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Speaking to media on Tuesday, BIO CEO John Crowley complimented China’s rise as a biotech powerhouse but said U.S. policy needs to protect and maintain America’s lead.
While merger and acquisition activity has been robust of late, frequent changes in guidance and leadership at the regulator add risk to any transaction.
With drug pricing now embedded in U.S. policy, business development teams in biotech and pharma are changing the way they strike deals, including acknowledging policy uncertainties with renegotiation clauses.
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The cell therapy-focused biotech will use most of the net proceeds from its initial public offering to fund Phase II clinical trials for its lead program, a novel CAR T-cell candidate.
In the third quarter, Vertex Pharmaceuticals reported revenue of $2.48 billion, a 6% increase from the same period in 2022. However, these figures fell short of Wall Street’s consensus estimates.
The Department of Health and Human Services in a court filing last week said that the blockbuster treatment could be “deselected” from the drug price negotiation list, given the recent approval of Amgen’s Stelara biosimilar.
Although Kodiak Sciences initially scrapped its development of tarcocimab tedromer after late-stage failures, new data has convinced the company to give the eye drug another shot.
After its deal with Tubulis in April 2023, Bristol Myers Squibb is continuing its antibody-drug conjugate buying spree by acquiring an asset from South Korea’s Orum Therapeutics.
Seeking to weather declining sales from its COVID-19 business in the third quarter, Pfizer is laying off approximately 200 employees at its manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Following two late-stage failures, Travere Therapeutics has unveiled the results of two Phase III studies, attempting to regain Filspari’s footing in IgA nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro drove blockbuster sales in the third quarter and the sky’s the limit for the duopoly. The only limiting factor is that the frenzied demand for their respective drugs is outpacing supply.
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While Regeneron Pharmaceuticals reported better-than-expected third-quarter results, sales of the company’s lead drug Eylea declined amid increased competition.