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Gelesis’ weight loss device, Plenity, has been gaining popularity since the FDA approved its commercialization, but some in the medical community question whether its popularity is deserved.
BioSpace spoke with Jay Johnson, the Director of Talent Acquisition for Orthopedics at Stryker, to find out what it takes to land a job in medical sales.
U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Arati Prabhakar, Ph.D., to be his science advisor. If confirmed by the Senate, Prabhakar will become the first woman, first person of color and the first immigrant to hold the position.
Precision BioSciences and Novartis are teaming up to develop a potential cure for hemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego published promising preclinical work on a new combination therapy to treat colon cancer.
Athira Pharma is putting a positive spin on its topline data from a Phase II trial of fosgonimeton, emphasizing positive subgroup analysis, but it missed the primary endpoint.
The bill would curb the pricing of insulin by capping monthly co-pays for diabetics who use both commercial insurance plans, as well as the government-backed Medicare.
FDA
On Wednesday, the FDA approved Merck’s pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine for children 6 weeks through 17 years of age.
Galapagos announced that it had acquired CellPoint and AboundBio in an all-cash transaction, greatly expanding its drug portfolio.
Novartis’ win in the patent dispute over its drug, Gilenya, was short-lived after a U.S. appeals court reversed its 2020 ruling vs. HEC Pharm’s attempt to create a generic version.
CRISPR Therapeutics could be on the cusp of achieving a first in gene therapy, the first company to achieve regulatory approval for a CRISPR-Cas9 program.
TC BioPharm is developing a new approach to chimeric antibody receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies with the potential to eliminate off-target effects, and possibly help more patients.
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