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Sanofi had hoped the acquisition of Kymab would fill a major hole that will be left as autoimmune juggernaut Dupixent heads toward a patent cliff. Now, another therapy has failed to meet expectations.
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As drug hunting gets more complex, where and how data is generated in partnerships between Big Pharmas and AI biotechs is becoming a headache for dealmakers.
With a Phase 3 failure denting the rare disease drug’s prospects, AstraZeneca has little room for error as it plots a path toward its ambitious 2030 sales target.
The biopharma industry would do well to re-embrace the 505(b)(2) path, which allows sponsors to draw on previous findings around an existing drug even as they propose modifications to it.
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Congressional letters sent to the CEOs of Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, BMS and AbbVie this week voicing concerns about the pharmas’ clinical trials in China highlight an ongoing discrepancy in how government and industry think about the rise of the Asian country’s biotech industry.
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The addition of small molecule capacity at BeOne Medicines’ Hopewell site will support the company’s hematology efforts and bring total investment in the campus to more than $1 billion.
With weight loss topping 20% at 80 weeks in the Phase 3 TRIUMPH-2 and TRIUMPH-3 trials, Eli Lilly plans to file for retatrutide’s approval in the first quarter of 2027. Previously a filing was expected later this year.
Roche has 19 investigational medicines that could launch by 2030—and even if not all of them make it to market, the company is “well set-up for growth into the next decade,” CEO Thomas Schinecker said on the pharma’s Q2 earnings call.
Jideytro is GSK’s first approved product for lung cancer. With its takeover of Nuvalent Bio last month and a deal with Hansoh Pharmaceutical in 2023, the pharma now has several other lung cancer assets in late-stage development.
In this episode of Denatured, you’ll hear from Ester Sklarsky, principal at Sound Bioventures and João Ribas, partner at Novo Holdings Seed Investments. In this episode, we explore the diverging trajectories of Nordic biotech and what it will take for the region, including Norway and Finland, to compete more cohesively on the global stage.
Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are answering questions raised about ivonescimab’s ability to translate to Western populations, though the partners have yet to share if the new findings are statistically significant.
With Phase 3 data showing what analysts called a “potentially best-in-class profile,” Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals plans to submit for FDA approval of plozasiran by the end of the year—hoping to follow to market Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ Tryngolza, which got the regulator’s nod in severe hypertriglyceridemia last month.
Top-selling cell therapies from BMS, J&J and Gilead depend on a BioLife product, positioning Repligen to use the takeover to increase its exposure to the modality.
A Congressional advisory panel recommends the U.S. government put supportive policies in place for rare disease drug development, such as a finalized platform designation from the FDA and the allowance of novel trial designs for small patient populations.
BioSpace is launching an IPO dashboard to help the industry keep tabs on U.S. biotechs that have taken the public plunge in 2026.