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Dual and even triple or quadruple track processes have come roaring back in 2026 thanks to a glut of M&A that has refilled investors’ wallets. Big Pharma is being put on notice that time is critical if they want to acquire.
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The FDA has so far secured 600 new hires and is looking for 1,600 more as interim leadership at the agency aims to rebuild the workforce and morale after more than a year of intense attrition.
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.
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Its reversible nature offers the potential for RNA editing to go beyond rare diseases, eliciting excitement and buy-in from large pharmas like GSK and Eli Lilly.
In its briefing document for Thursday’s FDA advisory committee meeting, the regulator contends that the company’s confirmatory CodeBreaK 200 trial for Lumakras is not an “adequate and well-controlled” study.
The companies are expanding their long-standing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing collaboration for the second time, now seeking to target neurological and muscular conditions.
New Phase I/II trial results show that one more type 1 diabetes patient achieved insulin independence after treatment with Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ investigational stem cell therapy VX-880.
Despite lawsuits by some companies challenging the negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act, the manufacturers of the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price talks will participate in the program.
Here’s how some biopharmas have managed to gain funding despite a falloff in investment in the sector. Hint: Positive late-stage data is a key factor.
The Japanese pharma is voluntarily withdrawing its lung cancer drug mobocertinib, marketed as Exkivity, from U.S. and global markets after it missed the mark in a Phase III confirmatory trial.
On Monday, Syndax Pharmaceuticals announced that its menin inhibitor revumenib met the goal in a pivotal leukemia study and stopped the trial early. Their stock price still dropped on the news.
Eli Lilly on Tuesday continued its buying spree with a $1.4 billion acquisition of the radiopharma company’s pipeline of clinical and preclinical radioligand therapies.
The Swiss pharma will seek accelerated approval for iptacopan in IgA nephropathy next year after the complement blocker demonstrated promising efficacy in the Phase III APPLAUSE-IgAN study.