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With an internal non-opioid program nearing approval, Viatris is picking up Pacira BioSciences for a broader pain portfolio and the associated commercial infrastructure.
After Abogen Biosciences’ COVID shot missed the commercial window, the big question was whether its mRNA technology could create value beyond vaccines. Novartis’ $575 million upfront commitment is the clearest external validation yet of that broader therapeutic potential.
Watching the baseball playoffs this week, I was struck by the parallels between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Eli Lilly. Both franchises spend a lot of money and always appear to come out on top.
Leveraging recently proposed regulatory flexibilities, the gene-editing sector is working to cut R&D costs and unlock indications that were previously economically unviable, according to a new playbook published by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine.
With the patent court siding with Halozyme, Merck faces restrictions on a product that won approval in Europe last year.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Argenx shares have fallen more than 13% after the surprise futility finding, which overshadowed a mid-stage celiac disease win for a separate asset acquired in the company’s $2.2 billion Forte Biosciences buy.
After one patient death prompted an FDA hold this spring, Newron Pharmaceuticals has now shared that a total of four fatalities have been recorded among participants receiving its schizophrenia candidate. A fifth death was recorded among those taking the placebo.
For the second time in a week, Zealand Pharma’s weight loss pipeline has delivered mixed results, this time in a Phase 2 trial for the Roche-partnered asset petrelintide.
Matchpoint’s lead asset is the oral T cell modulator MPT-062, which the biotech plans to advance into clinical development for autoimmune and inflammatory conditions next year.
Follow along as BioSpace tracks job cuts and restructuring initiatives.
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