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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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The FDA has three high-profile events this week, including one target action date and two advisory committee meetings—one to discuss potential traditional approval for Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi.
Roger Perlmutter’s company announced the addition Thursday of myriad early- to mid-stage assets in the cancer and neurodegenerative disease spaces.
The company added an indication to Lynparza’s label for the treatment of adults with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, while cutting an antibody for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Bioversity plans address two key pain points in the industry: the current system cannot produce enough talent to keep up with demand, and the workforce as a whole lacks diversity.
The regulator says drug compounders are selling products that falsely claim to contain the same active ingredient, semaglutide, as the blockbuster diabetes and obesity drugs.
Despite oft-reported news of layoffs, the life sciences industry continues to have golden spots of expansions in terms of jobs, year-on-year revenue and in building new facilities and programs.
Abrysvo’s approval in adults aged 60 years and above comes ahead of an expected August decision in the pediatric setting.
The company’s blockbuster JAK inhibitor, alone or as a combination therapy, showed durable improvements in systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity at 48 weeks.
Following a partial hold on another lead candidate last year, Sanofi is reinvigorating its MS pipeline with a Phase II win for its investigational anti-CD40L antibody frexalimab.
The regulator will provide PepGen with a letter within 30 days explaining why a clinical hold was placed on the company’s Phase 1 study of patients with myotonic dystrophy Type 1.