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Under the temporary reign of top food executive Kyle Diamantas, the FDA will sustain programs initiated by former Commissioner Marty Makary, including the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher initiative.
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Partners Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are expected to steal the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference with data from their potential Keytruda rival, alongside Revolution Medicine’s groundbreaking pancreatic cancer candidate and other assets that could reshape patient care.
The tragic tale of TIGIT is well known. However, RIPK1, myc, STING and alpha-synuclein have also left a trail of failed clinical trials, canceled partnerships and sunk investments in their wake.
Analysts homed in on Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy type 1 assets during first quarter earnings as major players like REGENXBIO and Novartis as well as Dyne, Wave, Solid and Sarepta near the regulatory finish line.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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In its 2022 Q1 earnings report, Sanofi reported major wins in the first quarter of 2022, driven mostly by the success of consumer healthcare (CHC) and Dupixent.
Alexion shared the news that Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) has been approved by the FDA for commercialization, adding another indication for the precedent-setting drug.
Chimera’s research comes largely from its GOLD platform, a technology that reprograms RNA gene regulation circuits to alter chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) on T cells.
Sio Gene has terminated its licensing deal with the UMass to develop and commercialize two gene therapy product candidates to focus on more potentially profitable projects.
Amgen held its earnings conference call on Wednesday for Q1 of 2022. Most notably, the company provided updates on its ongoing litigation with the Internal Revenue Service.
The Q1 results for Voxzogo gave BioMarin the confidence to raise its 2022 full-year guidance to between $100 million to $125 million (net product revenue) for the drug.
Bryostatin-1 increases antigen expression on the surface of cancer cells, enabling them to be seen and killed by IO agents.
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals announced that Pfizer made a $25 million equity investment in the company.
Exogene nets $2 million to propel the development of its AI platform for T-cell receptor discovery and Healome spins out to deploy a ‘pro-healing’ platform with a focus on ocular surface diseases.
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AviadoBio is celebrating orphan drug designations from both the U.S. FDA and the European Commission for AVB-101, a gene therapy intended to treat frontotemporal dementia (FTD).