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In this episode of Denatured, as part of our series on the European life sciences investment ecosystem, you’ll be hearing from Ksenija Pavletic, partner and chief commercial officer at Jeito Capital and Thierry Laugel, managing partner at Kurma Partners. We dive into France’s biotech ecosystem and what still needs to happen for more early innovation to translate into investable, scalable biotech.
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From Eli Lilly’s David Ricks to Pfizer’s Albert Bourla, the top five highest paid CEOs made a combined $157.8 million in 2025.
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.
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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 the coming 12 months, Rain expects to have an interim readout for a Phase II study of its liposarcoma therapy, milademetan, and a pivotal readout for its Phase III trial of the same compound.
The government of France launched its Healthcare Innovation 2030 strategy that aims to turn the country into a European innovation leader within the next eight years.
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Thursday, a committee of advisors for the CDC voted unanimously for children and teens, ages six to 17 to receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
CVS Health has seen about 40% patient diversity in the work it has done so far, Josh Rose, VP and head of decentralized clinical trials, site solutions and strategy told BioSpace.
Pfizer inked an Equity Subscription Agreement with France-based Valneva. They also updated their Collaboration and License deal for a Lyme disease vaccine that was announced in April.
Extension data from the Phase II TOPAZ trial showed that apitegromab yielded sustained and continued benefits in non-ambulatory patients with types 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
The FDA’s decision is based on positive results from two induction and one maintenance clinical study of AbbVie’s Skyrizi for Crohn’s disease.
BioSpace spoke with Janssen’s Fiona Elwood about the company’s myasthenia gravis candidate nipocalimab, which is currently recruiting for two Phase III trials.
Olema president and CEO Sean Bohen spoke with BioSpace about why he believes his company’s approach with a SERD and ER antagonist can successfully treat an advanced form of breast cancer.
An FDA advisory committee voted against Acadia Pharmaceutical’s supplemental New Drug Application of Nuplazid tablets for the treatment of Alzheimer’s-related psychosis.