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Eli Lilly, with a busier-than-ever business development team, has made a major vaccine play‚ months after hiring veteran vaccine regulator Peter Marks following his FDA departure.
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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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Avadel and Jazz Pharma, a leader in treating sleep disorders, are locked in a patent dispute. If it receives final FDA approval, Avadel’s Lumryz could challenge Jazz’s market dominance.
Sanofi has terminated a development agreement with Regulus in Alport syndrome, while Merck reaches the point of futility in a Phase III colorectal cancer trial.
As the BA.4/BA.5 Omicron subvariants spread, researchers continue to develop COVID-19 therapies and approaches for preventing or treating the disease. For that and more, continue reading.
The Bay State, home to the busy bio-hub Genetown, is experiencing some growing pains. Companies like Biogen and Eisai (H3 Biomedicine) are reducing their headcount.
Innovent Biologics’ Phase II trial of mazdutide, a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes, showed the drug met its primary endpoint by successfully reducing HbA1c levels.
The FDA has approved Incyte’s Opzelura as the first and only at-home therapy for repigmentation in nonsegmental vitiligo.
The buyout comes on the heels of promising Phase I/II results from GTX-102, an antisense oligonucleotide candidate being developed to treat Angelman syndrome.
Five weeks after taking the reins as CEO of CRISPR-focused Editas Medicine, Gilmore O’Neill fulfilled his first task, appointing a new chief medical officer.
In what it is calling a strategic decision, Sesen Bio announced Monday that it has paused development activities of Vicineum, its lead asset, in the United States.
The delay is due, in part, to some internal Seagen actions, including a data readout for its bladder cancer drug Padcev, as well as a legal matter between Seagen and Daiichi Sankyo.