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Biotech is increasingly financed, governed and regulated as though it were a mature pharmaceutical industry rather than a discovery system built around scientific uncertainty. Structural changes are needed to sustain the sector’s strategic innovation.
BioSpace examines how the FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s oral obesity drug Foundayo has ignited a key race with Novo Nordisk.
Nusano will bring a massive new radioisotope facility in Salt Lake City online by the end of the year, establishing a supply of starting materials for the next generation of radiopharmaceuticals.
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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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The FDA’s approval of Biogen and Eisai’s Leqembi and subsequent decision not to approve Eli Lilly’s donanemab have sparked debate anew about the anti-amyloid theory in Alzheimer’s.
Merck posted a rare defeat Wednesday for its blockbuster Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in prostate cancer while simultaneously announcing a victory in biliary tract cancer.
A group of 25 senators, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), is requesting that HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra exercise march-in rights for Xtandi (enzalutamide), a prostate cancer therapeutic.
Cassava Sciences reported Phase II data from its Alzheimer’s candidate simufilam Tuesday. The company’s stock dropped 17% following the reveal.
Results from a study published in PNAS demonstrated that delivering therapeutics intranasally was sufficient to enhance functional recovery in rat models of ischemic stroke.
Research hasn’t shown that removing amyloid plaques alone improves function in Alzheimer’s patients, said Sharon L. Rogers, CEO of AmyriAD.
Axcella Therapeutics’ Long COVID fatigue therapeutic is moving forward as the company received guidance from the MHRA and filed an IND with the FDA seeking a Phase IIb/III trial.
After reporting promising interim findings from the Phase IIa INTEGRIS-IPF trial, Pliant Therapeutics commenced a public stock offering of $175 million.
The FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs advisory committee will discuss the merits of Biogen and Ionis’s ALS candidate tofersen on March 22nd.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals published data Monday showing Imcivree (setmelanotide) improved quality of life for patients with obesity related to Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.