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The FDA turned away Ebvallo in January, taking issue with the design of the registrational trial. In a recent meeting, however, the agency agreed that the study could in fact support the cell therapy’s approval. The news comes a week after the departure of controversial biologics Director Vinay Prasad.
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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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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health department has consistently touted radical transparency as being key to its mission. Recent instances—the FDA’s decision not to disclose the recipients of three Commissioner’s National Priority Vouchers and FDA and CDC choices not to publish vaccine-related papers—call this intent into question.
In Salt Lake City, biotech founders new and seasoned reflect on ways to ride out the industry’s challenges, such as sending cold emails to investors and learning to address leadership weaknesses.
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Strong growth in immunology and neurology prompted AbbVie to raise its 2026 outlook and consider future M&A from a position of “ample financial capacity.”
Biogen’s growth was expected to stay flat through the 2030s. A key acquisition and busy late-stage pipeline have relieved the pressure and cleared the way for some early-stage bets, CEO Chris Viehbacher said Wednesday.
Regeneron hauled in $3.6 billion during the first quarter of 2026, as analysts homed in on a slight Eylea HD miss and key upcoming readouts, including for LAG3 candidate fianlimab in metastatic melanoma.
Key dosing differences between Eli Lilly’s Kisunla and Biogen’s Leqembi are about to come to a head in the Alzheimer’s market as patients end their 18-month course of Lilly’s product.
Chiesi Group is taking KalVista Pharmaceuticals under its wing, paying $1.9 billion for the biotech’s oral therapy Ekterly to treat severe swelling episodes caused by the rare genetic disorder hereditary angioedema.
After a quarter in which sales topped $15 billion and key readouts went AstraZeneca’s way, the company is increasingly confident that its 2030 revenue target is in reach.
While sales for most of GSK’s shots slumped as vaccine skepticism continues to climb in the U.S., Shingrix jumped 20% to almost $1.4 billion in the first quarter, emerging as the pharma’s top-selling product.
The settlements delay the entry of generic copies of Pfizer’s Vyndamax by almost three years, stabilizing sales of a drug that generated $3.8 billion in the U.S. last year.
In briefing documents released Wednesday, the FDA raises doubts about two AstraZeneca assets set to be discussed Friday at the agency’s first drug-related advisory committee meeting in nine months.