of assets.
In this episode of Denatured presented by Arvinas, Jennifer Smith-Parker speaks to Arvinas President and CEO Randy Teel about the strategic discipline and leadership required to successfully refocus a company on an early-stage pipeline after a lead asset is outlicensed, discontinued or otherwise falls away.
So far in 2026, over 50 biopharmas have cut or plan to cut their workforces. If they didn’t take a careful, thoughtful approach to telling people they were being laid off, they likely left a negative impression on employees, based on stories shared with BioSpace.
Biotechs that announced series B financing this year and are looking for employees as they grow include one that received over $100 million and another that has a partnership with a Big Pharma company.
With so many unknowns, Biogen is carefully eyeing its next-gen Alzheimer’s treatment diranersen as a high-risk, high-reward project with the potential for a major payout around 2030.
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During a perplexing advisory committee meeting in which FDA reviewers focused largely on the Phase 3 HOPE-3 trial’s secondary endpoint of cardiac function, experts pointed to “very fragile” data. The committee voted 9-3 against approval of deramiocel.
Reverse mergers and acquisitions remain a viable path to the public market for venture-backed biotechs, with Caldera Therapeutics and Vidya Therapeutics announcing separate deals on Wednesday to advance immunology and inflammation assets.
Biogen officially began reporting revenue from the $5.6 billion acquisition of Apellis in the second quarter, shaking up analysts’ consensus estimates and leading to a beat.
ElevateBio will be the primary source of Kyverna’s autologous CAR-T cell therapy for anticipated U.S. and global launches in autoimmune indications.
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