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The FDA plans to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss Capricor Therapeutics’ application for deramiocel, which the agency rejected last July. The news surprised CEO Linda Marbán, who told BioSpace the FDA has not communicated any issues of concern with the company’s resubmitted application.
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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.
Policymaking at FDA has been anything but business as usual under the Trump administration, but former regulators cite the agency’s new investigational new drug pilot program as a sign of normalcy.
The FDA’s recently altered outlook on the evidence required for approval of rare disease drugs could have immediate benefits for companies including Skyhawk Therapeutics, Capricor Therapeutics and Biohaven.
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In the latest salvo, Pfizer and BioNTech fired back at Moderna and asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate patent claims over the COVID-19 vaccines they say are overly broad.
The company’s pamrevlumab has failed another late-stage study in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, unable to significantly improve functional motor abilities over placebo.
Bristol Myers Squibb announced Monday that Reblozyl is now approved as a first-line treatment for adults with anemia due to myelodysplastic syndromes who may require regular blood transfusions.
The Biden administration on Tuesday released a much-anticipated list of the first 10 medicines included in Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Warning signs that preceded the current economic squeeze in the biopharma sector were not heeded by investors seeking rapid profits. Now, biotechs interested in making the leap to the public markets must get creative.
Data from the first-in-human trial showed that Eli Lilly’s muvalaplin is safe and can cut significant levels of lipoprotein(a), a risk factor for atherosclerosis and related cardiovascular diseases.
The company’s investigational electric field therapy was unable to elicit significant survival benefits in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
The British drugmaker filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware claiming the Inflation Reduction Act conflicts with the goals of the Orphan Drug Act.
The late-stage results for acoramidis, BridgeBio’s transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy candidate, indicate significant survival, functional and biomarker improvements over placebo.
Following a countersuit by Amgen and Horizon Therapeutics, the Federal Trade Commission has temporarily suspended its challenge to the multi-billion dollar merger between the two companies.