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In September last year, a group of concerned stockholders raised alarm about Vaxart’s proposed reverse stock split, which the biotech was pushing for despite strong opposition from shareholders.
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While the pathogen appears unlikely to trigger a pandemic, analysts see potential for Moderna to build goodwill amid a period of political pressure on vaccine manufacturers.
Clinical trial setbacks have limited the near-term opportunities for some of Daiichi Sankyo’s ADCs but the drug developer is betting near-term readouts will catapult it into the top tier of oncology companies in the coming years.
BioSpace analyzed the pay ratio across 10 major pharmaceutical companies to determine which CEOs were paid the most relative to typical employees. J&J, Eli Lilly and Pfizer once again topped the list.
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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 Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 11–1 supporting Merck’s and AstraZeneca’s PARP inhibitor for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients with BRCA mutations.
Otsuka and Lundbeck won approval Friday for Abilify Asimtufii, a long-acting injectable that provides two months of symptom relief in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.
As Humira global revenues fall 25%, AbbVie looks to Rinvoq and Skyrizi to fill in the gap. The company also announced it is cutting cystic fibrosis and Crohn’s disease candidates.
Prevnar 20 is indicated for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease and otitis media in children.
In the Phase III SURMOUNT-2 study, Mounjaro reduced body weight by 29.8 lbs. on average in adult type 2 diabetes patients who were overweight or obese.
Longitudinal studies that track patients’ experiences can inform and accelerate the drug approval process for rare diseases.
The joint venture between Walgreens and Prothena to accelerate the approval of an Alzheimer’s treatment is the latest in biotech and retail chain alliances.
The French pharma drops another BTK inhibitor program from Principia and an anti-TNFa from Ablynx.
The leadership shuffle comes as BMS is facing one of the steepest patent cliffs in biopharma, with exclusivity of three of its top drugs lapsing this decade.
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